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Page 359 - Mint, giving priority according to priority of deposite only; and that in the denominations of coin delivered, the treasurer shall comply with the wishes of the depositor, unless when impracticable or inconvenient to do so; in which case, the denominations of coin shall be designated by the Director.
Page 253 - ... for not bringing his action within the prescribed period, until it is first shown that he had a cause of action which he could have maintained. In analogy to the statute, no presumption can arise against a party on the ground of long enjoyment of a privilege by another, until it is shown that the privilege, in some measure, interfered with the rights of the party whose grant is proposed to be presumed, and that he had a legal right to prevent such enjoyment by proceedings at law.
Page 382 - Pocket-Book for Railroad and Civil Engineers: Containing New, Exact and Concise Methods for Laying out Railroad Curves, Switches, Frog Angles and Crossings; the Staking out of work; Levelling; the Calculation of Cuttings: Embankments; Earthwork, etc- By OLIVER BYRNE.
Page 203 - Sesquioxide of Iron. On the other hand, those divisions of the coal measures which have been but slightly charged with vegetable matter, as for example the barren shales of the Serai Coal rocks before alluded to, contain much red material, both in distinct strata and mottling the general mass, and are throughout more or less impregnated with the Sesquioxide. A like general law as to color would seem to apply to the other great groups of sedimentary rocks, which include in particular beds accumulations...
Page 251 - The natural stream existing by the bounty of Providence for the benefit of the land through which it flows, is an incident annexed by operation of law to the land itself.
Page 92 - ... through a lateral opening or flue into the reducing or flowing furnace, and, after passing over the surface of the ore contained therein, enter by another opening or openings into the calcining furnace, which is placed upon the same level, or nearly so, with the flowing furnace, the gases passing off by a suitable flue or flues to the chimney. In the passage or passages which conduct from the flowing furnace to the calcining furnace there are placed suitable doors or dampers, which are so arranged...
Page 203 - Rocks, before alluded to, contain much red material, both in distinct strata and mottling the general mass, and are throughout more or less impregnated with the sesquioxide. A like general law, as to color, would seem to apply to the other great groups of sedimentary rocks which include, in particular beds, accumulations of vegetable or other organic exuviae. Thus, in the New and Old red sandstone formations, which generally include so large a proportion of sediment, colored by the red oxide of iron,...
Page 251 - Nor could he cut down the forest and clear his land for the purpose of husbandry, because the evaporation which would be caused by exposing the soil to the sun and air would inevitably diminish, to some extent, the supply of water which would otherwise filter through it. He could not even turn a furrow for agricultural purposes, because this would, partially, produce the same result.
Page 251 - To say that these streams might be obstructed and diverted, merely because they run through subterranean channels, is to forget the rights and duties of man in relation to flowing water. But, to entitle a stream to the consideration of the law, it is certainly necessary that it be a 'water course, ' in the proper sense of the term.
Page 202 - So, again, the soft argillaceous shales, in the midst of which the lenticular ore so frequently presents itself, show, by their dark color and included impressions of plants, as well as by actual analysis, that they are richly imbued with vegetable matter. Nor do the nearly white fire-clays, which in many cases enclose thick courses of the lenticular ore, form any exception to this law. For, although in their present state they...