Ogilvie's Handy Book of Useful Information and Statistical Tables of Practical Value: A Universal Hand-book for Ready ReferenceOgilvie, 1884 - 128 pages |
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Page 50
... Mount Rosa , Alps , Sardinia . 15,550 Pinchinca , Ecuador .. .15,200 Mt. Whitney , Cal .. 15,000 Mount Fairweather , Russian possessions ... ..14,796 Mount Shasta , California .. 14,450 Pikes Peak , Colorado ... .14,320 Mount Ophir ...
... Mount Rosa , Alps , Sardinia . 15,550 Pinchinca , Ecuador .. .15,200 Mt. Whitney , Cal .. 15,000 Mount Fairweather , Russian possessions ... ..14,796 Mount Shasta , California .. 14,450 Pikes Peak , Colorado ... .14,320 Mount Ophir ...
Page 51
... Mount Carmel . Gibraltar .. Feet . Miles . 3,500 3,850 3,280 2,000 1,470 ROMAN MONEY MENTIONED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT , WITH EQUIVALENT VALUES IN AMERICAN MONEY . A mite - 00.343 cents ; a farthing about 00.687 cents a penny , or denarius ...
... Mount Carmel . Gibraltar .. Feet . Miles . 3,500 3,850 3,280 2,000 1,470 ROMAN MONEY MENTIONED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT , WITH EQUIVALENT VALUES IN AMERICAN MONEY . A mite - 00.343 cents ; a farthing about 00.687 cents a penny , or denarius ...
Page 83
... Mount Etna , 9,000 ft .; on Caucasus , 9,900 ft .; on the Pyrenees , 8,400 ft .; in Lapland , 3,100 ft .; in Iceland , 2,890 ft . The walnut ceases to grow at an elevation of 3,600 ft . the yellow pine at 6,200 ft .; the ash at 4,800 ft ...
... Mount Etna , 9,000 ft .; on Caucasus , 9,900 ft .; on the Pyrenees , 8,400 ft .; in Lapland , 3,100 ft .; in Iceland , 2,890 ft . The walnut ceases to grow at an elevation of 3,600 ft . the yellow pine at 6,200 ft .; the ash at 4,800 ft ...
Page 88
... mounted on his back . The god crossed the sea with her and arrived in Crete , where he assumed his proper form and ... Mount Ida , and he became the cup bearer of the gods in place of Hebe . GIGANTES . The sons of Coelus and Terra ...
... mounted on his back . The god crossed the sea with her and arrived in Crete , where he assumed his proper form and ... Mount Ida , and he became the cup bearer of the gods in place of Hebe . GIGANTES . The sons of Coelus and Terra ...
Page 92
... Mount Helicon , where , by striking the earth with his foot , he raised a fountain which has been called Hippocrene . PHLEGETHON . A river in the infernal regions , between the banks of which flames of fire flowed instead of water ...
... Mount Helicon , where , by striking the earth with his foot , he raised a fountain which has been called Hippocrene . PHLEGETHON . A river in the infernal regions , between the banks of which flames of fire flowed instead of water ...
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acid alcohol AMERICAN ammonia anise Apollo applied April Area in sq beautiful bergamot BIOGRAPHICAL REGISTER BORN bread bushel Carolina Castile soap castor oil cents Charles cubic daughter of Jupiter deity denotes Diam diameter dissolved Dollar Dose double dram drops Ecuador Ephah essence feet fluid fluid drams foot per foot George goddess grains gum arabic HANDY MYTHOLOGICAL DICTIONARY Hesiod inaugurated president inches infernal regions Iron James John July Jupiter Lake legal holiday letter March mark MEASURES MEDICAL DEPARTMENT meter Mexico miles Motion name given neroli otto of roses ounce PETER SCHOEFFER pine pint popular name popularly given pound pulverized river rope sail Saturn Sept soft water spermaceti spirits square sugar syllable TABLE teaspoonful tinct Trojan war turpentine United vessel Washington Weight Weight Weight William word York ΙΟ
Popular passages
Page 85 - II. king of Crete by Pasiphae, fell in love with Theseus, who was shut up in the labyrinth to be devoured by the Minotaur, and gave him a clue of thread, by which he extricated himself from the difficult windings of his confinement. After he had conquered the Minotaur, he carried her away according to the promise he had made, and married her | but when he arrived at the island of Naxos he forsook...
Page 108 - A receipt for money paid is not legally conclusive. The acts of one partner bind all the others. Contracts made on Sunday cannot be enforced. A contract made with a minor is void. A contract made with a lunatic is void.
Page 112 - The methods by which I have preserved my own health are— temperance, early rising, and sponging the body every morning with cold water, immediately after getting out of bed; a practice which I have adopted for thirty years without ever catching cold.
Page 48 - ... matrices, Faust was so pleased with the contrivance, that he promised Peter to give him his only daughter Christina in marriage, a promise which he soon after performed. But there were as many difficulties at first with these letters, as there had been before with wooden ones, the metal being too soft to support the force of the impression : but this defect was soon remedied, by mixing the metal with a substance which sufficiently hardened it.
Page 90 - MERCURIUS. A celebrated god of antiquity, called Hermes by the Greeks. He was the messenger of the gods, and conducted the souls of the dead into the infernal regions. MINERVA, the goddess of wisdom, war and all the liberal arts, sprang, full grown and armed, from the head of Jupiter, and was immediately admitted to the assembly of the gods, and became one of the most faithful counsellors of her father. Her power in heaven was so great she could hurl the thunders of Jupiter, prolong the life of men,...
Page 48 - He privately cut matrices for the whole alphabet: and when he showed his master the letters cast from these matrices, Faust was so pleased with the contrivance, that he promised Peter to give him his only daughter Christina in marriage, a promise which he soon after performed.
Page 88 - Her beauty was so universally admired, even in her infancy, that Theseus, with his friend Pirithous, carried her away before she had attained her tenth year, and concealed her at Aphidnae, under the care of his mother Aethra. Her brothers Castor and Pollux recovered her by force of arms, and she returned safe and unpolluted to Sparta, her native country.
Page 108 - The law compels no one to do impossibilities. An agreement without consideration is void. Signatures in lead pencil are good in law.
Page 74 - Again, between the years 43 and 50, his appetite fails, his complexion fades, and his tongue is apt to be furred upon the least exertion of body or mind. At this period his muscles become flabby, his joints weak, his spirits droop, and his sleep is imperfect and unrefreshing.
Page 116 - Application. — Moisten two pledgets of cotton with the liquid and apply to the gums on each side of the tooth to be extracted, holding them to their place with pliers or some other convenient instrument for 5 to 15 minutes, rubbing the gum freely inside and out. My wife has...