The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 40D. Appleton, 1892 - Science |
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... object of public interest and discussion in America , university extension is hardly two years old . It was not until the winter and spring of 1890 that the movement took rank as a question of the day . Out- side of the larger and more ...
... object of public interest and discussion in America , university extension is hardly two years old . It was not until the winter and spring of 1890 that the movement took rank as a question of the day . Out- side of the larger and more ...
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... object is more serious , and consequently no course is ever given on mis- cellaneous topics . The unit consists of twelve weekly lectures on one approved subject . Such a course , therefore , covers three months and constitutes one term ...
... object is more serious , and consequently no course is ever given on mis- cellaneous topics . The unit consists of twelve weekly lectures on one approved subject . Such a course , therefore , covers three months and constitutes one term ...
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... object and this method free from any confusion with other organized work , for the usefulness of university extension lies in these lines , and not as a competitor with already established agencies of culture . It is somewhat difficult ...
... object and this method free from any confusion with other organized work , for the usefulness of university extension lies in these lines , and not as a competitor with already established agencies of culture . It is somewhat difficult ...
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... object in view , " says Mr. Kelly , " I built a furnace , consisting of a square brick abutment , having a circular chamber inside , the bottom of which was concave like a molder's ladle . In the bottom was fixed a circular tile of fire ...
... object in view , " says Mr. Kelly , " I built a furnace , consisting of a square brick abutment , having a circular chamber inside , the bottom of which was concave like a molder's ladle . In the bottom was fixed a circular tile of fire ...
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... object was to make malleable iron . In attempting this I made , in the course of the following eighteen months , a variety of experiments . I built a suitable hot - blast oven ; but , after a few trials , abandoned it , finding the cold ...
... object was to make malleable iron . In attempting this I made , in the course of the following eighteen months , a variety of experiments . I built a suitable hot - blast oven ; but , after a few trials , abandoned it , finding the cold ...
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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...