The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary for General Knowledge, Volume 15George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana D. Appleton and Company, 1883 |
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... diameter of 4 ft . and a height of 150 ft . , and the pines much great- er dimensions . S. and E. of the steppes the spurs of the Altai mountains jut into the plain like the headlands of a seacoast . Many of the great rivers rise here ...
... diameter of 4 ft . and a height of 150 ft . , and the pines much great- er dimensions . S. and E. of the steppes the spurs of the Altai mountains jut into the plain like the headlands of a seacoast . Many of the great rivers rise here ...
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... name from the closely set stiff brushes of hairs on the legs . They are found in forests , building strong viscid webs , 3 to 4 ft . in diameter , and usually over 10 ft . from the ground . The web | 42 SILK SPIDER SILK.
... name from the closely set stiff brushes of hairs on the legs . They are found in forests , building strong viscid webs , 3 to 4 ft . in diameter , and usually over 10 ft . from the ground . The web | 42 SILK SPIDER SILK.
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... diameter varied from to T of an inch , and its strength was very great . For details see the " Popular Science Monthly " for April , 1875 . Silk Spider , Male and Female , one half the natural size . 0 . SILKWORM , the larva of a ...
... diameter varied from to T of an inch , and its strength was very great . For details see the " Popular Science Monthly " for April , 1875 . Silk Spider , Male and Female , one half the natural size . 0 . SILKWORM , the larva of a ...
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... diameter , containing each from 5,000 to 100,000 kilos ; average , about 60 tons . The paste having stiff- ened by the evaporation of its water , from 2 to 10 per cent . of impure salt is added , accord- ing to the contents of silver in ...
... diameter , containing each from 5,000 to 100,000 kilos ; average , about 60 tons . The paste having stiff- ened by the evaporation of its water , from 2 to 10 per cent . of impure salt is added , accord- ing to the contents of silver in ...
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... diameter at the base ; they are abun- dantly supplied with blood , which explains their erectile turgescence under stimuli ; they adhere more or less firmly to the cuticle . The sebaceous or oil glands of the skin are formed on the same ...
... diameter at the base ; they are abun- dantly supplied with blood , which explains their erectile turgescence under stimuli ; they adhere more or less firmly to the cuticle . The sebaceous or oil glands of the skin are formed on the same ...
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Page 99 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union : and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 99 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Page 95 - The state of slavery is of such a nature, that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons, moral or political, but only by positive law...
Page 99 - Resolved, That the United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State, in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system.
Page 95 - It is so odious that nothing can be suffered to support it but positive law. Whatever inconveniences, therefore, may follow from the decision, I cannot say this case is allowed or approved by the law of England; and therefore the black must be discharged.
Page 99 - St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia (except the fortyeight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess...
Page 25 - General was and being thirsty with excess of bleeding, he called for drink, which was presently brought him; but as he was putting the bottle to his mouth, he saw a poor soldier carried along, who had eaten his last at the same feast, ghastly casting up his eyes at the bottle. Which Sir Philip perceiving, took it from his head before he drank and delivered it to the poor man with these words, 'Thy necessity is yet greater than mine.
Page 99 - ... first above mentioned, order and designate, as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemine, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St.
Page 314 - Star-Chamber censuring the breach and disobedience to those proclamations by very great fines and imprisonment ; so that any disrespect to any acts of state or to the persons of statesmen was in no time more penal, and those foundations of right by which men valued their security...
Page 372 - The Whole Book of Psalms, collected into English Metre by T. Sternhold, J. Hopkins, and others, conferred with the Ebreu ; with apt Notes to sing them •withal...