Mineral-water industry ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 - 128 pages |
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Acqua Madre Aix la Chapelle alkaline Alumina anæmia analysis Bagnères-de-Bigorre Balaruc Barèges baths Bicarbonate of soda Bicarbonic soda bladder Bourbon-l'Archambault Bourbon-Lancy Bourbonne Bourboule Bromide calcic Capvern Carbonate of iron Carbonate of lime Carbonate of magnesia carbonic acid Carbonic-acid gas free catarrh Cauterets cents Châtelguyon Chloride Chloride of calcium Chloride of magnesium Chloride of soda Chloride of sodium chronic Consul consular district Contrexéville diseases drinking efficacious Evian exported ferruginous Foreign Countries France Free carbonic acid gallons gaseous Gervais gout grains Grams Iodide La Bourboule Le Vernet liter lithia lithium Luchon Luxeuil magnesia manganese miles mineral springs mineral waters Néris Nitrogen Organic matter oxide patients Phosphate Plombières potassium Pougues pounds quantity quarts rheumatism Royat Salies-de-Béarn Salins scrofulous Silicic acid sodiac sodium stomach Sulphate Sulphate of lime Sulphate of magnesia Sulphate of potash Sulphate of soda Sulphurate of sodium tael Tarasp temperature thermal Total Traces United Vals Vichy Vittel Wildungen
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Page 75 - That the value of foreign coins, as expressed in the money of account of the United States, shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value," and that "the value of the standard coins in circulation of the various nations of the world shall be estimated annually by the Director of the Mint, and be proclaimed on the 1st day of January by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Page 76 - To meet typographical requirements, the quotations for the years 1876, 1877, 1879, 1881, 1882, and 1891-95 are omitted, these years being selected as showing the least fluctuations when compared with years immediately preceding and following. To save unnecessary repetition, the estimates of valuations are divided into three classes, viz: (A) countries with fixed currencies, (B) countries with fluctuating currencies, and (C) quarterly valuations of fluctuating currencies. VALUES OF FOREIGN COINS AND...
Page 74 - Part I. Soap Trade in Foreign Countries; Screws, Nuts, and Bolts in Foreign Countries; Argols in Europe, Rabbits and Rabbit Furs in Europe, and Cultivation of Ramie in Foreign Countries. Part II. Sericulture and Silk Reeling and Cultivation of the English Walnut.
Page 83 - Decigram (-fa gram) equals 1.5432 grains. Gram equals 15.432 grains. Decagram (10 grams) equals 0.3527 ounce. Hectogram (100 grams) equals 3.5274 ounces. Kilogram (1,000 grams) equals 2.2046 pounds. Myriagram (10,000 grams) equals 22.046 pounds. Quintal (100,000 grams) equals 220.46 pounds. Millier or tonnea — ton (1,000,000 grams) equals 2,204.6 pounds. Metric dry measures.
Page 73 - SPECIAL CONSULAR REPORTS, containing series of reports from consular officers on particular subjects, made in pursuance to instructions from the Department. Following are the special publications issued by the Bureau prior to 1890: Labor in Europe, 1878, one volume; Labor in Foreign Countries, 1884, three volumes; Commerce of the World and the Share of the United Slates Therein, 1879; Commerce of the World and the Share of the United States Therein...
Page 74 - Cigar and Cigarette Industry in Latin America. Part II. School Gardens in Europe. Part III. The Stave Trade in Foreign Countries.
Page 79 - has the same legal value as the Mexican dollar in Hongkong, the Straits Settlements, and Labuan.
Page 75 - The value of the standard coins of countries with the single silver standard is calculated to be that of the average market value of the pure metal they contained during the three months preceding the date of the proclamation of their value in United States gold by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Page 77 - No. 147, p. 623.) Values are still, however, frequently expressed in the florin or gulden, which is worth 2 crowns or 40.6 cents.
Page 73 - THE UNITED STATES, issued quarterly, and containing the declared values of exports from the various consular districts to the United "states for the preceding three months.