Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography, Band 12Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake Carey, Lea & Carey, 1832 |
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... means of saving life than any others . But as they are powerful , their injurious effects , when misapplied , have been even more prejudicial to mankind than their best use has been beneficial . In fact , it may be said , that the abuse ...
... means of saving life than any others . But as they are powerful , their injurious effects , when misapplied , have been even more prejudicial to mankind than their best use has been beneficial . In fact , it may be said , that the abuse ...
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... means to purchase stock to the extent mentous event will frequently lead to a agreed on , the business is commonly ar- considerable alteration of price . The ranged by the payment of the difference— quantity of stock in the market will ...
... means to purchase stock to the extent mentous event will frequently lead to a agreed on , the business is commonly ar- considerable alteration of price . The ranged by the payment of the difference— quantity of stock in the market will ...
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... means have been recommended ; but they are little to be depended on . If the stone in the bladder increases so much that it prevents entirely the dis- charge of the urine , it is necessary to remove it by the knife ( lithotomy ) , or by ...
... means have been recommended ; but they are little to be depended on . If the stone in the bladder increases so much that it prevents entirely the dis- charge of the urine , it is necessary to remove it by the knife ( lithotomy ) , or by ...
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... means of commu- nication among millions of people , all differing in character and circumstances ; and it would be mere loss of time for every one to attempt to acquire this by his own experience , for which he may not have a good ...
... means of commu- nication among millions of people , all differing in character and circumstances ; and it would be mere loss of time for every one to attempt to acquire this by his own experience , for which he may not have a good ...
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... means of sulphuric acid ; care being ta- ken not to add the sulphuric acid in ex- cess . The liquid now consists of water holding hyposulphuric acid in solution . This acid is colorless and destitute of smell . It may be concentrated ...
... means of sulphuric acid ; care being ta- ken not to add the sulphuric acid in ex- cess . The liquid now consists of water holding hyposulphuric acid in solution . This acid is colorless and destitute of smell . It may be concentrated ...
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Seite 412 - ... into a Civil Body Politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Seite 65 - I, AB, do swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position that princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm...
Seite 304 - ... 2. The scavenger's daughter was a broad hoop of iron, so called, consisting of two parts, fastened to each other by a hinge. The prisoner was made to kneel on the pavement, and to contract himself into as small a compass as he could. Then the executioner, kneeling on his shoulders and having introduced the hoop under his legs, compressed the victim close together, till he was able to fasten the extremities over the small of the back. The time allotted to this kind of torture was an hour and a...
Seite 448 - By general instruction, we seek, as far as possible, to purify the whole moral atmosphere ; to keep good sentiments uppermost, and to turn the strong current of feeling and opinion, as well as the censures of the law, and the denunciations of religion, against immorality and crime. We hope for a security, beyond the law, and above the law, in the prevalence of enlightened and well-principled moral sentiment.
Seite 449 - And knowing that our government rests directly on the public will, that we may preserve it, we endeavor to give a safe and proper direction to that public will.
Seite 422 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Seite 448 - For the purpose of public instruction, we hold every man subject to taxation in proportion to his property, and we look not to the question whether he himself have or have not children to be benefited by the education for which he pays.
Seite 412 - ... to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Seite 448 - ... we hold every man subject to taxation in proportion to his property, and we look not to the question, whether he himself have, or have not, children to be benefited by the education for which he pays. We regard it as a wise and liberal system of police, by which property, and life, and the peace of society are secured. We seek to prevent, in some measure, the extension of the penal code, by inspiring a salutary and conservative principle of virtue and of knowledge in an early age.
Seite 446 - Board is, by law, attached to the office of the Secretary of the Navy ; and, under his superintendence discharges all the ministerial duties of that office relative to the procurement of naval stores and materials, and the construction, armament, equipment, and employment, of vessels of war, as well as other matters connected with the Naval Establishment of the United States.