The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with Large Additions, Volumen14Harry Thurston Peck Dodd, Mead, 1899 |
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... produced depended upon the material to which the carrying agent had access . Fine mud would produce shales , sand sandstones , and calcareous matter limestones . In a section , these different kinds of rocks are frequently found to ...
... produced depended upon the material to which the carrying agent had access . Fine mud would produce shales , sand sandstones , and calcareous matter limestones . In a section , these different kinds of rocks are frequently found to ...
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... produced by short interruptions in the deposi- tion , similar to what might be the result of tidal or other intermittent action . The degree of cohesion may be the result of rapid succession in the acts of deposition , but it is ...
... produced by short interruptions in the deposi- tion , similar to what might be the result of tidal or other intermittent action . The degree of cohesion may be the result of rapid succession in the acts of deposition , but it is ...
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... produced from seed ; but planta tions of strawberries are generally formed of the young plants , which are abundantly produced by runners . The rows are from 18 in . to two ft . apart , according to the kind . The finest fruit is said ...
... produced from seed ; but planta tions of strawberries are generally formed of the young plants , which are abundantly produced by runners . The rows are from 18 in . to two ft . apart , according to the kind . The finest fruit is said ...
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... produced in great abundance , and unlike other strawberries , parts from its calyx almost on being touched . The Alpine strawberry continues to produce fruit long after the other kinds . The INDIAN STRAWBERRY ( F. Indica ) , a native of ...
... produced in great abundance , and unlike other strawberries , parts from its calyx almost on being touched . The Alpine strawberry continues to produce fruit long after the other kinds . The INDIAN STRAWBERRY ( F. Indica ) , a native of ...
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... produced by a central force , corresponding to the result given by Laplace in the first part of his second book of the Mechanique Céleste , and to that of Newton in the 41st proposition , section viii . , of the Principia . He was one ...
... produced by a central force , corresponding to the result given by Laplace in the first part of his second book of the Mechanique Céleste , and to that of Newton in the 41st proposition , section viii . , of the Principia . He was one ...
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Página 381 - NOW the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all. 17 THE salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle : so I write.
Página 242 - Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you : I am the LORD.
Página 103 - VIII. c. 1, declared the king and his successors to be the ' only supreme head on earth of the Church of England.
Página 17 - Lives of the Queens of Scotland, and English Princesses connected with the Regal Succession of Great Britain.
Página 116 - No other effectual duty is known for virtuous women, at any time after the death of their lords, except casting themselves into the same fire. As long as a woman (in her successive transmigrations) shall decline burning herself, like a faithful wife, on the same fire with her deceased lord, so long shall she be not exempted from springing again to life in the body of some female animal.
Página 266 - In some species, they are modified to serve as formidable weapons of offence and defence ; in others, as aids in locomotion, means of anchorage, instruments for uprooting or cutting •down trees, or for transport and working of building materials. They are characteristic of age and sex ; and in man they have secondary relations, subservient to beauty and to speech. Teeth are always intimately related to the food and habits of the animal, and are therefore highly interesting to the physiologist ;...
Página 85 - ... and cursing and swearing in a manner so horrid as to convey to any serious mind an idea of hell rather than any other place.
Página 267 - Teeth consisting of dentine and vaso-dentine are very common iu fishes, the hard dentine being external, and performing the office of enamel. Dentine and cement, the latter forming a thick outer layer, constitute the grinding teeth of the dugong. In the teeth of the sloth, the hard dentine is reduced to a thin layer, and the chief bulk of the tooth consists of vaso-dentine internally, and a thick crust of cement externally. " The human teeth and those of the...
Página 130 - He published short treatises on algebra, giving the first account in Sweden of the differential and integral calculus ; on a mode of finding the longitude at sea by the moon ; on decimal money and measures ; on the motion and position of the earth and planets; on the depth of the sea, and greater force of the tides in the ancient world ; on docks, sluices, and saltworks ; and on chemistry as atomic geometry. In 1724 he was offered the professorship of mathematics at Upsal, which he declined from...
Página 261 - And if the waste be lessened, the necessity for food to repair it will be lessened in an equal proportion. In other words, by the consumption of a certain quantity of tea, the health and strength of the body will be maintained in an equal degree upon a smaller supply of ordinary food. Tea, therefore, saves food — stands to a certain extent in the place of food — while at the same time it soothes the body and enlivens the mind.