The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with Large Additions, Volume 10

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Harry Thurston Peck
Dodd, Mead, 1898
 

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Pagina 147 - Change of motion is proportional to the impressed force, and takes place in the direction of the straight line in which the force acts.
Pagina 199 - when a person of sound memory and discretion unlawfully killeth any reasonable creature in being, and under the king's peace, with malice aforethought, either express or implied.
Pagina 28 - ... legal tender in all payments at their nominal value when not below the standard weight and limit of tolerance provided in this act for the single piece, and when reduced in weight, below said standard and tolerance, shall be a legal tender at valuation in proportion to their actual weight...
Pagina 28 - ... lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest as aforesaid.
Pagina 428 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Pagina 380 - The view of this extensive city ; the numerous canoes upon the river ; the crowded population and the cultivated state of the surrounding country, formed altogether a prospect of civilization and magnificence, which I little expected to find in the bosom of Africa.
Pagina 108 - God, sent to bring the joyful tidings, that the covenant which God made with ancient Israel was at hand to be fulfilled, that the preparatory work for the second coming of the Messiah was speedily to commence; that the time was at hand for the Gospel, in...
Pagina 190 - The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States provides that private property shall not 'be taken for public use without just compensation.
Pagina 28 - ... the established policy of the United States to maintain the two metals on a parity with each other...
Pagina 313 - there shall be provided for every school district a sufficient amount of accommodation in public elementary schools available for all the children resident in such district, for whose elementary education efficient and suitable provision is not otherwise made.

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