Transactions of the Warren Academy of Sciences, Volumes 2-3The Council, 1912 |
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... matter of ancient history . In a paper of this nature I cannot treat the matter exhaustively , -nay , I am not capable , if I chose , to do so . I shall merely try to indicate in a general way the trend of science in its search for ...
... matter of ancient history . In a paper of this nature I cannot treat the matter exhaustively , -nay , I am not capable , if I chose , to do so . I shall merely try to indicate in a general way the trend of science in its search for ...
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... matter and as civilization advances and its vanguard destroys the forests , the available wood is rapidly con- sumed . What is left must be carefully conserved and husbanded for future lumber . The use of wood as fuel , then , must ...
... matter and as civilization advances and its vanguard destroys the forests , the available wood is rapidly con- sumed . What is left must be carefully conserved and husbanded for future lumber . The use of wood as fuel , then , must ...
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... matters as a shortage of coal , or the low pressure of gas , or the high price of oil , or the devastation of the forests . Some one will find the way out . All progress , as Sir Wm . Ramsay points out , is due to the dis- covery of ...
... matters as a shortage of coal , or the low pressure of gas , or the high price of oil , or the devastation of the forests . Some one will find the way out . All progress , as Sir Wm . Ramsay points out , is due to the dis- covery of ...
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... matter . But where lenses or mirrors were used it was necessary to have such expensive apparatus to turn them continually toward the sun that the cost made it impractical , and where liquids of low boiling point were used no engine was ...
... matter . But where lenses or mirrors were used it was necessary to have such expensive apparatus to turn them continually toward the sun that the cost made it impractical , and where liquids of low boiling point were used no engine was ...
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... matter that have the tremen- dous velocity of 185,000 miles per second . If we should try to shoot a projectile at that rate , the barrels of gunpowder necessary to per- form the deed would reach from New York to Chicago , if stood in ...
... matter that have the tremen- dous velocity of 185,000 miles per second . If we should try to shoot a projectile at that rate , the barrels of gunpowder necessary to per- form the deed would reach from New York to Chicago , if stood in ...
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Page 93 - The Governments of the United States and Great Britain having not only desired, in entering into this convention, to accomplish a particular object, but also to establish a general principle, they hereby agree to extend their protection, by treaty stipulations, to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America...
Page 95 - The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation, and control of a zone of land and land under water for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation, and protection...
Page 94 - The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise. Such conditions and charges of traffic shall be just and equitable.
Page 88 - Is this a time to be cloudy and sad, When our mother Nature laughs around ; "When even the deep blue heavens look glad, And gladness breathes from the blossoming ground ? There are notes of joy from the hang-bird and wren, And the gossip of swallows through all the sky; The ground-squirrel gayly chirps by his den, And the wilding bee hums merrily by.
Page 94 - ... nor take any stores in the canal except so far as may be strictly necessary, and the transit of such vessels through the canal shall be effected with...
Page 128 - that it is an essential principle of the law of nations that no power can liberate itself from the engagements of a treaty, nor modify the stipulations thereof, unless with the consent of the contracting powers, by means of an amicable arrangement.
Page 91 - That all materials of foreign production which may be necessary for the construction or repair of vessels built in the United States and all such materials necessary for the building or repair of their machinery and all articles necessary for their outfit and equipment may be imported into the United States free of duty under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe...
Page 131 - In granting, however, their joint protection to any such canals or railways as are by this article specified, it is always understood by the United States and Great Britain that the parties constructing or owning the same shall impose no other charges or conditions of traffic thereupon than the aforesaid governments shall approve of as just and equitable ; and that the same canals or railways, being open to the citizens and subjects of the United Slates and Great Britain on equal terms...
Page 197 - The people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and possessions, from unreasonable searches and seizures ; and no warrant to search any place, or to seize any person or things, shall issue, without describing them as nearly as may be, nor without probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, subscribed to by the affiant.
Page 97 - Differences which may arise of a legal nature or relating to the interpretation of treaties existing between the two Contracting Parties, and which it may not have been possible to settle by diplomacy...