The International Year BookDodd, Mead, 1908 |
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... various periodicals containing weekly and monthly summaries of current events , but they fail to supply connected narratives written after the events , such as is possible only in a yearly volume . The New International Year Book for ...
... various periodicals containing weekly and monthly summaries of current events , but they fail to supply connected narratives written after the events , such as is possible only in a yearly volume . The New International Year Book for ...
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... various other types of flying ma- chines , but without any remarkable success . In Paris M. Cornu constructed an efficient model helicopter weighing 30 pounds . The gammeter orthopter , an American production , was a ma- chine of the ...
... various other types of flying ma- chines , but without any remarkable success . In Paris M. Cornu constructed an efficient model helicopter weighing 30 pounds . The gammeter orthopter , an American production , was a ma- chine of the ...
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... various kinds were arranged for the children . From corn - growing and corn - judging contests boys come to see some- thing in corn beyond a stalk , a husk , and an ear ; and in many cases the prizes are a free trip to the agricultural ...
... various kinds were arranged for the children . From corn - growing and corn - judging contests boys come to see some- thing in corn beyond a stalk , a husk , and an ear ; and in many cases the prizes are a free trip to the agricultural ...
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... various insecticides , the manner in which they act , etc. , as well as their physiological effects on the trees and plants receiving the treatment . In horticulture physiological studies are be- ing made as to the cause and means of ...
... various insecticides , the manner in which they act , etc. , as well as their physiological effects on the trees and plants receiving the treatment . In horticulture physiological studies are be- ing made as to the cause and means of ...
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... various countries of the world , and to collect information on the economics of agricultural production and distribution which will be pre- sented to the various countries interested as promptly as possible . The data collected will ...
... various countries of the world , and to collect information on the economics of agricultural production and distribution which will be pre- sented to the various countries interested as promptly as possible . The data collected will ...
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Page 247 - ... resulting in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or employees of such carrier, or by reason of any defect or insufficiency, due to its negligence, in its cars, engines, appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, boats, wharves, or other equipment.
Page 408 - That all moneys received from the sale and disposal of public lands in Arizona, California, Colorado. Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota...
Page 408 - No right to the use of water for land in private ownership shall be sold for a tract, exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to any one landowner, and no such sale shall be made to any landowner unless he be an actual bona fide resident on such land, or occupant thereof residing in the neighborhood of said land, and no such right shall permanently attach until all payments therefor are made.
Page 271 - That it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture within any territory or the District of Columbia any article of food or drug which is adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this Act...
Page 383 - That whenever the President shall be satisfied that passports issued by any foreign Government to its citizens or subjects to go to any country other than the United States, or to any insular possession of the United States...
Page 378 - It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to employ any child under fourteen years of age in any business or service whatever, during any part of the term during which the public schools of the district in which the child resides are in session.
Page 205 - Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty...
Page 346 - That the Prime Ministers of the Colonies respectfully urge on His Majesty's Government the expediency of granting in the United Kingdom preferential treatment to the products and manufactures of the Colonies, either by exemption from or reduction of duties now or hereafter imposed.
Page 180 - Gold: 5, 10, 20, 50. and 100 francs. Silver: 5 francs. Gold: 5, 10. and 20 marks.
Page 389 - India and elsewhere, shall be subject to the control of the Secretary of State in Council, and no grant or appropriation of any part of such revenues...