Scobie's Canadian Almanac, and Repository of Useful Knowledge, Volume 6Hugh Scobie, 1853 - Almanacs, Canadian |
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Page 21 - Manufactures, articles, vessels, and wares, not otherwise provided for, of brass, copper, gold, iron, lead, pewter, platina, silver, tin, or other metal, or of which either of those metals or any other metal shall be the component material of chief value.
Page 21 - ... caps, hats, muffs and tippets of fur, and all other manufactures of fur, or of which fur shall be a component material; caps, gloves, leggins, mits, socks, stockings, wove shirts and...
Page 21 - Alabaster and spar ornaments ; almonds ; anchovies, sardines, and all other fish preserved in oil ; camphor, refined ; cassia ; cloves ; composition tops for tables or other articles of furniture ; comfits, sweetmeats, or fruit preserved in sugar, brandy, or molasses ; currants ; dates ; figs ; ginger root, dried or green ; glass, cut ; mace ; manufactures of cedar wood, granadilla, ebony, mahogany, rosewood, and...
Page 94 - Year 1863, there will be Two Eclipses of the Sun, and Two of the Moon.
Page 90 - NIGHT, At any time of the year, add 12 hours to the time of the Sun's setting, and from the sum subtract the time of rising, for the length of the day. Subtract the time of setting from 12 hours, and to the remainder add the time of rising next morning, for the length of the night.
Page 33 - Council and of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled: An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada...
Page 21 - ... braces, suspenders, webbing or other fabrics, composed wholly or in part of India rubber, not otherwise provided for-, brooms and brushes of all kinds.
Page 21 - Crayons of all kinds. Cutlery of all kinds. •Diamonds, gems, pearls, rubies, and other precious stones, and imitations of precious stones, when set in gold, silver, or other metal. Dolls, and toys of all kinds.
Page 21 - Ale, beer, and porter in casks or bottles; argentine, alabatta, or German silver, manufactured or unmanufactured; articles embroidered with gold, silver, or other metal; articles worn by men, women, or children, of whatever material composed, made up, or made wholly or in part, by hand; asses...
Page 21 - ... articles embroidered with gold, silver, or other metal ; articles worn by men, women, or children, of whatever material composed, made up, or made wholly or in part, by hand ; asses' skins ; balsams, cosmetics, essences, extracts, pastes, perfumes, and tinctures, used either for the toilet or for medicinal purposes ; baskets, and all other articles composed of grass, osier...