A New Family Encyclopedia: Or, Compendium of Universal Knowledge : Comprehending a Plain and Practical View of Those Subjects, Most Interesting to Persons, in the Ordinary Professions of LifeCharles Augustus Goodrich T. Belknap, 1835 - 468 pages |
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... MANUFACTURES AND THE MECHANIC ARTS . p . 166-237 . Cotton ; Manner of raising Cotton ; Process of manufacturing Cotton into Cloth ; Silk Manufacture ; Satin ; Velvet ; Taffetty ; Gauze ; Tabby ; Brocade ; Stockings ; Histo- ry of Silk ...
... MANUFACTURES AND THE MECHANIC ARTS . p . 166-237 . Cotton ; Manner of raising Cotton ; Process of manufacturing Cotton into Cloth ; Silk Manufacture ; Satin ; Velvet ; Taffetty ; Gauze ; Tabby ; Brocade ; Stockings ; Histo- ry of Silk ...
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... manufactures ; and also occasion- ally as a medicine . SUGAR , or Saccharum , is the general basis of sweetness in all ve getable substances . It is found also in milk , and a few other animal se cretions . It is obtained from various ...
... manufactures ; and also occasion- ally as a medicine . SUGAR , or Saccharum , is the general basis of sweetness in all ve getable substances . It is found also in milk , and a few other animal se cretions . It is obtained from various ...
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... manufacture of the oil , furnishes a con- siderable employment to many of the inhabitants of France and Italy . The importation of olive oil into Great Britain , amounted , in 1827 , to about four thousand five hundred tons , paying a ...
... manufacture of the oil , furnishes a con- siderable employment to many of the inhabitants of France and Italy . The importation of olive oil into Great Britain , amounted , in 1827 , to about four thousand five hundred tons , paying a ...
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... manufactured in the state of Massa- chusetts alone . We shall only add , that the date palm is a very slow growing tree . In a soil and climate most congenial to it , old trees do not gain above a foot in height in five years , so that ...
... manufactured in the state of Massa- chusetts alone . We shall only add , that the date palm is a very slow growing tree . In a soil and climate most congenial to it , old trees do not gain above a foot in height in five years , so that ...
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... manufactured in that country , are thin and bad . Certain vineyards on Mount Vesuvius , however , still have great celebrity for a luscious red wine called Lachry- ma Christi . German wines . Germany produces many excellent wines , of ...
... manufactured in that country , are thin and bad . Certain vineyards on Mount Vesuvius , however , still have great celebrity for a luscious red wine called Lachry- ma Christi . German wines . Germany produces many excellent wines , of ...
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Page 451 - The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare ; binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade or any other pretence whatever.
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Page 453 - ... from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States.
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Page 208 - To give it a polish, it is put into a tub containing a quantity of bran, which is set in motion by turning a shaft that runs through its centre, and thus by means of friction it becomes perfectly bright. The pin being complete, nothing remains but to separate it from the bran, which is performed...
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Page 450 - He shall be at least thirty years of age, a citizen of the United States, and shall have resided in this State at least five years immediately preceding his election.
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