The New International Encyclopaedia, Volume 16Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby Dodd, Mead, 1906 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 98
Page
... PLAIN CHANT . Professor Alfred Remy . PLANETS . PLEADING . Mr. Theodore Low DeVinne and Mr. Charles Shattuck Hill . PROBABILITY . Professor David Eugene Smith . PROFIT SHARING . Professor Franklin H. Giddings and Dr. Alvin Sydney ...
... PLAIN CHANT . Professor Alfred Remy . PLANETS . PLEADING . Mr. Theodore Low DeVinne and Mr. Charles Shattuck Hill . PROBABILITY . Professor David Eugene Smith . PROFIT SHARING . Professor Franklin H. Giddings and Dr. Alvin Sydney ...
Page 6
... plain which lies between the Appalachian highland and the low coastal plain proper . It is distinguished from the latter topographically by being more rugged and eroded with deeper river - valleys , and geologically by consisting of ...
... plain which lies between the Appalachian highland and the low coastal plain proper . It is distinguished from the latter topographically by being more rugged and eroded with deeper river - valleys , and geologically by consisting of ...
Page 17
... plains , and of a rugged , mountainous country containing many lakes and rivers . Pine forests cover the slopes to a height of 11,700 feet , above which the mountain consists of bare granite rocks . The summit was occupied by a ...
... plains , and of a rugged , mountainous country containing many lakes and rivers . Pine forests cover the slopes to a height of 11,700 feet , above which the mountain consists of bare granite rocks . The summit was occupied by a ...
Page 18
... plain of the Gran Chaco , partly through dense forests , partly through wide , marshy tracts , where the banks are submerged , and where the river divides into several parallel channels . It is here a sluggish stream with an average ...
... plain of the Gran Chaco , partly through dense forests , partly through wide , marshy tracts , where the banks are submerged , and where the river divides into several parallel channels . It is here a sluggish stream with an average ...
Page 32
... plain of almost pure sand . They are more or less gregarious in habit and frequently cover extensive areas to the almost total exclusion of other PINES PITCH OR YELLOW PINE ( Pinus palustris ) . PINDAR . PINE . 32 PINES.
... plain of almost pure sand . They are more or less gregarious in habit and frequently cover extensive areas to the almost total exclusion of other PINES PITCH OR YELLOW PINE ( Pinus palustris ) . PINDAR . PINE . 32 PINES.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
American appointed army Athens atmospheric railway became birds born called century chief chiefly Church coast color Consult death diameter early east elected England English Europe feet fish France French fruit genus German Government Greek important inches insects island Italian Italy King known land large number larvæ later Leipzig London ment method miles native Neo-Lat North Paris party picric acid pigeons pile pine pins Pinturicchio Pinus pipe pipe roll Pitt Pittsburg Pius plain plain chant plants Plate Plato pleading Plesiosaurus pleura pleurisy plow plum Plymouth Plymouth Brethren pneumatic poems poet Poland polar Poles Polish Polish Language political Pompey Pope population produced professor published River Roman Rome Russia Russian Saint Saint Petersburg soil South species square miles studied tion town trees tube United usually vols West York
Popular passages
Page 352 - It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins.
Page 150 - Events not to be controlled have prevented me from making, at any time, any serious effort in what, under happier circumstances, would have been the field of my choice.
Page 172 - Ocean, the first thing which strikes us is, that, the north-east and south-east monsoons, which are found the one on the north and the other on...
Page 351 - In which it will also appear, that this Church is far from intending to depart from the Church of England in any essential point of doctrine, discipline, or worship ; or further than local circumstances require.
Page 312 - Asia, it was not until about the middle of the eighteenth century that they commenced making conquests in India.
Page 308 - For preventing the miscarriage of letters, — It is ordered that notice be given, that RICHARD FAIRBANKS, his house in Boston is the place appointed for all letters, which are brought from beyond the seas, or are to be sent thither...
Page 331 - Mountains (1876), Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States (1879), Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages (1880), Canyons of the Colorado (1895), Truth and Error (1898).
Page 102 - there is no knowledge, and no assurance of right belief, but with him who can both confute the opposite opinion and successfully defend his own against confutation.
Page 176 - The power we allude to is rather the police power, the power vested in the legislature by the constitution to make, ordain, and establish all manner of wholesome and reasonable laws, statutes, and ordinances, either with penalties or without, not repugnant to the constitution, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of the commonwealth and of the subjects of the same.
Page 275 - Rico, shall not be covered into the general fund of the Treasury, but shall be held as a separate fund, and shall be placed at the disposal of the President to be used for the government and benefit of Porto Rico...