The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year, Հատոր 18Gray and Bowen, 1846 |
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... establishing a warehousing system in this country . The general abstract of all the public laws passed by Congress is continued , as in former years ; the outlines of the sub - treasury system and of the law creating the Smithsonian ...
... establishing a warehousing system in this country . The general abstract of all the public laws passed by Congress is continued , as in former years ; the outlines of the sub - treasury system and of the law creating the Smithsonian ...
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... establishing the national observatory was drawn up as early as 1667. The mason - work was commenced in 1668 , and the edifice was completed on the 14th of September , 1671. It had cost over $ 400,000 . After this enormous expense had ...
... establishing the national observatory was drawn up as early as 1667. The mason - work was commenced in 1668 , and the edifice was completed on the 14th of September , 1671. It had cost over $ 400,000 . After this enormous expense had ...
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... establishing a mural quadrant of six feet radius ; in an enclosure covered by roofs entirely closed , and resting upon walls of great thickness and considerable height , no continuous opening could be made in the line of the meridian ...
... establishing a mural quadrant of six feet radius ; in an enclosure covered by roofs entirely closed , and resting upon walls of great thickness and considerable height , no continuous opening could be made in the line of the meridian ...
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... established the cap- ital fact , that the weight of terrestrial bodies is diminished as they approach the equator . Under this roof , also , Cassini established the laws of the li- bration of the moon , discovered four of the satellites ...
... established the cap- ital fact , that the weight of terrestrial bodies is diminished as they approach the equator . Under this roof , also , Cassini established the laws of the li- bration of the moon , discovered four of the satellites ...
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... establish was a limit within which not one of these stars could be situated . Now , thanks to the great telescopes of which we shall soon have the use , the true distance of ONE star is known . The little star called 61 Cygni is so far ...
... establish was a limit within which not one of these stars could be situated . Now , thanks to the great telescopes of which we shall soon have the use , the true distance of ONE star is known . The little star called 61 Cygni is so far ...
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Էջ 204 - An act further to extend the time for locating Virginia military land warrants, and returning surveys thereon to the general land office.
Էջ 212 - Institution" for the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge among men, approved August 10, 1846, 9 Stat.
Էջ 213 - That, in proportion as suitable arrangements can be made for their reception, all objects of art and of foreign and curious research, and all objects of natural history, plants, and geological and mineralogical specimens, belonging or hereafter to belong, to the United States...
Էջ 309 - Assembly after such enumeration, be fixed by law, and apportioned among the several counties according to the number of white inhabitants...
Էջ 203 - An act to retrocede the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, to the State of Virginia...
Էջ 214 - In case, however, the situation of those farms and lands should be considered by the United States to be of public and political importance, and the United States...
Էջ 105 - They are chosen by the legislatures of the several states, for the term of six years, one third of them being elected biennially. The Vice-President of the United States...
Էջ 214 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits to the Pacific Ocean...
Էջ 280 - Within five years after the adoption of this constitution, the laws, civil and criminal, shall be revised, digested, arranged, and published in such manner as the legislature shall direct ; and a like revision, digest, and publication, shall be made every ten years thereafter.
Էջ 322 - Timber or Wood, not being deals, battens, boards, staves, handspikes, oars, lathwood, or other timber or wood sawn, split, or otherwise dressed, except hewn, and not being timber or wood otherwise charged with duty...