Journal of the Franklin InstituteFranklin Institute, 1848 Vols. 1-69 include more or less complete patent reports of the U. S. Patent Office for years 1825-1859. cf. Index to v. 1-120 of the Journal, p. [415] |
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... received larger sums from the Company than any other stockholder . During the past year , including the bonus , the State has received from the earnings of the Washington road , an amount equal to ten per cent . upon her subscription to ...
... received larger sums from the Company than any other stockholder . During the past year , including the bonus , the State has received from the earnings of the Washington road , an amount equal to ten per cent . upon her subscription to ...
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... received of its earnings $ 879,138 , and the expenditure for general objects of capital has been $ 2,158,509 . The ratio of expenses to receipts prior to 1837 was 727 per cent . , and from 1837 to 1847 , the ratio has been 557 , while ...
... received of its earnings $ 879,138 , and the expenditure for general objects of capital has been $ 2,158,509 . The ratio of expenses to receipts prior to 1837 was 727 per cent . , and from 1837 to 1847 , the ratio has been 557 , while ...
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... received from this source has been eleven thousand eight hundred and nineteen dollars less than in the preceding year . It may also be stated , that during the past year there was an increase in tonnage transportation of 3,109 tons ...
... received from this source has been eleven thousand eight hundred and nineteen dollars less than in the preceding year . It may also be stated , that during the past year there was an increase in tonnage transportation of 3,109 tons ...
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... received for transportation of Passengers , Mails , and Merchandize , for the year ending the 30th of September , 1847 , is And the amount yet to be collected from the Post Office Department and Individuals is Making , together , the ...
... received for transportation of Passengers , Mails , and Merchandize , for the year ending the 30th of September , 1847 , is And the amount yet to be collected from the Post Office Department and Individuals is Making , together , the ...
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... received for the transportation of Merchandize , Mails , and Passengers , for the year ending the 30th September , 1847 , is And the expenses , during the same period , have been as follow , viz : • For Bonus to the State , one fifth of ...
... received for the transportation of Merchandize , Mails , and Passengers , for the year ending the 30th September , 1847 , is And the expenses , during the same period , have been as follow , viz : • For Bonus to the State , one fifth of ...
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Page 76 - ... shall furnish sufficient accommodations for ihe transportation of all such passengers and property, as shall within a reasonable time previous thereto, offer or be offered for transportation, at the place of starting...
Page 91 - What I claim as my invention, and which I desire to secure by letters patent, is the...
Page 8 - If the directors of any such company shall declare and pay any dividend, when the company is insolvent or any dividend, the payment of which would render it insolvent, they shall be jointly and severally liable for all the debts of the company then existing, and for all that shall be thereafter contracted, so long as they shall respectively continue in office...
Page 75 - ... from the transportation of passengers, property, mails, and express matter, and from other sources; 5. The amount of freight, specifying the quantity in tons; 6. The amount paid for repairs of engines, cars, buildings, and other expenses, in gross, showing the current expenses of running such road; 7. The number and amount of dividends, and when paid; 8.
Page 77 - If any person shall, while in charge of a locomotive engine running upon the railroad of any such corporation, or while acting as the conductor of a car or train of cars on any such railroad, be intoxicated, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
Page 5 - ... endorsed thereon, or annexed thereto, an affidavit made by at least three of the directors named in said articles, that the amount of stock required by this section has been in good faith subscribed, and ten per cent paid in cash thereon as aforesaid, and that it is intended in good faith to construct or to maintain and operate the road...
Page 7 - All the stockholders of every company incorporated under this act, shall be severally, individually liable to the creditors of the company in which they are stockholders, to an amount equal to the amount of stock held by them respectively...
Page 77 - ... corporation, or any engine, machine or structure, or any matter or thing appertaining to the same, shall be stopped, obstructed, impaired, weakened, injured or destroyed, the person or persons so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall forfeit and pay to the said corporation treble the amount of damages sustained by means of such offense.
Page 140 - The Committee on Science and the Arts constituted by the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, for the promotion of the Mechanic Arts, to whom was referred for examination a Solar Compass, invented by WM.
Page 5 - Each subscriber to such articles of association shall subscribe thereto his name, place of residence, and the number of shares of stock he agrees to take in said company. On compliance with the provisions of the...