The Western Journal, Bände 5-6M. Tarver and T.F. Risk, 1851 |
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... less than one - half the prices which they cost the consumer , from the year 1810 to 1820. And owing to the improvement in machinery , cotton goods do not cost the consumer more than about one - fourth the price that he paid for them ...
... less than one - half the prices which they cost the consumer , from the year 1810 to 1820. And owing to the improvement in machinery , cotton goods do not cost the consumer more than about one - fourth the price that he paid for them ...
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... less force a less channel . b . The greater the channel , the less the liability to overflow . c . Concentration of force increases abrasive power , and dif- fusion of force reduces it . d . Levees confine and concentrate the waters ...
... less force a less channel . b . The greater the channel , the less the liability to overflow . c . Concentration of force increases abrasive power , and dif- fusion of force reduces it . d . Levees confine and concentrate the waters ...
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... less than its legal val- ue , as compared with gold , and the tenth part of an American eagle is worth only 4s . 1 1-2d . sterling , in British gold , we may fairly reckon a dollar at 4s . 2d . sterling , and the real par ex- change at ...
... less than its legal val- ue , as compared with gold , and the tenth part of an American eagle is worth only 4s . 1 1-2d . sterling , in British gold , we may fairly reckon a dollar at 4s . 2d . sterling , and the real par ex- change at ...
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... less advanced in civilization 30 livres ( or about 5 2-3 each , we shall find the total specie of Europe cannot exceed 8,603,000,000 livres . " Carry out the principles of his calcula- tion , and the result is as follows : - Population ...
... less advanced in civilization 30 livres ( or about 5 2-3 each , we shall find the total specie of Europe cannot exceed 8,603,000,000 livres . " Carry out the principles of his calcula- tion , and the result is as follows : - Population ...
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... less and less productive , and the total supply of the precious metals much less annually from 1820 to 1840 than it was half a century since , while the population of Europe and America , and the wants of the com- inercial world , as ...
... less and less productive , and the total supply of the precious metals much less annually from 1820 to 1840 than it was half a century since , while the population of Europe and America , and the wants of the com- inercial world , as ...
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Seite 192 - The liability of the owner of any vessel for any embezzlement, loss or destruction by any person of any property, goods or merchandise, shipped or put on board of such vessel, or for any loss, damage or injury by collision, or for any act, matter or thing, loss, damage or forfeiture, done, occasioned or incurred, without the privity or knowledge of such owner or owners, shall in no case exceed the amount or value of the interest of such owner in such vessel and her freight then pending.
Seite 44 - ... a public highway, for the use of the government of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States.
Seite 266 - Knowst thou th' importance of a soul immortal ? Behold this midnight glory : worlds on worlds ! Amazing pomp! redouble this amaze ; Ten thousand add ; add twice ten thousand more; Then weigh the whole; one soul out-weighs them all, And calls th' astonishing magnificence Of unintelligent creation poor.
Seite 192 - ... vessel, or any of them, may take the appropriate proceedings in any court, for the purpose of apportioning the sum for which the owner of the vessel may be liable among the parties entitled thereto.
Seite 91 - Citizens by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.
Seite 83 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon...
Seite 58 - That no bill of sale, mortgage, hypothecation, or conveyance of any vessel, or part of any vessel, of the United States, shall be valid against any person other than the grantor or mortgagor, his heirs and devisees, and persons having actual notice thereof ; unless such bill of sale, mortgage, hypothecation, or conveyance be recorded in the office of the collector of the customs where such vessel is registered or enrolled...
Seite 45 - An act granting the right of way and making a grant of land to the States of Illinois, Mississippi and Alabama, in aid of the construction of a railroad from Chicago to Mobile...