American Revisions and Additions to the Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, Volume 1R.S. Peale, 1891 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... congress , and the secretary of war was directed to provide for taking meteorological observations at military posts with the design of giving warning of any approach of storms . As it was his duty to prepare " probabilities , " Prof ...
... congress , and the secretary of war was directed to provide for taking meteorological observations at military posts with the design of giving warning of any approach of storms . As it was his duty to prepare " probabilities , " Prof ...
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... congress of the United States , and in 1888 received a re - election to the Fifty - first . ABBOTT , JOHN JOSEPH CALDWELL , Canadian statesman , born in St. Andrews , Argenteuil county , Canada East , March 12 , 1811. He was educated at ...
... congress of the United States , and in 1888 received a re - election to the Fifty - first . ABBOTT , JOHN JOSEPH CALDWELL , Canadian statesman , born in St. Andrews , Argenteuil county , Canada East , March 12 , 1811. He was educated at ...
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... Congress ; Mas- ter of Ceremonies ; Mas- ter Commandant . March . M.P.P. Member of the Provincial Parliament . M.P.S. Doctor , or In Litterus Humanioribus Doctor ) Doctor of Humanities . " M.C.S. Madras Civil Service . M.D. ( Medicinæ ...
... Congress ; Mas- ter of Ceremonies ; Mas- ter Commandant . March . M.P.P. Member of the Provincial Parliament . M.P.S. Doctor , or In Litterus Humanioribus Doctor ) Doctor of Humanities . " M.C.S. Madras Civil Service . M.D. ( Medicinæ ...
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... CONGRESS . The distribution of powers under the American system grants to the national legislature complete authority to frame all laws for the welfare of the nation , while the legislation of the States within their reserved spheres is ...
... CONGRESS . The distribution of powers under the American system grants to the national legislature complete authority to frame all laws for the welfare of the nation , while the legislation of the States within their reserved spheres is ...
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... Congress . He died in Harrisburg , Ky . , May 19 , 1840 . ADALIA , a small seaport situated on a gulf of the same name on the south coast of Asia Minor . The population , principally Turks , numbers about 5,000 . ADAM , ADOLPHE CHARLES ...
... Congress . He died in Harrisburg , Ky . , May 19 , 1840 . ADALIA , a small seaport situated on a gulf of the same name on the south coast of Asia Minor . The population , principally Turks , numbers about 5,000 . ADAM , ADOLPHE CHARLES ...
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Page 62 - Territory shall be twenty-five thousand dollars, to be applied only to instruction in agriculture, the mechanic arts, the English language and the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural and economic science, with special reference to their applications in the industries of life, and to the facilities for such instruction...
Page 321 - The Family Shakspeare ; in which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud.
Page 116 - Sermons shall be preached upon either of the following subjects, — to confirm and establish the Christian Faith, and to confute all heretics and schismatics — upon the divine authority of the Holy Scriptures — upon the authority of the writings of the Primitive Fathers, as to the faith and practice of the Primitive Church — upon the Divinity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ — upon the Divinity of the Holy Ghost — upon the Articles of the Christian Faith, as comprehended in the Apostles
Page 66 - First, to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a Power with which it is at peace; and also to use like diligence to prevent the departure from its jurisdiction of any vessel intended to cruise or carry on war as above, such vessel having been specially adapted, in whole or in part, within such jurisdiction, to warlike use.
Page 66 - ... Secondly, not to permit or suffer either belligerent to make use of its ports or waters as the. base of naval operations against the other, or for the purpose of the renewal or augmentation of military supplies or arms, or the recruitment of men. Thirdly, to exercise due diligence in its own ports and waters, and, as to all persons within its jurisdiction, to prevent any violation of the foregoing obligations and duties.
Page 62 - Interior a just and equitable division of the fund to be received under this act between one college for white students and one institution for colored students...
Page 62 - SEC. 2. That the sums hereby appropriated to the States and Territories for the further endowment and support of colleges shall be annually paid on or before the thirty-first day of July of each year, by the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the warrant of the Secretary of the Interior, out of the Treasury of the United States, { to the State or Territorial Treasurer, or to such officer as shall be designated by the laws of such State or Territory to receive the same...
Page 192 - ... elections, as to obtaining ballots, as to the manner of marking them, and the method of gaining assistance, and as to obtaining new ballots in place of those accidentally spoiled, and they shall respectively cause the same, together with copies of sections...
Page 193 - If a voter marks more names than there are persons to be elected to an office, or if for any reason it is impossible to determine the voter's choice for any office to be filled, his ballot shall not be counted for such office.
Page 193 - ... mark upon his ballot, or who shall make a false statement as to his inability to mark his ballot, or any person who shall interfere or attempt to interfere with any voter when inside said enclosed space or when marking...