The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with Large Additions, Volume 5Harry Thurston Peck Dodd, Mead, 1898 |
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Page 75
... known since the time of Reaumur ; but , as the following case shows , there are other causes inherent in the animal itself , which tend at a certain time to prolong the pupa condition . In the papilio machaon there are two generations ...
... known since the time of Reaumur ; but , as the following case shows , there are other causes inherent in the animal itself , which tend at a certain time to prolong the pupa condition . In the papilio machaon there are two generations ...
Page 77
... known botanical garden . D. was formerly a walled town , and the ramparts still exist , but have been converted into public walks . Pop . est . ( 1892 ) 34,897 . DORR , JULIA CAROLINE RIPLEY , b . South Carolina , 1829 ; was educated in ...
... known botanical garden . D. was formerly a walled town , and the ramparts still exist , but have been converted into public walks . Pop . est . ( 1892 ) 34,897 . DORR , JULIA CAROLINE RIPLEY , b . South Carolina , 1829 ; was educated in ...
Page 78
... known as Chesil bank . The surface is uneven and bleak . Chalk downs run along the s . coast , and through the middle of the county nearly from e . to The highest point is Pillesden Pen , 934 feet . The chief rivers are the Stour and ...
... known as Chesil bank . The surface is uneven and bleak . Chalk downs run along the s . coast , and through the middle of the county nearly from e . to The highest point is Pillesden Pen , 934 feet . The chief rivers are the Stour and ...
Page 81
... known as Ice- land spar , be laid over a printed page , two distinct views of the letters will be seen through the transparent stone . The letters in the two images will have a fainter color than the original , except when the two ...
... known as Ice- land spar , be laid over a printed page , two distinct views of the letters will be seen through the transparent stone . The letters in the two images will have a fainter color than the original , except when the two ...
Page 91
... known as " The Garden of Kent . " In Roman days it was known as Dubris ; the Normans called it Dovere ; the French , Douvres ; whilst in legal documents of this day the town is Dovar , all four terms being variations of the word " Dour ...
... known as " The Garden of Kent . " In Roman days it was known as Dubris ; the Normans called it Dovere ; the French , Douvres ; whilst in legal documents of this day the town is Dovar , all four terms being variations of the word " Dour ...
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Page 392 - ... all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Page 392 - ... respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 219 - By the seventeenth section, it is enacted that " no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandises, for the price of £10 sterling, or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same...
Page 20 - One man draws out the wire, another straights it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head; to make the head requires two or three distinct operations; to put it on is a peculiar business; to whiten the pins is another; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper; and the important business of making a pin is, in this manner, divided into about eighteen distinct operations, which in some manufactories are all performed by distinct hands...
Page 392 - And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
Page 115 - Here the Khan Kubla commanded a palace to be built, and a stately garden thereunto. And thus ten miles of fertile ground were inclosed with a wall.
Page 392 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free...
Page 392 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free ; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Page 403 - The stationariness of religion; the assumption that the age of inspiration is past, that the Bible is closed; the fear of degrading the character of Jesus by representing him as a man — indicate with sufficient clearness the falsehood of our theology.
Page 407 - The United States of America and the Emperor of China cordially recognize the inherent and inalienable right of man to change his home and allegiance, and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and emigration of their citizens and subjects respectively from the one country to the other for purposes of curiosity, of trade, or as permanent residents.