A New Family Encyclopedia: Or, Compendium of Universal Knowledge : Comprehending a Plain and Practical View of Those Subjects, Most Interesting to Persons, in the Ordinary Professions of LifeCharles Augustus Goodrich T. Belknap, 1835 - 468 страници |
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... feet , in the skin , tendons , and bones of all animals . Glue and isinglass are specimens of dried gelatin . Animal jelly , when properly prepared , is very nutritious , and well adapted to persons in a convalescent state . ALIMENTS ...
... feet , in the skin , tendons , and bones of all animals . Glue and isinglass are specimens of dried gelatin . Animal jelly , when properly prepared , is very nutritious , and well adapted to persons in a convalescent state . ALIMENTS ...
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... feet high , according to the goodness of the ground ; in some moist soils , the cane has measured twenty feet , but such are seldom so produc- tive . This species of sugar cane has three varieties , the white , the red , and the ...
... feet high , according to the goodness of the ground ; in some moist soils , the cane has measured twenty feet , but such are seldom so produc- tive . This species of sugar cane has three varieties , the white , the red , and the ...
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... feet of mountains , and a stoney soil ; it is likewise found in mountains and rocky districts . Its seed is usually sown in places exposed to the south ; and bears three years after sown . The root resembles that of the peach tree ; the ...
... feet of mountains , and a stoney soil ; it is likewise found in mountains and rocky districts . Its seed is usually sown in places exposed to the south ; and bears three years after sown . The root resembles that of the peach tree ; the ...
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... feet long and two feet broad ; the middle rib is strong , but the rest of the leaf is tender and apt to be torn by the wind . The leaves grow with great rapidity , after the stalk has attained its proper height . The spike of flowers ...
... feet long and two feet broad ; the middle rib is strong , but the rest of the leaf is tender and apt to be torn by the wind . The leaves grow with great rapidity , after the stalk has attained its proper height . The spike of flowers ...
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... feet will contain from thirty to forty banana plants . A cluster of bananas produced on a single plant , often contains from one hundred and sixty , to one hundred and eighty pounds . But reckoning the weight of a cluster only at forty ...
... feet will contain from thirty to forty banana plants . A cluster of bananas produced on a single plant , often contains from one hundred and sixty , to one hundred and eighty pounds . But reckoning the weight of a cluster only at forty ...
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Страница 453 - ... from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States.
Страница 378 - If you plant in the fall, cut them down as soon as the frost is out of the ground in the spring, and before the buds begin to swell; and, if you plant in the spring, cut down as soon as you have
Страница 452 - Vice-President of the United States is the President of the Senate, in which body he has only a casting vote, which is given in case of an equal division of the votes of the Senators. In his absence, a President pro tempore is chosen by the Senate.
Страница 208 - To give it a polish, it is put into a tub containing a quantity of bran, which is set in motion by turning a shaft that runs through its centre, and thus by means of friction it becomes perfectly bright. The pin being complete, nothing remains but to separate it from the bran, which is performed...
Страница 437 - ... the whole should protect all its parts, and that every part should pay obedience to the will of the whole; or, in other words, that the community should guard the rights of' each individual member, and that (in return for this protection) each individual should submit to the laws CHAP. of the community; without which submission of all ¿; it was impossible that protection could be certainly extended to any.
Страница 450 - He shall be at least thirty years of age, a citizen of the United States, and shall have resided in this State at least five years immediately preceding his election.
Страница 120 - ... more, and that it moved at the rate of one mile in a minute, four hours, the time it continued passing, would make its whole length two hundred and forty miles. Again, supposing that each square yard of this moving body comprehended three pigeons, the square yards in the whole...
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