The Current Encyclopedia: A Monthly Record of Human Progress, Količina 2Modern Research Society, 1902 |
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Stran 833
... feet . The longest one - span arch bridge which is now in existence and completed is in the United States . It is the Cabin John Bridge near the city of Washington , and has a span of 220 ft . with a rise of 57.26 ft . The ravine ...
... feet . The longest one - span arch bridge which is now in existence and completed is in the United States . It is the Cabin John Bridge near the city of Washington , and has a span of 220 ft . with a rise of 57.26 ft . The ravine ...
Stran 848
... feet to ( B ) ( B ' ) , where a re- sistance of 9,500 ohms may be found . This operation is repeated at ( C ) ( C ' ) , ( D ) ( D ' ) and ( E ) ( E ' ) , the resistance probably varying somewhat with each measurement . Upon the ...
... feet to ( B ) ( B ' ) , where a re- sistance of 9,500 ohms may be found . This operation is repeated at ( C ) ( C ' ) , ( D ) ( D ' ) and ( E ) ( E ' ) , the resistance probably varying somewhat with each measurement . Upon the ...
Stran 849
... feet . Practical experience has demon- strated the fact that a metallic streak in the earth has a degree of conductivity so much greater than that of other conductors which might lessen the resistance , such as streams of water , a damp ...
... feet . Practical experience has demon- strated the fact that a metallic streak in the earth has a degree of conductivity so much greater than that of other conductors which might lessen the resistance , such as streams of water , a damp ...
Stran 850
... that at a few hundred feet above the earth an air veloc- ity of ten miles an hour is an everyday occurrence , and often it is much greater , claims to have produced amoebalike cells point the way for. 850 FLYING MACHINES .
... that at a few hundred feet above the earth an air veloc- ity of ten miles an hour is an everyday occurrence , and often it is much greater , claims to have produced amoebalike cells point the way for. 850 FLYING MACHINES .
Stran 851
... feet long and one foot wide , made sharp at both edges , and driven through the air sidewise at a slight angle above the horizontal , would carry 133 pounds to one horse - power at a veloc- ity of forty miles an hour . His experi- ments ...
... feet long and one foot wide , made sharp at both edges , and driven through the air sidewise at a slight angle above the horizontal , would carry 133 pounds to one horse - power at a veloc- ity of forty miles an hour . His experi- ments ...
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Stran 1093 - States as a holiday or as a day of public fasting or thanksgiving; (15) a person shall be deemed insolvent within the provisions of this act whenever the aggregate of his property, exclusive of any property which he may have conveyed, transferred, concealed, or removed, or permitted to be concealed or removed, with intent to defraud, hinder or delay his creditors, shall not, at a fair valuation, be sufficient in amount to pay his debts...
Stran 1119 - Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States and having knowledge of the commission of any treason against them, conceals and does not, as soon as may be, disclose and make known the same to the President or to some judge of the United States, or to the governor or to some judge or justice of a ^particular State, is guilty of misprision of treason and shall be imprisoned not more than seven years, and fined not more than one thousand dollars.
Stran 868 - It is no limitation upon property rights or freedom of contract to require that when men receive from Government the privilege of doing business under corporate form, which frees them from individual responsibility, and enables them to call into their enterprises the capital of the public, they shall do so upon absolutely truthful representations as to the value of the property in which the capital is to be invested.
Stran 1253 - Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years' lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert.
Stran 972 - ... 5. To enable such students as may find Washington the best point for their special studies to enjoy the advantages of the museums, libraries, laboratories, observatory, meteorological, piscicultural, and forestry schools, and kindred institutions of the several departments of the Government. 6. To ensure the prompt publication and distribution of the results of scientific investigation, a field considered highly important.
Stran 1094 - A person shall be deemed to have given a preference if, being insolvent, he has, within four months before the filing of the petition, or after the filing of the petition and before the adjudication, procured or suffered a judgment to be entered against himself in favor of any person, or made a transfer of any of his property, and the effect of the enforcement of such judgment or transfer will be to enable any one of his creditors to obtain a greater percentage of his debt than any other of such...
Stran 1007 - Then ye returned to your trinkets; then ye contented your souls With the flannelled fools at the wicket or the muddied oafs at the goals. Given to strong delusion, wholly believing a lie, Ye saw that the land lay fenceless, and ye let the months go by Waiting some easy wonder, hoping some saving sign Idle - openly idle - in the lee of the forespent Line.
Stran 1017 - The United States of America and the Emperor of China cordially recognize the inherent and inalienable right of man to change his home and allegiance, and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and emigration of their citizens and subjects respectively from the one country to the other for purposes of curiosity, of trade, or as permanent residents.
Stran 842 - That there shall be levied, collected, and paid upon all articles coming into the United States from the Philippine Islands the rates of duty which are required to be levied, collected, and paid upon like articles imported from foreign countries...
Stran 842 - That no goods, wares, or merchandise shall be imported, under penalty of forfeiture thereof, from one port of the United States to another port of the United States...