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Page 68
... British Yucatan which had been struck by lightning . The palm - tree has the credit of protecting them . Tristan studied sixty - four storms which raged in France between the years 1811 and 1837 , and he noticed the fact , that whenever ...
... British Yucatan which had been struck by lightning . The palm - tree has the credit of protecting them . Tristan studied sixty - four storms which raged in France between the years 1811 and 1837 , and he noticed the fact , that whenever ...
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... British government to the safety of their own magazines , at Purfleet . At the request of the Board of Ordnance , Dr. Franklin visited Purfleet , and recommended the use of pointed lightning - rods , such as had been used with success ...
... British government to the safety of their own magazines , at Purfleet . At the request of the Board of Ordnance , Dr. Franklin visited Purfleet , and recommended the use of pointed lightning - rods , such as had been used with success ...
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... British Association for the Advancement of Sci- ence , when it met at Liverpool in 1837 , † that a copper wire , one eighth of an inch thick , the lower end of which entered a well and the other termi- nated in a ball near the prime ...
... British Association for the Advancement of Sci- ence , when it met at Liverpool in 1837 , † that a copper wire , one eighth of an inch thick , the lower end of which entered a well and the other termi- nated in a ball near the prime ...
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... British ship of the line Tonnant was struck , in 1804 , one man was killed while in the arms of another man , who was not hurt . Again , a place which is struck by lightning is 1856. ] 883 ATMOSPHERICAL ELECTRICITY .
... British ship of the line Tonnant was struck , in 1804 , one man was killed while in the arms of another man , who was not hurt . Again , a place which is struck by lightning is 1856. ] 883 ATMOSPHERICAL ELECTRICITY .
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... British India , Charles W. Bradley , † Singapore . Scotland . Edward Ely , † Bombay . James McDowell , † Leith . * John Black , † Isl . of Ceylon . Thomas Steere , Philip T. Heartt , Dundee . Glasgow . China . James Keenan , Hong Kong ...
... British India , Charles W. Bradley , † Singapore . Scotland . Edward Ely , † Bombay . James McDowell , † Leith . * John Black , † Isl . of Ceylon . Thomas Steere , Philip T. Heartt , Dundee . Glasgow . China . James Keenan , Hong Kong ...
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Page 144 - An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for deficiencies, and for other purposes," approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, is hereby revived and continued in force.
Page 34 - There will be two Eclipses of the Sun and two of the Moon.
Page 3 - the 2589th year since the era of Nabonassar, which has been assigned to Wednesday the 26th of February of the 3967th year of the Julian Period, which corresponds, according to the chronologists, to the 747th, and, according to the astronomers, to the 746th year, before the birth of Christ ;
Page 141 - ... and jurisdiction of the United States, whose fathers were or may be at the time of their birth citizens thereof, are declared to be citizens of the United States; but the rights of citizenship shall not descend to children whose fathers never resided in the United States.
Page 263 - ... major part of them, and the judges of the court of appeals, or the major part of them.
Page 188 - ... and every letter or parcel not exceeding half an ounce in weight shall be deemed a single letter, and every additional weight of half an ounce, or additional weight of less than half an ounce, shall be charged with an additional single postage.
Page 315 - No tax shall be levied except in pursuance of law; and every law imposing a tax shall state distinctly the object of the same, to which only it shall be applied. Sec. 6. The State shall never contract any debt for purposes of internal improvement.
Page 307 - Number of Senators, 25; of Representatives, 75. Their compensation is $3 a day during the session, and $3 for every 20 miles' travel in going to and returning from the seat of government.
Page 264 - Supreme and Circuit Courts. The Supreme Court has general jurisdiction in law and equity, and power to review judgments of the County Courts, and of the old Courts of Common Pleas. For the election of the justices, the State is divided into eight judicial districts, each of which elects four to serve eight years, with an annual salary of $ 2,500.
Page 70 - The King's changing his pointed conductors for blunt ones is, therefore, a matter of small importance to me. If I had a wish about it, it would be that he had rejected them altogether as ineffectual. For it is only since he thought himself and family safe from the thunder of Heaven, that he dared to use his own thunder in destroying his innocent subjects.