The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 40D. Appleton, 1892 - Science |
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... appear that any effort was made to compare the chemical composition of the irons that made good steel with that of the irons that would only make bad steel ; and what was " good metal " seems to have been decided by actual treatment in ...
... appear that any effort was made to compare the chemical composition of the irons that made good steel with that of the irons that would only make bad steel ; and what was " good metal " seems to have been decided by actual treatment in ...
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... appears that , if we count all the plants which have been culti- vated for food at one time or another , the list contains 1,192 species ; but if we count all the plants which either " habitally or during famine periods are recorded to ...
... appears that , if we count all the plants which have been culti- vated for food at one time or another , the list contains 1,192 species ; but if we count all the plants which either " habitally or during famine periods are recorded to ...
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... appear to be occasions in the life of a species when it seems to be peculiarly susceptible to the influence of its sur- Food - grains of India , A. II . Church , London , 1886 , p . 34. In this instructive work the reader will find much ...
... appear to be occasions in the life of a species when it seems to be peculiarly susceptible to the influence of its sur- Food - grains of India , A. II . Church , London , 1886 , p . 34. In this instructive work the reader will find much ...
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... appears to be caprice on the part of the public is at bottom common sense . The cases illustrate as well as any which are at command the difficulties which sur- round the whole subject of the introduction of new foods . * According to ...
... appears to be caprice on the part of the public is at bottom common sense . The cases illustrate as well as any which are at command the difficulties which sur- round the whole subject of the introduction of new foods . * According to ...
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... appear to be wholly in estab- lished lines of cultivation , such , for instance , as members of the gourd and nightshade families . Before we leave the subject of our coming vegetables , it will be well to note a naïve caution enjoined ...
... appear to be wholly in estab- lished lines of cultivation , such , for instance , as members of the gourd and nightshade families . Before we leave the subject of our coming vegetables , it will be well to note a naïve caution enjoined ...
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Page 443 - The property which every man has in his own labor, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable.
Page 205 - And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
Page 438 - No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned, or disseised, or outlawed, or banished, or any ways destroyed, nor will we pass upon him, nor will we send upon him, unless by the lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
Page 205 - And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Page 52 - Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.
Page 455 - States, and dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people...
Page 587 - ... wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy; but sacred Scripture tells us that Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, and not the earth.
Page 205 - And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin ; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you...
Page 435 - The liberty mentioned in that amendment means not only the right of the citizen to be free from the mere physical restraint of his person, as by incarceration, but the term is deemed to embrace the right of the citizen to be free in the enjoyment of all his faculties; to be free to use them in all lawful ways ; to live and work where he will ; to earn his livelihood by any lawful calling ; to pursue any livelihood or avocation, and for that purpose to enter into all contracts which may be proper,...
Page 203 - Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them...