Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and London Edition of Chambers' Encyclopaedia, with Copious Additions by American Editors, Volume 9American Book Exchange, 1881 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... vessels . They immediately offered a premium for the best form of life - boat ; and the first boat built with the express object of saving life was that constructed on this occa- sion by Mr. Henry Greathead . It was of great strength ...
... vessels . They immediately offered a premium for the best form of life - boat ; and the first boat built with the express object of saving life was that constructed on this occa- sion by Mr. Henry Greathead . It was of great strength ...
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... vessels have their crews rescued through its use every year ; and as the national life - boat institution obtains funds , this invention is being gradually extended all round the coast of the United Kingdom , while foreign nations have ...
... vessels have their crews rescued through its use every year ; and as the national life - boat institution obtains funds , this invention is being gradually extended all round the coast of the United Kingdom , while foreign nations have ...
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... vessels . See LIFE MORTARS AND ROCKETS . LIFE - RAFTS , structures made to serve the purposes of life - boats when the latter are lacking . They may be made of various materials , such as are at hand . Logs , boards , stools , broken ...
... vessels . See LIFE MORTARS AND ROCKETS . LIFE - RAFTS , structures made to serve the purposes of life - boats when the latter are lacking . They may be made of various materials , such as are at hand . Logs , boards , stools , broken ...
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... vessel in such a way as to have cabins or structures removable , so that they may be floated away in case of wreck , but all ... vessels wrecked near the mouth of the Tynemouth haven , during the following fifteen years . The life - boat ...
... vessel in such a way as to have cabins or structures removable , so that they may be floated away in case of wreck , but all ... vessels wrecked near the mouth of the Tynemouth haven , during the following fifteen years . The life - boat ...
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... vessels in danger to communicate with the stations was adopted in 1878 ; a line of telegraph between capes Henry and ... vessels .. Total value of cargoes .. Total value of property saved . Total value of property lost .. Total number of ...
... vessels in danger to communicate with the stations was adopted in 1878 ; a line of telegraph between capes Henry and ... vessels .. Total value of cargoes .. Total value of property saved . Total value of property lost .. Total number of ...
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Page 50 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts ; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 173 - The Body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten, in the Supper, only after an heavenly and spiritual manner. And the mean whereby the Body of Christ is received and eaten in the Supper is Faith.
Page 127 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat, if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not.
Page 50 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellowcountrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 50 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other, but the different parts of our country cannot do this. They cannot but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them.
Page 231 - ... to establish a defense on the ground of insanity it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 127 - Logan's cabin hungry and he gave him not meat, if ever he came cold and naked and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites that my countrymen pointed as they passed and said, ' Logan is the friend of the white man.
Page 50 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 114 - I suppose it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension, to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether, and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things which, upon examination, are found to be beyond the reach of our capacities.
Page 269 - O, then, I see, queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife ; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...