The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge, Količina 7Encyclopedia Americana Corporation, 1918 |
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... studied law at Wil- liam and Mary College and engaged in its prac- tice in Nashville , Tenn . He assisted in form- ing the constitution of Tennessee , and rep- resented that State in Congress 1797-1801 . În 1801 he was appointed ...
... studied law at Wil- liam and Mary College and engaged in its prac- tice in Nashville , Tenn . He assisted in form- ing the constitution of Tennessee , and rep- resented that State in Congress 1797-1801 . În 1801 he was appointed ...
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... studied curves of the third order , tortuous curves and projections , and was the first to find the singu- lar solution of a differential equation of the first degree in X and Y. The equation used by Clairaut , often called Clairaut's ...
... studied curves of the third order , tortuous curves and projections , and was the first to find the singu- lar solution of a differential equation of the first degree in X and Y. The equation used by Clairaut , often called Clairaut's ...
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... studied also at Syracuse Univer- sity and the University of Chicago . In 1896 she became professor of zoology at Mount Holyoke . From 1888 to 1902 she carried on investigations at the marine biological labora- tory at Woods Hole , Mass ...
... studied also at Syracuse Univer- sity and the University of Chicago . In 1896 she became professor of zoology at Mount Holyoke . From 1888 to 1902 she carried on investigations at the marine biological labora- tory at Woods Hole , Mass ...
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... studied at the Lycée Bonaparte of Paris and became known as a feuilletonist and dramatic critic . During the Franco - Prussian War he acted as correspondent for Paris papers for a brief period . He wrote a long series of very successful ...
... studied at the Lycée Bonaparte of Paris and became known as a feuilletonist and dramatic critic . During the Franco - Prussian War he acted as correspondent for Paris papers for a brief period . He wrote a long series of very successful ...
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... studied for the bar and practised in his native State with success . After serving as sheriff of Essex County , he was chosen a delegate to the Continental Con- gress in 1775 and signed the Declaration of Independence . He was a member ...
... studied for the bar and practised in his native State with success . After serving as sheriff of Essex County , he was chosen a delegate to the Continental Con- gress in 1775 and signed the Declaration of Independence . He was a member ...
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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...