The Century Book of Facts: A Library of Ready Reference Embracing History, Biography, Government, Law, Language, Literature, Invention, Science, Domestic Economy, Industry, Finance, Art, Religion, Education, Hygiene, and Useful MiscellanyHenry Woldmar Ruoff King-Richardson, 1900 - 681 pages |
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... acid , which leaves the gold perfectly pure . Iron ores are assayed by separating the oxy- gen from the iron , by the greater affinity of charcoal for that element at high temperatures . The ore , some charcoal , and an alkaline flux ...
... acid , which leaves the gold perfectly pure . Iron ores are assayed by separating the oxy- gen from the iron , by the greater affinity of charcoal for that element at high temperatures . The ore , some charcoal , and an alkaline flux ...
Page 306
... 1634. In 1856 and 1857 , Dauglish patented a mode of making " aerated bread " in which carbonic acid gas is com- bined with water and mixed with the flour , • superfluous color from its surface , so that only 306 THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS .
... 1634. In 1856 and 1857 , Dauglish patented a mode of making " aerated bread " in which carbonic acid gas is com- bined with water and mixed with the flour , • superfluous color from its surface , so that only 306 THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS .
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... acid . Candles . It was not until the fourteenth This has the effect of making a pulp of cotton century that candles having any resemblance very much like paper pulp . After the acid to those now in use were manufactured . Pre- has ...
... acid . Candles . It was not until the fourteenth This has the effect of making a pulp of cotton century that candles having any resemblance very much like paper pulp . After the acid to those now in use were manufactured . Pre- has ...
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... Acid . Oxide of Potassium . Sulphide of Arsenic . Oxide of Lead . Oxide of Iron . Chloride of Ammonia . Hydrate Calcium . Oxide of Sodium . Ammonia . Hydro - Chloric , or Muriatic Acid . Stucco , or Plaster of Paris , Sulphate of Lime ...
... Acid . Oxide of Potassium . Sulphide of Arsenic . Oxide of Lead . Oxide of Iron . Chloride of Ammonia . Hydrate Calcium . Oxide of Sodium . Ammonia . Hydro - Chloric , or Muriatic Acid . Stucco , or Plaster of Paris , Sulphate of Lime ...
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... acid , the whole pulverized and mixed with a small proportion of white lead and a little cobalt blue . This glaze is mixed with water , the articles are dipped in it one by one , receiving a deposit like a thin paste on the surface ...
... acid , the whole pulverized and mixed with a small proportion of white lead and a little cobalt blue . This glaze is mixed with water , the articles are dipped in it one by one , receiving a deposit like a thin paste on the surface ...
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Page 24 - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.
Page 22 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.
Page 25 - States, or as a member of any State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Page 24 - Constitution, as under the confederation. 2. -This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be...
Page 23 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Page 25 - ... on the list the Senate shall choose the VicePresident ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
Page 23 - United States whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law ; but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Page 8 - No person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Page 24 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open Court.
Page 11 - No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he shall have been elected, be appointed to any civil office of profit under this state, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased during such term, except such offices as may be filled by elections by the people.