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... struck the lake of Zirknitz , twenty - eight full wagon - loads of fish were collected from the surface of the water for manure . * In 1772 , at Besançon , the water was covered with stunned fish . During a thunder- storm the Jews open ...
... struck the lake of Zirknitz , twenty - eight full wagon - loads of fish were collected from the surface of the water for manure . * In 1772 , at Besançon , the water was covered with stunned fish . During a thunder- storm the Jews open ...
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... struck , and eight hundred panes of glass destroyed and the frames left ; and not always by the jar , for sometimes fine punctures , such as electricity alone can produce , are found in the glass . Metal about the person or the house ...
... struck , and eight hundred panes of glass destroyed and the frames left ; and not always by the jar , for sometimes fine punctures , such as electricity alone can produce , are found in the glass . Metal about the person or the house ...
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... struck by lightning when cannonading ; that storms have broken out during dreadful bombardments and explosions , and that the usual number of stormy days is found at forts where artillery practise constantly . In 1718 , Des Landes in ...
... struck by lightning when cannonading ; that storms have broken out during dreadful bombardments and explosions , and that the usual number of stormy days is found at forts where artillery practise constantly . In 1718 , Des Landes in ...
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... struck . Captain Dibdin , writing of Virginia in 1763 , tells us that , when oaks and pines are growing together , the oaks are struck although the pines are the tallest . Some have supposed that certain kinds of trees were light- ning ...
... struck . Captain Dibdin , writing of Virginia in 1763 , tells us that , when oaks and pines are growing together , the oaks are struck although the pines are the tallest . Some have supposed that certain kinds of trees were light- ning ...
Página 70
... struck by lightning in 1772 , though without suffering any dam- age . This revived again the controversy between Franklin and Wilson in regard to pointed and blunt conductors , in which the Court sided with Wilson ; for it was now 1777 ...
... struck by lightning in 1772 , though without suffering any dam- age . This revived again the controversy between Franklin and Wilson in regard to pointed and blunt conductors , in which the Court sided with Wilson ; for it was now 1777 ...
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Página 320 - ... shall be appointed for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years, and one for five years.
Página 97 - States (1) George Washington. (2) John Adams. (3) Thomas Jefferson. (4) James Madison. (5) James Monroe. (6) John Quincy Adams. (7) Andrew Jackson. (8) Martin Van Buren. (9) William Henry Harrison. (10) John Tyler. (11) James K. Polk. (12) Zachary Taylor. (13) Millard Fillmore. (14) Franklin Pierce. (15) James Buchanan. (16) Abraham Lincoln. (17) Andrew Johnson. (18) Ulysses S. Grant.
Página 70 - I have never entered into any controversy in defence of my philosophical opinions ; I leave them to take their chance in the world. If they are right, truth and experience will support them. If wrong, they ought to be refuted and rejected.
Página 269 - ... major part of them, and the judges of the court of appeals, or the major part of them.
Página 34 - There will be two Eclipses of the Sun and two of the Moon.
Página 143 - The said court shall hear and determine all claims founded upon any law of congress, or upon any regulation of an executive department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the government of the United States, which may be suggested to it by a petition filed therein; and also all claims which may be referred to it by either house of congress.
Página 220 - Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts . . Rhode Island . . Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania . . . Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina . Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Texas Arkansas Tennessee...
Página 146 - An act to remodel the diplomatic and consular systems of the United States...
Página 320 - It shall have original jurisdiction in quo warranto, mandamus, habeas corpus and procedendo, and such appellate jurisdiction as may be provided by law. It shall hold at least one term in each year at the seat of government, and such other terms, there or elsewhere, as may be provided by law.