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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... pounds of blood . The whole mass of blood is about twenty - eight pounds , so that this quantity of blood passes through the heart thirteen or fourteen times in an hour , or about once in every four or five minutes . In the whale , ten ...
... pounds of blood . The whole mass of blood is about twenty - eight pounds , so that this quantity of blood passes through the heart thirteen or fourteen times in an hour , or about once in every four or five minutes . In the whale , ten ...
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... pounds in an adult . Of this , four parts are contained in the veins , and a fifth in the arteries . The blood being returned by the veins , of a dark red color to the heart , is sent from that viscus into the lungs , to undergo some ...
... pounds in an adult . Of this , four parts are contained in the veins , and a fifth in the arteries . The blood being returned by the veins , of a dark red color to the heart , is sent from that viscus into the lungs , to undergo some ...
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... pound . The seasons for collecting the leaves , are April , June , and September . Much has been said and written about the properties of tea . The reason why the gout and stone are unknown in China , is ascribed to the use of this ...
... pound . The seasons for collecting the leaves , are April , June , and September . Much has been said and written about the properties of tea . The reason why the gout and stone are unknown in China , is ascribed to the use of this ...
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... pounds . They vary greatly , however , in size , shape and color . The inside of the yam is white , and in mealiness resembles the potato . When dressed , they are somewhat like that root ; they are considered nu- tritive , and easy of ...
... pounds . They vary greatly , however , in size , shape and color . The inside of the yam is white , and in mealiness resembles the potato . When dressed , they are somewhat like that root ; they are considered nu- tritive , and easy of ...
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... pounds . But reckoning the weight of a cluster only at forty pounds , such a plantation would produce more than four thousand pounds of nutritive substance . M. Humboldt calcu- lates that as 33 pounds of wheat , and 99 pounds of potato ...
... pounds . But reckoning the weight of a cluster only at forty pounds , such a plantation would produce more than four thousand pounds of nutritive substance . M. Humboldt calcu- lates that as 33 pounds of wheat , and 99 pounds of potato ...
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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.
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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.
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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...
Страница 120 - ... surprising. The ground is covered to the depth of several inches with their dung; all the tender grass and underwood destroyed; the surface strewed with large limbs of trees broken down by the weight of the birds clustering one above another; and the trees themselves, for thousands of acres, killed as completely as if girdled with an axe. The marks of this desolation remain for many years on the spot; and numerous places could be pointed out where for several years after, scarce a single vegetable...