The British Almanac: Containing Astronomical, Official and Other Information Relating to the British Isles, the Dominions Oversea and Foreign CountriesStationers' Company, 1851 |
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5. oldal
... supply the same amount of instruction and amusement . The larger extracts , forming distinct “ Half- Hours , " are selected from about two hundred and sixty different writers . smaller pieces , which are grouped under the general head ...
... supply the same amount of instruction and amusement . The larger extracts , forming distinct “ Half- Hours , " are selected from about two hundred and sixty different writers . smaller pieces , which are grouped under the general head ...
40. oldal
... which marks the present age in all that regards mechanical invention , that the Britannia tubular bridge is intended to supply the place of - we may also say supersede - one of the finest bridges 40 Railways of the United Kingdom ,
... which marks the present age in all that regards mechanical invention , that the Britannia tubular bridge is intended to supply the place of - we may also say supersede - one of the finest bridges 40 Railways of the United Kingdom ,
68. oldal
... supply of five noble steamers , for the service of the West India line ; of upwards of 3,000 tons burthen , 270 feet long , 39 feet beam , and drawing nearly 20 feet water when fully laden ; the engines will be 750 horse power . The ...
... supply of five noble steamers , for the service of the West India line ; of upwards of 3,000 tons burthen , 270 feet long , 39 feet beam , and drawing nearly 20 feet water when fully laden ; the engines will be 750 horse power . The ...
75. oldal
... engines of 180 horse power . She has accommodation for a large number of passengers , 900 tons of merchandise , and sufficient coals for the voyage . 76 SUPPLY OF COTTON : FUTURE PROSPECTS . " The Ocean Steamers - Foreign Mails . 75.
... engines of 180 horse power . She has accommodation for a large number of passengers , 900 tons of merchandise , and sufficient coals for the voyage . 76 SUPPLY OF COTTON : FUTURE PROSPECTS . " The Ocean Steamers - Foreign Mails . 75.
76. oldal
... SUPPLY OF COTTON : FUTURE PROSPECTS . " The world's demand for cotton goods increases about as rapidly , perhaps , as the supply of raw cotton ; but our cotton - spinning machi- nery increases faster than either . " This is the text on ...
... SUPPLY OF COTTON : FUTURE PROSPECTS . " The world's demand for cotton goods increases about as rapidly , perhaps , as the supply of raw cotton ; but our cotton - spinning machi- nery increases faster than either . " This is the text on ...
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13. oldal - Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury : unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury ; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury...
101. oldal - And be it further enacted, that this act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such by all judges, justices, and others, without being specially pleaded.
101. oldal - in all Acts, words importing the masculine gender shall be deemed and taken to include females, and the singular to include the plural, and the plural the singular, unless the contrary as to gender and number is expressly provided...
74. oldal - By this Act, also, offences committed on the high seas within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England are to be tried in this court.
94. oldal - ... grain. By comparing the number of grains in the Avoirdupois and Troy pound and ounce respectively, it appears that the Troy pound is less than the Avoirdupois, in the proportion of 14 to 17 nearly ; but the Troy ounce is greater than the Avoirdupois, in the proportion of 79 to 72 nearly.
132. oldal - An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and contingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; to grant Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons' Mates, and Serjeant Majors of the Militia ; and to authorize the Employment of the Non-commissioned Officers.
102. oldal - An Act to make more effectual provision for regulating the police of towns and populous places in Scotland, and for paving, draining, cleansing, lighting, and improving the same," and of the General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1862.
93. oldal - Tun ; but these may be considered rather as the names of the casks in which such commodities are imported, than as expressing any definite number of gallons. It is the practice to gauge all such vessels, and to charge them according to their actual content Flour is sold nominally by measure, but actually by weight, reckoned at 71b.
93. oldal - Sq. Yards = 1 Perch or Rod 40 Perches = 1 Rood 4 Roods = 1 Acre 640 Acres = 1 Sq. Mile 3. MEASURES OF SOLIDITY AND CAPACITY. DIVISION I. — SOLIDITY. 1728 Cubic Inches — 1 Cubic Foot 27 Cubic Feet = 1 Cubic Yard DIVISION
102. oldal - ... schoolmaster's house, garden, and playground, or as a college, academy, or seminary, with or without grounds for air, exercise, or recreation, or as a hall or rooms for the meeting or transaction of the business of such congregation or society or body of persons, and wherever the conveyance, assignment, or other assurance of such property has been or may be taken to or in favour of a trustee or trustees to be from time to time appointed, or of any party or parties named in such conveyance, assignment,...