Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac, Volume 40Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1925 |
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... miles through the West and South West . THE EAGLE'S ninth Current Events Bee was held in the auditorium of The Bay Ridge High School on April 11th , 1924 , developing keen competition among a large number of contestants . In the fall of ...
... miles through the West and South West . THE EAGLE'S ninth Current Events Bee was held in the auditorium of The Bay Ridge High School on April 11th , 1924 , developing keen competition among a large number of contestants . In the fall of ...
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... Miles Av . K - 7 , K - 8 Popham Av . C - 8 Shelley Av . .J - 5 Minerva Pl . D - 5 Poplar St. H - 5 , G - 6 Sheridan Av . ..D - 9 Minford Pl . E - 8 Porter St. .H - 9 Sherman Av . ..D - 9 Minneford Av . .L - 3 Post Road B - 3 Shore Drive ...
... Miles Av . K - 7 , K - 8 Popham Av . C - 8 Shelley Av . .J - 5 Minerva Pl . D - 5 Poplar St. H - 5 , G - 6 Sheridan Av . ..D - 9 Minford Pl . E - 8 Porter St. .H - 9 Sherman Av . ..D - 9 Minneford Av . .L - 3 Post Road B - 3 Shore Drive ...
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... Miles Pl . now 66th Pl . ) Miller St. ( now 229th St. ) Mills St. ( now 1st St. ) Milton Pl . ( now 51st Dr. ) Milton St. ( now 56th St. ) Milwood Av . ( now 75th Av . ) Minna St. ( now 65th St. ) Modjeska St. ( now 64th Rd . ) Mohawk ...
... Miles Pl . now 66th Pl . ) Miller St. ( now 229th St. ) Mills St. ( now 1st St. ) Milton Pl . ( now 51st Dr. ) Milton St. ( now 56th St. ) Milwood Av . ( now 75th Av . ) Minna St. ( now 65th St. ) Modjeska St. ( now 64th Rd . ) Mohawk ...
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... miles , or twice the size of our orbit . Its distance from us is 370 light years , or 186,000 x 370 x number of seconds in a year . Work it out for yourselves . The 186,000 is the miles that light travels in a second of time . Hence it ...
... miles , or twice the size of our orbit . Its distance from us is 370 light years , or 186,000 x 370 x number of seconds in a year . Work it out for yourselves . The 186,000 is the miles that light travels in a second of time . Hence it ...
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... miles . Mercury is 2,976 miles in di- ameter , and the period of revolution round the Sun , Mercury's year , comprises 88 solar days . He turns on his axis in a period of 25 hours and 42 minutes . Mass compared with Earth , .05 . Venus ...
... miles . Mercury is 2,976 miles in di- ameter , and the period of revolution round the Sun , Mercury's year , comprises 88 solar days . He turns on his axis in a period of 25 hours and 42 minutes . Mass compared with Earth , .05 . Venus ...
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Page 315 - ... fisheries; the jurisdiction over merchant vessels, their registry, licensing, measurement, entry, clearance, transfers, movement of their cargoes and passengers, and laws relating thereto, and to seamen of the United States; the...
Page 41 - As a unit of resistance, the international ohm, which is based upon the ohm equal to 10" units of resistance of the CGS system of electromagnetic units, and is represented by the resistance offered to an unvarying electric current by a column of mercury at the temperature of melting ice, 14.4521 grams in mass, of a constant cross-sectional area and of the length of 106.3 centimetres.
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Page 315 - COMMERCE. The Secretary of Commerce is charged with the work of promoting the commerce of the United States and its mining, manufacturing, shipping, fishery, and transportation interests. His duties also comprise the investigation of the organization and management of corporations (excepting railroads) engaged in interstate commerce ; the...
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Page 288 - The competitive class shall include all positions for which it is practicable to determine the merit and fitness of applicants by competitive examination, and shall include all positions now existing, or hereafter created, of whatever functions, designations or compensation, in each and every branch of the classified service, except such positions as are in the exempt class, the non-competitive class or the labor class.
Page 292 - From about the middle of June to the end of August cadets live in camp, engaged only in military duties and receiving practical military instruction. Cadets are allowed but one leave of absence during the four years' course, and this is granted at the expiration of, the first two years.
Page 109 - ... with full power and authority to purchase, construct, lease and/or operate any terminal or transportation facility within said district; and to make charges for the use thereof; and for any of such purposes to own, hold, lease and/or operate real or personal property, to borrow money and secure the same by bonds or by mortgages upon any property held or to be held by it.
Page 293 - Tariff Act of 1930, no article of imported merchandise which shall copy or simulate the name of any domestic manufacture, or manufacturer, or trader, or of any manufacturer or trader located in any foreign country which, by treaty, convention, or law affords similar privileges to citizens of the United States...
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