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Page 378
... feet square , with only two small windows for air , 126 died over night , and of the twenty - three who remained alive , says Dr. B. W. Richard- son , " nearly the whole suffered after- ward from what was called putrid typhus , of which ...
... feet square , with only two small windows for air , 126 died over night , and of the twenty - three who remained alive , says Dr. B. W. Richard- son , " nearly the whole suffered after- ward from what was called putrid typhus , of which ...
Page 396
... feet , by Messrs . Glaisher and Coxwell , shows in the most striking manner how the failure of the oxygen supply at that height stops all power of movement in the various parts of the body , one after the other , as they fail to get ...
... feet , by Messrs . Glaisher and Coxwell , shows in the most striking manner how the failure of the oxygen supply at that height stops all power of movement in the various parts of the body , one after the other , as they fail to get ...
Page 398
... feet of the earth's surface on a day of average humidity , is a moderate esti- mate . The aqueous vapor exercises a powerful absorption on the invisible calorific rays of the sun , which experi- ment shows to be about twice the visible ...
... feet of the earth's surface on a day of average humidity , is a moderate esti- mate . The aqueous vapor exercises a powerful absorption on the invisible calorific rays of the sun , which experi- ment shows to be about twice the visible ...
Page 406
... feet in height , and of a wood most substantial and enduring , more so , even , than that of the famous Burmah teak . The jungle - grass in these forests grows to the height of eight or ten feet . Beyond this belt of forest , rising as ...
... feet in height , and of a wood most substantial and enduring , more so , even , than that of the famous Burmah teak . The jungle - grass in these forests grows to the height of eight or ten feet . Beyond this belt of forest , rising as ...
Page 407
... feet high . The next in height is Kinchinjanga , 28,156 feet high . Half a dozen more are from 22,000 to 25,000 feet high . The tea industry of Darjeeling is represented in about 200 gardens cover- ing an area of 50,000 acres , which ...
... feet high . The next in height is Kinchinjanga , 28,156 feet high . Half a dozen more are from 22,000 to 25,000 feet high . The tea industry of Darjeeling is represented in about 200 gardens cover- ing an area of 50,000 acres , which ...
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Page 623 - I held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things.
Page 562 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both"!
Page 565 - ... knowledge in the principles of politics and good government, and, as a matter of infinite importance in my judgment, by associating with each other, and forming friendships in juvenile years, be enabled to free themselves in a proper degree from, those local prejudices and habitual jealousies which have just been mentioned, and which, when carried to excess, are never-failing sources of disquietude to the public mind, and pregnant of mischievous consequences to this country.
Page 879 - My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea : and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
Page 880 - Woe unto them that join house to house, That lay field to field, till there be no place, That they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
Page 879 - And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
Page 680 - That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man, who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it.
Page 434 - The second * day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to' be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore.
Page 913 - All this may be ; the people's voice is odd ; It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
Page 690 - And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses ; neither after him arose there any like him.