The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge, Količina 15Encyclopedia Americana Corporation, 1919 |
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... mean annual tem- perature is about 82 ° , the range about 10 ° ; in Madras mean about 84 ° , range 7 ° to 8 ° . The annual rainfall in India is much greater than that of England ; but it is distributed with great irregularity . The ...
... mean annual tem- perature is about 82 ° , the range about 10 ° ; in Madras mean about 84 ° , range 7 ° to 8 ° . The annual rainfall in India is much greater than that of England ; but it is distributed with great irregularity . The ...
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... means of branch lines with all the large cities of the empire . These great trunk lines have also been extended to the farthest limits of India , and even into adjoining territories , as where the line which crosses the Indus at Sukkur ...
... means of branch lines with all the large cities of the empire . These great trunk lines have also been extended to the farthest limits of India , and even into adjoining territories , as where the line which crosses the Indus at Sukkur ...
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... means or by the national government , for the education of children and youth of the Indian population of this country . For particulars concerning these schools see INDIAN AFFAIRS ; INDIANS , EDUCATION OF THE . INDIAN SHOT . See CANNA ...
... means or by the national government , for the education of children and youth of the Indian population of this country . For particulars concerning these schools see INDIAN AFFAIRS ; INDIANS , EDUCATION OF THE . INDIAN SHOT . See CANNA ...
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... means of warfare , and , crowd- ing the natives for subsistence , led them to attack each other more effectively . The recent studies of Dixon and Kroeber in California have strengthened the view of a certain par- allelism of language ...
... means of warfare , and , crowd- ing the natives for subsistence , led them to attack each other more effectively . The recent studies of Dixon and Kroeber in California have strengthened the view of a certain par- allelism of language ...
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... means unknown women were the " mothers of the nation . " Among the Mayan peoples of Central America woman's position was also high . Many of the priests were women , and they were also commonly the lead- ers of their tribes in rebellion ...
... means unknown women were the " mothers of the nation . " Among the Mayan peoples of Central America woman's position was also high . Many of the priests were women , and they were also commonly the lead- ers of their tribes in rebellion ...
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Stran 160 - LO Howard, chief of the Bureau of Entomology of the United States Department of Agriculture, and...
Stran 355 - In every generation the Irish people have asserted their right to national freedom and sovereignty; six times during the past three hundred years they have asserted it in arms. Standing on that fundamental right and again asserting it in arms in the face of the world, we hereby proclaim the Irish Republic as a Sovereign Independent State, and we pledge our lives and the lives of our comrades-in-arms to the cause of its freedom, of its welfare and of its exaltation among the nations.
Stran 355 - IRISHMEN AND IRISHWOMEN: In the name of God and of the dead generations from which she receives her old tradition of nationhood, Ireland, through us, summons her children to her flag and strikes for her freedom.
Stran 259 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Stran 129 - Department of the British Museum. A MANUAL OF THE INFUSORIA. Including a Description of the Flagellate, Ciliate, and Tentaculiferous Protozoa, British and Foreign, and an account of the Organization and Affinities of the Sponges.
Stran 112 - Between these two classes a struggle must go on until the workers of the world organize as a class, take possession of the earth and the machinery of production, and abolish the wagi; system.
Stran 323 - His Majesty's Government must retain their right to use all the forces of the Crown in Ireland, or elsewhere, to maintain law and order and to support the civil power in the ordinary execution of its duty. But they have no intention whatever of taking advantage of this right to crush political opposition to the policy or principles of the Home Rule Bill.
Stran 208 - I understand that when words are used, which will bear a natural sense, and also an artificial one, or one to be made out by argument or inference, the natural sense shall prevail : it is simply a rule of construction and not of addition : common intent cannot add to a sentence words which are omitted.
Stran 264 - International laws violated with impunity must soon cease to exist and every state has a direct interest in preventing those violations which if permitted to continue would destroy the law. Wherever in the world the laws which should protect the independence of nations, the inviolability of their territory, the lives and property of their citizens, are violated, all other nations have a right to protest against the breaking down of the law.
Stran 86 - Committee has led them strongly to hold that if the maximum output is to be secured and maintained for any length of time, a weekly period of rest must be allowed. Except for quite short periods, continuous work, in their view, is a profound mistake and does not pay — output is not increased. On economic and social grounds alike this weekly period of rest is best provided on Sunday...