The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Commerce, Etc., of the World, Volume 19Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines Scientific American compiling department, 1912 |
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... inch long , brownish and with flat- tened abdomen , which lives in the wool and causes considerable injury by puncturing the skin to extract blood . The best treatment is dipping the sheep in solutions of poisons , as carbolic acid or ...
... inch long , brownish and with flat- tened abdomen , which lives in the wool and causes considerable injury by puncturing the skin to extract blood . The best treatment is dipping the sheep in solutions of poisons , as carbolic acid or ...
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... inches in length on the front curve . Southward of the range of the Ovis poli , in northern India , occurs the ... inches in height at the shoulders , and weighs about 325 pounds . Horns that measure 16 inches in basal circumfer- ence ...
... inches in length on the front curve . Southward of the range of the Ovis poli , in northern India , occurs the ... inches in height at the shoulders , and weighs about 325 pounds . Horns that measure 16 inches in basal circumfer- ence ...
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... inches in circumference . North- ward its range extends almost to the Arctic Ocean , and its southern limit is found at lat . 58 ° . In 1901 , the New York Zoological Soci- ety sent a collector to Cook Inlet to capture newly - born ...
... inches in circumference . North- ward its range extends almost to the Arctic Ocean , and its southern limit is found at lat . 58 ° . In 1901 , the New York Zoological Soci- ety sent a collector to Cook Inlet to capture newly - born ...
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... inches in the middle and 8 inches at the sides requires about 30,000 bushels of shells per mile , costing on an average of three cents per bushel , or a total of $ 900 per mile . To keep such a road in good repair requires about 2,500 ...
... inches in the middle and 8 inches at the sides requires about 30,000 bushels of shells per mile , costing on an average of three cents per bushel , or a total of $ 900 per mile . To keep such a road in good repair requires about 2,500 ...
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... inches in length . The inside of this shell is glazed over and has a subdued pearly lustre . It is so thin and transparent that print can be read through it , and it is used as a substitute for glass in win- dows , admitting a soft ...
... inches in length . The inside of this shell is glazed over and has a subdued pearly lustre . It is so thin and transparent that print can be read through it , and it is used as a substitute for glass in win- dows , admitting a soft ...
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Halaman 4 - John, who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost (for as yet he was fallen upon none of them; only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus). Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
Halaman 5 - I bequeath the whole of my property to the United States of America, \/ to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.
Halaman 3 - Yes, trust them not: for there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger's heart, wrapt in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Halaman 60 - Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be sent by the Secretary of the Senate to the President of the United States...
Halaman 3 - ... by and with the advice, assent, and approbation of the freemen of the said country, or the greater part of them, or of their delegates or deputies...
Halaman 16 - ... thirsty with excess of bleeding, he called for drink, which was presently brought him, but as he was putting the bottle to his mouth, he saw a poor soldier carried along who had eaten his last at die same feast, ghastly casting up his eyes at the bottle.
Halaman 21 - I have been parted from my wife by something worse than death. Forty years she has been the life of my life ; and I have left her this day in a lunatic asylum.
Halaman 11 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war; Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Halaman 6 - ... have by a long selection of the more attractive males, added to their beauty or other attractive qualities.