Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac, Volume 41Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1926 |
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Page 34
... mass exceeds the Earth's about 332,000 times . The force of gravity at the surface of the Sun exceeds terrestrial gravity about 27.1 times . The Sun rotates on his axis in about 25 days 9 hours ; but on account of the orbital movement ...
... mass exceeds the Earth's about 332,000 times . The force of gravity at the surface of the Sun exceeds terrestrial gravity about 27.1 times . The Sun rotates on his axis in about 25 days 9 hours ; but on account of the orbital movement ...
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... mass is only 11 of the Earth's , his density being estimated at seven - tenths of the latter's . Mars exhibits well defined markings , including white spots at the Poles , probably snow . Certain markings on Mars have been called oceans ...
... mass is only 11 of the Earth's , his density being estimated at seven - tenths of the latter's . Mars exhibits well defined markings , including white spots at the Poles , probably snow . Certain markings on Mars have been called oceans ...
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... Mass .. 12 noon Cleveland , O ... Los Angeles , Cal . 9:00 A.M. Buffalo , N. Y ... 12 noon Dallas , Tex .... 11:00 ... ( Mass . ) . Nativity of John the Bap- tist Dominion Day ( Canada ) ... July 1 St. Matthew Amer . Indian Day ...
... Mass .. 12 noon Cleveland , O ... Los Angeles , Cal . 9:00 A.M. Buffalo , N. Y ... 12 noon Dallas , Tex .... 11:00 ... ( Mass . ) . Nativity of John the Bap- tist Dominion Day ( Canada ) ... July 1 St. Matthew Amer . Indian Day ...
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... Mass . - The City of Homes . Syracuse The Salt City and the Central City of the Empire State . Toledo - The Corn City . Troy -- The Collar City . Washington - The City of Magnificent Dis- tances . Worcester - The Heart of the ...
... Mass . - The City of Homes . Syracuse The Salt City and the Central City of the Empire State . Toledo - The Corn City . Troy -- The Collar City . Washington - The City of Magnificent Dis- tances . Worcester - The Heart of the ...
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... mass , of a cross - sectional area of 1.00003 sq . millimeters and of the length of 106.3 centimeters . Ampere - Unit of current ; decomposes .0009324 of a gram of water in 1 second or deposits silver at the rate of .001118 of a gram ...
... mass , of a cross - sectional area of 1.00003 sq . millimeters and of the length of 106.3 centimeters . Ampere - Unit of current ; decomposes .0009324 of a gram of water in 1 second or deposits silver at the rate of .001118 of a gram ...
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Page 39 - 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.
Page 319 - When any naturalized citizen shall have resided for two years in the foreign State from which he came, or for five years in any other foreign State, it shall be presumed that he has ceased to be an American citizen...
Page 377 - President, with the duties appertaining to correspondence with the public ministers and the consuls of the United States, and with the representatives of foreign powers accredited to the United States; and to negotiations of whatever character relating to the foreign affairs of the United States.
Page 285 - ... cadets deficient in either conduct or studies are discharged. 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 42 - States in perpetuity all islands within the limits of the zone above described and in addition thereto the group of small islands in the Bay of Panama, named Perico, Naos, Culebra and Flamenco.
Page 41 - Nursery stock, including all field grown florists' stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, fruit pits, and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees or shrubs, and other plants and plant products for propagation, except field, vegetable, and flower seeds, bedding plants, and other herbaceous plants, bulbs, and roots...
Page 94 - ... has absented himself or herself for five successive years then last past without being known to such party to be living during that time...
Page 286 - Act, except as below provided, shall be printed from type set within the limits of the United States, either by hand or by the aid of any kind of type-setting machine, or from plates made within the limits of the United States from type set therein, or, if the text be produced by lithographic process or photo-engraving process, then by a process wholly performed within the limits of the United States...
Page 287 - 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 40 - For delivery within the first and second zones, except as provided for in paragraph (1), of this subsection, and except when the distance by the shortest regular mail route from...