The People's Guide, a Business, Political, and Religious Directory of Henry Co., Ind: Together with a Collection of Very Important Documents and Statistics Connected with Our Moral, Political and Scientific History : Also, a Historical Sketch of Henry County, and a Brief History of Each Township |
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... miles . Coal , moreover , is ordinarily encased between beds of shale or sandstone , which bear evident proof of having been slowly deposited in quiet waters . In some coal fields , as many as seventy seams of coal , varying in ...
... miles . Coal , moreover , is ordinarily encased between beds of shale or sandstone , which bear evident proof of having been slowly deposited in quiet waters . In some coal fields , as many as seventy seams of coal , varying in ...
Page 101
... miles long , and is es- timated to contain 70,000 square miles . 3. A third , and smaller coal field , occupies the center of the State of Michi- gan ; it covers an area of about 15,000 square miles , but is not very productive . 4. A ...
... miles long , and is es- timated to contain 70,000 square miles . 3. A third , and smaller coal field , occupies the center of the State of Michi- gan ; it covers an area of about 15,000 square miles , but is not very productive . 4. A ...
Page 103
... miles long , 200 feet deep , and 1,200 to 2,000 feet wide - which now intervenes between the falls and Lake Ontario . The minimum time required to wear through this space has been estimated by Sir Charles Lyell , at 35,000 years ...
... miles long , 200 feet deep , and 1,200 to 2,000 feet wide - which now intervenes between the falls and Lake Ontario . The minimum time required to wear through this space has been estimated by Sir Charles Lyell , at 35,000 years ...
Page 104
... mile above sea level , about 12 pounds ; two miles above , 10 pounds ; three miles , 7 pounds ; consequently , on an elevation three miles high , water cannot be raised but about 16 feet by the weight of the air . The top or upper part ...
... mile above sea level , about 12 pounds ; two miles above , 10 pounds ; three miles , 7 pounds ; consequently , on an elevation three miles high , water cannot be raised but about 16 feet by the weight of the air . The top or upper part ...
Page 105
... mile high . All bodies or particles of matter fall to the eath by the at- traction of gravity , and their speed is in proportion to their density ; but take away the resisting force of the atmosphere , then a cork or feather will fall ...
... mile high . All bodies or particles of matter fall to the eath by the at- traction of gravity , and their speed is in proportion to their density ; but take away the resisting force of the atmosphere , then a cork or feather will fall ...
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Page 396 - ... and we do further solemnly plight and engage the faith of our respective constituents, that they shall abide by the determinations of the United States in congress assembled, on all questions, which by the said confederation are submitted to them; and that the articles thereof shall be inviolably observed by the states we respectively represent, and that the union shall be perpetual.
Page 55 - West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, and which excepted parts are, for the present, left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued.
Page 54 - State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State, and the people thereof, are not then in rebellion against the United States.
Page 396 - AND WHEREAS it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures we respectively represent in congress, to approve of, and to authorize us to ratify the said articles of confederation and perpetual union.
Page 59 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 90 - ... by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars; for a second offense by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days...
Page 89 - Every husband, wife, child, parent, guardian, employer or other person, who shall be injured in person or property, or means of support, by any intoxicated person, or in consequence of the intoxication, habitual or otherwise, of any person...
Page 43 - Knowledge and learning generally diffused throughout a community, being essential to the preservation of a free government, it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to encourage, by all suitable means, moral, intellectual, scientific and agricultural improvement, and to provide by law for a general and uniform system of common schools, wherein tuition shall be without charge, and equally open to all.
Page 50 - Legislature so next chosen as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each House...
Page 387 - America, agree to certain articles of Confederation and perpetual Union between the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, in the words following, viz. : Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union between the States of...