FIRST CENTURY OF NATIONAL EXISTENCE; THE UNITED STATES AS THEY WERE AND ARE1875 |
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... means appre- found the mineral columbite , and detected the new metal which he named columbium . At Middletown , an argentiferous lead mine was worked , it is supposed , at this period , by the Winthrops , and the men employed were ...
... means appre- found the mineral columbite , and detected the new metal which he named columbium . At Middletown , an argentiferous lead mine was worked , it is supposed , at this period , by the Winthrops , and the men employed were ...
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... means for supporting an active industry in the country around , and enriching generation after generation of proprietors . The great group of mines at Chestnut Hill , in Columbia county , Penn . , and others in Berks and Lehigh counties ...
... means for supporting an active industry in the country around , and enriching generation after generation of proprietors . The great group of mines at Chestnut Hill , in Columbia county , Penn . , and others in Berks and Lehigh counties ...
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... means of a machine of their own invention , which is really nothing less than the chemist's blow pipe on a grand scale . The oxide of carbon is generated at the moment of using it upon the mass of ore , by the injection of a column of ...
... means of a machine of their own invention , which is really nothing less than the chemist's blow pipe on a grand scale . The oxide of carbon is generated at the moment of using it upon the mass of ore , by the injection of a column of ...
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... means of wrought iron pipes . The gases the mass it may carry condensed upon its enter one of the regenerators . The regen- surface nearly oxygen enough to consume erators are chambers packed with fire - bricks , it , and thus produce ...
... means of wrought iron pipes . The gases the mass it may carry condensed upon its enter one of the regenerators . The regen- surface nearly oxygen enough to consume erators are chambers packed with fire - bricks , it , and thus produce ...
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... means of a modification of his furnace . This can only be done successfully it is said by the use of the purest and best ores . Of other processes we may mention that of Mr. James Henderson , an eminent founder , of Brooklyn , N. Y. ...
... means of a modification of his furnace . This can only be done successfully it is said by the use of the purest and best ores . Of other processes we may mention that of Mr. James Henderson , an eminent founder , of Brooklyn , N. Y. ...
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Page 624 - Word. Whosoever, through his private judgment, willingly and purposely, doth openly break the Traditions and Ceremonies of the Church, which be not repugnant to the Word of God, and be ordained and approved by common authority, ought to be rebuked openly...
Page 412 - It is therefore ordered, That every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read, whose wages shall be paid either by the parents or masters of such children, or by the inhabitants in general, by way of supply, as the major part of those that order the prudentials of the town shall appoint...
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Page 360 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 412 - English language, and write his name: provided, however, that the provisions of this amendment shall not. apply to any person prevented by a physical disability from complying with its requisitions, nor to any person who now has the right to vote...
Page 362 - For the purpose of public instruction, we hold every man subject to taxation in proportion to his property, and we look not to the question, whether he himself have, or have not, children to be benefited by the education for which he pays. We regard it as a wise and liberal system of police, by which property, and life, and the peace of society are secured.
Page 412 - Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them...
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Page 482 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts...
Page 419 - Lieutenant-Governor shall be elected at the same time and for the same term as the Governor, and his qualifications and the manner and ascertainment of his election, in all respects, shall be the same.