Encyclopædia Britannica: Americanized Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 10Bedford-Clarke Company, 1890 |
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Page 5921
... Indians , he made the sine and the arc for the value 3 ° 45 ' coincide . From the harbor the Canal Grande extends into the town , allowing large vessels to unload at the ware houses . At the end of the Molo Sta Teresa is a light- house ...
... Indians , he made the sine and the arc for the value 3 ° 45 ' coincide . From the harbor the Canal Grande extends into the town , allowing large vessels to unload at the ware houses . At the end of the Molo Sta Teresa is a light- house ...
Page 5923
... Indians , who were much more apt calculators than the Greeks , availed themselves of the Greek geom- etry which came from Alexandria , and made it the basis of trigonometrical calculations . The principal improve- ment which they ...
... Indians , who were much more apt calculators than the Greeks , availed themselves of the Greek geom- etry which came from Alexandria , and made it the basis of trigonometrical calculations . The principal improve- ment which they ...
Page 5988
... Indians , of whom they murdered a number . In June of the next year Drake touched at the island and took the colonists back to England . Soon after Grenville returned with fifteen additional colonists and left them on the site of the ...
... Indians , of whom they murdered a number . In June of the next year Drake touched at the island and took the colonists back to England . Soon after Grenville returned with fifteen additional colonists and left them on the site of the ...
Page 5989
... Indians broke out , and in revenge for the killing of one of their warriors the Indians mas- sacred 347 of the colonists and reduced the number of plantations from 80 to 8. This war seriously checked the growth of the colony and lasted ...
... Indians broke out , and in revenge for the killing of one of their warriors the Indians mas- sacred 347 of the colonists and reduced the number of plantations from 80 to 8. This war seriously checked the growth of the colony and lasted ...
Page 5989
... Indians broke out , and in revenge for the killing of one of their warriors the Indians mas- sacred 347 of the colonists and reduced the number of plantations from 80 to 8. This war seriously checked the growth of the colony and lasted ...
... Indians broke out , and in revenge for the killing of one of their warriors the Indians mas- sacred 347 of the colonists and reduced the number of plantations from 80 to 8. This war seriously checked the growth of the colony and lasted ...
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Page 5971 - States. 2 A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
Page 5971 - ... 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 5971 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Page 5971 - 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 5971 - To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular states, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States...
Page 5971 - ... 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 5971 - Nations; 11 To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; 12 To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; 3 To provide and maintain a Navy...
Page 5971 - The times, places and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof, but the congress may at any time, by law, make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
Page 5915 - Faith is this : that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one ; the glory equal, the majesty coeternal.
Page 5971 - ... 3. No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen.