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... known as the oldest clock in the world is the " shadow clock " bearing the name of Thutmose III , c . B.C. 1400 . These primitive observations furnished the material out of which was eventually fashioned the science of astronomy which ...
... known as the oldest clock in the world is the " shadow clock " bearing the name of Thutmose III , c . B.C. 1400 . These primitive observations furnished the material out of which was eventually fashioned the science of astronomy which ...
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... known as clams , being species of Taper , Laxidomus and Glyci- Very unlike any edible clam is the " giant clam " ( Tridacna gigas ) of the coral reefs of the Pacific Ocean , whose shell often weighs upward of 400 pounds and whose soft ...
... known as clams , being species of Taper , Laxidomus and Glyci- Very unlike any edible clam is the " giant clam " ( Tridacna gigas ) of the coral reefs of the Pacific Ocean , whose shell often weighs upward of 400 pounds and whose soft ...
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... known about the workings of the organization nothing positive can be asserted . CLAOSAURUS , klā - ō - sôrʼus , TRACHA- DON , or TRACHODON , a genus of duck- billed dinosaurs ( see DINOSAURIA ) of the Cre- taceous Period . This dinosaur ...
... known about the workings of the organization nothing positive can be asserted . CLAOSAURUS , klā - ō - sôrʼus , TRACHA- DON , or TRACHODON , a genus of duck- billed dinosaurs ( see DINOSAURIA ) of the Cre- taceous Period . This dinosaur ...
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... known throughout the world as " Poor Clares " ; but several branches of the order have been established as " Order of Saint Clara , " " Ca- puchin Poor Clares " and the name by which first known , " Order of Poor Ladies . " Another and ...
... known throughout the world as " Poor Clares " ; but several branches of the order have been established as " Order of Saint Clara , " " Ca- puchin Poor Clares " and the name by which first known , " Order of Poor Ladies . " Another and ...
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... known conceits was ' Now Twilight Lets Her Curtain Down and Pins it With a Star . ' CLARKE , Mary Victoria Novello Cow- den , English story - writer , essayist and Shakes- pearean scholar : b . London , 22 June 1809 ; d . Genoa , Italy ...
... known conceits was ' Now Twilight Lets Her Curtain Down and Pins it With a Star . ' CLARKE , Mary Victoria Novello Cow- den , English story - writer , essayist and Shakes- pearean scholar : b . London , 22 June 1809 ; d . Genoa , Italy ...
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Seite 259 - ... the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the Legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.
Seite 332 - The lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they who seek the Lord, shall want no manner of thing that is good.
Seite 276 - April, 1850, commonly called the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, to the construction of such canal under the auspices of the Government of the United States...
Seite 269 - ... (c.) When both are running free, with the wind on different sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other.
Seite 204 - To say that any state may at pleasure secede from the Union, is to say that the United States are not a nation...
Seite 259 - 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...
Seite 204 - The right of the people of a single State to absolve themselves at will, and without the consent of the other States, from their most solemn obligations, and hazard the liberties and happiness of the millions composing this Union, cannot be acknowledged. Such authority is believed to be utterly repugnant both to the principles upon which the General Government is constituted, and to the objects which it is expressly formed to attain.
Seite 2 - That all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement; subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law, and applicable alike to citizens of every race and color, regardless of any previous condition of servitude.
Seite 268 - Secondly, a misfortune of this kind may arise where both parties are to blame, where there has been a want of due diligence or of skill on both sides ; in such a case the rule of law is, that the loss must be apportioned between them, as having been occasioned by the fault of both of them.
Seite 361 - The president is commander-in-chief of the army and navy, and of the militia in the service of the Union.