The Volume of the World: Embracing the Geography, History, and Statistics, of the Nations of the Earth ... with Complete Statistical Tables, from the Latest Authentic Sources, and One Hundred Illustrations ... Also Embellished with a Map of the World, on Mercator's ProjectionJ. & H. Miller, 1855 - 1000 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 100
עמוד 58
... annually , and are used for feeding hogs , and large quantities are exported to Europe . The yield of this crop averages about 35 bushels , but in many instances as high as 50 bushels are grown per acre . Barley is a very common crop ...
... annually , and are used for feeding hogs , and large quantities are exported to Europe . The yield of this crop averages about 35 bushels , but in many instances as high as 50 bushels are grown per acre . Barley is a very common crop ...
עמוד 60
... annually appro- priated for the support of common schools . In connection with this system are two normal schools , both of which have been some years in successful operation , and the number of students to each range from 200 to 300 ...
... annually appro- priated for the support of common schools . In connection with this system are two normal schools , both of which have been some years in successful operation , and the number of students to each range from 200 to 300 ...
עמוד 61
... annually esti- mated at not less than 3,000,000 bushels . Pasturage is followed to some extent , and it is estimated that the live stock of the province is not less than 130,000 horses , 100,000 cattle , 150,000 sheep , and 60,000 hogs ...
... annually esti- mated at not less than 3,000,000 bushels . Pasturage is followed to some extent , and it is estimated that the live stock of the province is not less than 130,000 horses , 100,000 cattle , 150,000 sheep , and 60,000 hogs ...
עמוד 63
... annually to near $ 200,000 . Gypsum , which abounds in the western districts , is highly prized in the United States as a manure ; and a stone , which is extremely well adapted for grindstones , and is celebrated all over America under ...
... annually to near $ 200,000 . Gypsum , which abounds in the western districts , is highly prized in the United States as a manure ; and a stone , which is extremely well adapted for grindstones , and is celebrated all over America under ...
עמוד 72
... annually . The four maritime States of New England and the States of New York , Pennsylvania and Maryland , are the most devoted to navigation , foreign and coastwise . In endurance , management , and skill in naval architecture , the ...
... annually . The four maritime States of New England and the States of New York , Pennsylvania and Maryland , are the most devoted to navigation , foreign and coastwise . In endurance , management , and skill in naval architecture , the ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 561 - To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And, sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward, methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow; Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore...
עמוד 546 - In every district there are primary schools, in which the elements of education, with geography and history, are taught ; and secondary schools for youths of from twelve to fifteen, in which instruction is given in ancient and modern languages, geometry, natural history, the fine arts, and music.
עמוד 561 - Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And, sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward, methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore. While the pent ocean, rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal, the yellow-blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated...
עמוד 281 - The Legislature shall protect by law, from forced sale, a certain portion of the homestead and other property of all heads of families.
עמוד 170 - Every white male citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of the state one year next preceding the election, and of the county, township, or ward, in which he resides, such time as may be provided by law, shall have the qualifications of an elector, and be entitled to vote at all elections.
עמוד 160 - The State shall be divided into eight judicial districts, of which the city of New York shall be one ; the others to be bounded by county lines and to be compact and equal in population as nearly as may be. There shall be four Justices of the Supreme Court in each district, and as many more in the district composed of the city of New York, as may from time to time be authorized by law...
עמוד 256 - No person who denies the being of a God, or a future state of rewards and punishments, shall hold any office in the civil department of this State.
עמוד 286 - Congress assembled, that all that part of the territory of the United States included within the following limits, to wit: bounded on the west by the state of California, on the north by the territory of Oregon, and on the east by the summit of the Rocky Mountains, and on the south by the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude...
עמוד 113 - That it shall be lawful for any person or persons to bring to the said mint gold and silver bullion, in order to their being coined ; and that the bullion so brought shall be there assayed and coined as speedily as may be after the receipt thereof, and that free of expense to the person or persons by whom the same shall have been brought...
עמוד 111 - Massachusetts in 1765, and by Connecticut in 1786 ; also the lands within the boundaries of the States of Mississippi and Alabama north of 31° north latitude, as conveyed to the United States by Georgia in 1802. 2d. Within the Territories of Orleans and Louisiana, as acquired from France by the treaty of 1803, including the portion of the States of Alabama and Mississippi south of 31°...