The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Volumen15George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana Appleton, 1876 |
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... Antimony , zinc , sul- narily one , in the palaces reaches scores and phur , and arsenic also exist , and silver in com- hundreds ; but the first is the wife proper , to bination . Salt is largely manufactured by so- whom the rest are ...
... Antimony , zinc , sul- narily one , in the palaces reaches scores and phur , and arsenic also exist , and silver in com- hundreds ; but the first is the wife proper , to bination . Salt is largely manufactured by so- whom the rest are ...
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... antimony , iron , and arsenic are all found , and there are emerald and topaz mines of great value . Diamonds are occasionally found on the E. slopes of the Ural mountains . Por- phyry , jasper , and malachite , for ornamental uses ...
... antimony , iron , and arsenic are all found , and there are emerald and topaz mines of great value . Diamonds are occasionally found on the E. slopes of the Ural mountains . Por- phyry , jasper , and malachite , for ornamental uses ...
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... antimony are found , but they are seldom worked . The other min- erals include marble , petroleum , emery , alum , rock salt , agates , and sulphur , the most impor- tant of all . The climate is temperate and agree- able . The ...
... antimony are found , but they are seldom worked . The other min- erals include marble , petroleum , emery , alum , rock salt , agates , and sulphur , the most impor- tant of all . The climate is temperate and agree- able . The ...
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... antimony , arsenic , bismuth , quicksilver , or iron ) , and is easily fusible , it naturally became known to mankind in the earliest ages . The alchemists called it Luna or Diana . The Greek name apyvpoç is from apyós , white , and is ...
... antimony , arsenic , bismuth , quicksilver , or iron ) , and is easily fusible , it naturally became known to mankind in the earliest ages . The alchemists called it Luna or Diana . The Greek name apyvpoç is from apyós , white , and is ...
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... antimony , and arsenic yield brittle alloys . The alloys of silver and copper are the most important of all , being used both in coinage and in the arts . The copper alloy is harder than pure silver , takes a finer polish , and wears ...
... antimony , and arsenic yield brittle alloys . The alloys of silver and copper are the most important of all , being used both in coinage and in the arts . The copper alloy is harder than pure silver , takes a finer polish , and wears ...
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Página 101 - If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save Slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy Slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy Slavery.
Página 101 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Página 101 - ... 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...
Página 97 - 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...
Página 320 - 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...
Página 101 - Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause; and I shall do more whenever I believe doing more will help the cause.
Página 101 - ... 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.
Página 427 - Complete View of the Manners, Customs, Arms, Habits, &c., of the Inhabitants of England from the arrival of the Saxons till the Reign of Henry VIII.
Página 378 - The whole book of Psalms, collected into English metre by T. Sternhold, J. Hopkins, and others, conferred with the Ebrue; with apt notes to sing them withall...
Página 97 - It is so odious, that nothing can be suffered to support it but positive law. Whatever inconveniences, therefore, may follow from a decision, I cannot say this case is allowed or approved by the law of England ; and therefore the black must be discharged.