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Page xii - That the value of foreign coin as expressed in the money of account of the United States 'shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value...
Page 37 - The isles of Greece ! the isles of Greece ! "Where burning Sappho loved and sung, — Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.
Page 55 - C. with him from Smyrna, and whose house, when the fact became known, was so thronged with friends and visitors to taste the new beverage, that to relieve himself from annoyance, Edwards established his servant in s coffee-house.
Page 255 - ... intelligible manner as to enable persons skilled in the art to which the invention is related, to comprehend it.
Page 182 - No sooner have our patients taken a few tablespoonf uls of it than their features become relaxed and they come to their senses. The next day the improvement is such that we are tempted to look upon coffee as a specific against typhoid fever. Under its influence the stupor is dispelled and the patient rouses from the state of somnolency in which he has been since the invasion of the disease. Soon all the functions take their natural course, and he enters upon convalescence.
Page 255 - The plaintiffs application at the Patent Office was made on the 30th of January, 1873. In it he claimed to have invented " a new and useful improvement in corsets." After reciting that previous to his invention it had been customary, in the manufacture of corsets, to weave the material with pocket-like openings or passages running from edge to edge, and adapted to receive the bones, which are inserted to stay the woven fabric, and which serve as braces to give shape to and support the figure of the...
Page 172 - Turkey." — (ELLIS.) The sensible properties and effects of coffee, like those of tea, are too well known to require to be stated in detail It exhilarates, arouses, and keeps awake ; it allays hunger to a certain extent, gives to the weary increased strength and vigour, and imparts a feeling of comfort and repose. Its physiological effects upon the system, so far as they have been investigated, appear to be, that, while it makes the brain more active, it soothes the body generally, makes the change...
Page 42 - But after either method the process recommended by M. Soyer may be advantageously adopted ; namely, " Put two ounces of ground coffee into a stewpan, which set upon the fire, stirring the coffee round with a spoon until quite hot, then pour over a pint of boiling water ; cover over closely for five minutes, pass it through a cloth, warm again, and serve.
Page 128 - Guadeloupe, whose coffee is sold under the name of the neighboring island, yields six thousand sacks, not enough to provide the market of Rio de Janeiro for twenty-four hours, and the island of Bourbon hardly more. A great part of the coffee which is bought under these names, or under that of Java coffee, is Brazilian, while the so-called Mocha coffee is often nothing but the small round beans of the Brazilian plant found at the summits of the branches and very carefully selected.
Page 255 - ... assistance from the patent, or to make it or repeat the process claimed, it is insufficient to invalidate the patent. Mr. Justice Strong delivered the opinion of the court. A careful examination of the evidence in this case has convinced us that the invention claimed and patented to the plaintiff was anticipated and described in the English provisional specification of John Henry Johnson, left in the office of the Commissioner of Patents on the 20th of January, AD 1854. That specification was...