The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Commerce, Etc., of the World, Volume 6Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines Scientific American Compiling Department, 1911 |
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... usually presided over by administration . the Pope in person , but often by his delegate ; the stated meetings are twice a month ; the ses- sions are secret usually , but often they are public or semi - public , Church dignitaries of ...
... usually presided over by administration . the Pope in person , but often by his delegate ; the stated meetings are twice a month ; the ses- sions are secret usually , but often they are public or semi - public , Church dignitaries of ...
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... usually characterized as productive or unpro- ductive , according as it does or does not con- duce to the efficiency of a producer and to fur- ther production . Thus wealth in the form of machinery is consumed productively by wear and ...
... usually characterized as productive or unpro- ductive , according as it does or does not con- duce to the efficiency of a producer and to fur- ther production . Thus wealth in the form of machinery is consumed productively by wear and ...
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... usually regarded as distinct organisms or germs , probably of the nature of plants . The diseases so familiar in malarial districts , inter- mittent and remittent fevers , have been gener- ally regarded as similarly communicated ( but ...
... usually regarded as distinct organisms or germs , probably of the nature of plants . The diseases so familiar in malarial districts , inter- mittent and remittent fevers , have been gener- ally regarded as similarly communicated ( but ...
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... usually due to affections of the brain or spinal column and , if the theory of many physiological psychologists be accepted , to any abnormality of the cerebellum , which is reckoned the seat of co - ordination , notably in relation to ...
... usually due to affections of the brain or spinal column and , if the theory of many physiological psychologists be accepted , to any abnormality of the cerebellum , which is reckoned the seat of co - ordination , notably in relation to ...
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... usually re- This is usually the case , but sometimes , covers . when the dose is extremely large , vomiting is ineffectual . In addition to the symptoms already given , intense headache then develops , accom- panied by great prostration ...
... usually re- This is usually the case , but sometimes , covers . when the dose is extremely large , vomiting is ineffectual . In addition to the symptoms already given , intense headache then develops , accom- panied by great prostration ...
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Page 5 - The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion, and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive...
Page 6 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; 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...
Page 4 - ... 8. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.
Page 11 - 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 5 - All debts contracted, and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this 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 21 - ... to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specified points to be agreed upon with the President of the United States. VIII. That by way of further assurance the government of Cuba will embody the foregoing provisions in a permanent treaty with the United States.
Page 11 - 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 crime shall have been committed...
Page 3 - ... Each house shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business ; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties as each house may provide.
Page 21 - That the government of Cuba will execute, and as far as necessary extend, the plans already devised or other plans to be mutually agreed upon, for the sanitation of the cities of the island, to the end that a recurrence of epidemic and infectious diseases may be prevented, thereby assuring protection to the people and commerce of Cuba, as well as to the commerce of the southern ports of the. United States and the people residing therein.
Page 21 - That the government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba.