The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge, Količina 7Encyclopedia Americana Corporation, 1918 |
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Stran 21
... planting brute force . On the walls of the cavern of Niaux an artist of early Magdalenian times , C. B.C. 16000 , has ... plant and to reap and this acquired a sense of ownership . The first hints of agriculture are met with in the rough ...
... planting brute force . On the walls of the cavern of Niaux an artist of early Magdalenian times , C. B.C. 16000 , has ... plant and to reap and this acquired a sense of ownership . The first hints of agriculture are met with in the rough ...
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... plants of the sedge family ( Cyperacea ) , with about 30 species natives of tropical or temperate climes . They are ... plant is very common in certain of the fenny districts of England , where it is used for thatching . It flourishes ...
... plants of the sedge family ( Cyperacea ) , with about 30 species natives of tropical or temperate climes . They are ... plant is very common in certain of the fenny districts of England , where it is used for thatching . It flourishes ...
Stran 31
... plant the clam on the Pacific Coast . The round , or little - necked clam , or quahog , as it is called in New England , lives in the sand from Cape Cod to Texas , just below low - water mark , and abounds at the mouth of estuaries ...
... plant the clam on the Pacific Coast . The round , or little - necked clam , or quahog , as it is called in New England , lives in the sand from Cape Cod to Texas , just below low - water mark , and abounds at the mouth of estuaries ...
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... plants Claytonia in his honor . Clayton's studies of Virginia natural history were published in the Philosophical Transactions of the London Royal Society , and his descriptions of some new species of plants are to be found in the third ...
... plants Claytonia in his honor . Clayton's studies of Virginia natural history were published in the Philosophical Transactions of the London Royal Society , and his descriptions of some new species of plants are to be found in the third ...
Stran 77
... plants grow in damp woods and wet places , and are found at all elevations up to 5,000 feet , in the region of Nova Scotia , South to the Gulf and westward to the Pacific Coast . The plants are low succulent herbs , the delicate rose ...
... plants grow in damp woods and wet places , and are found at all elevations up to 5,000 feet , in the region of Nova Scotia , South to the Gulf and westward to the Pacific Coast . The plants are low succulent herbs , the delicate rose ...
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Stran 261 - ... the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the Legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.
Stran 278 - April, 1850, commonly called the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, to the construction of such canal under the auspices of the Government of the United States...
Stran 271 - ... (c.) When both are running free, with the wind on different sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other.
Stran 206 - To say that any state may at pleasure secede from the Union, is to say that the United States are not a nation...
Stran 261 - Territory shall be twenty-five thousand dollars, to be applied only to instruction in agriculture, the mechanic arts, the English language and the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural and economic science, with special reference to their applications in the industries of life, and to the facilities for such instruction...
Stran 206 - The right of the people of a single State to absolve themselves at will, and without the consent of the other States, from their most solemn obligations, and hazard the liberties and happiness of the millions composing this Union, cannot be acknowledged. Such authority is believed to be utterly repugnant both to the principles upon which the General Government is constituted, and to the objects which it is expressly formed to attain.
Stran 270 - Secondly, a misfortune of this kind may arise where both parties are to blame, where there has been a want of due diligence or of skill on both sides ; in such a case the rule of law is, that the loss must be apportioned between them, as having been occasioned by the fault of both of them.
Stran 4 - When they are contending for victory, they avow their intention of enjoying the fruits of it. If they are defeated, they expect to retire from office ; if they are successful, they claim, as a matter of right, the advantages of success. They see nothing wrong in the rule, that to the victor belongs the spoils of the enemy.
Stran 1 - That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States...