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Page 233 - CAY, for which payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our and each of our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents ; Sealed with our seals, and dated this thirtieth day of April, AD 1861.
Page 231 - As a patriot, he early became a republican and in due course a member of the Continental Congress, a Signer of the Declaration of Independence, and a surgeon-general in the army of Washington.
Page 234 - ... obligation shall be void and of no effect, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Page 456 - Pages 441-456, with Plates 43 to 45. 1876. Notes on Certain Features of the Life of the Alaskan Freshwater Sculpin. By Barton A. Bean and Alfred C. Weed, of the Division of Fishes, US National Museum. Published August 19, 1909.
Page 233 - July, 1836, to enable the Executive to assert and prosecute with effect the claim of the United States to the legacy bequeathed to them by James Smithson, late of London, having received its entire execution, and the amount recovered and paid into the Treasury having, agreeably to an act of the last session, been invested in State stocks, I...
Page 235 - A suit of higher interest and dignity has rarely perhaps been before the tribunals of a nation. If the trust created by the testator's will be successfully carried into effect by the enlightened legislation of Congress benefits may flow to the United States and to the human family not easy to be estimated, because operating silently and radually throughout time, yet operating not the less effectually.
Page 257 - Occiput darkscaled, obscurely iridescent, the margin of the eyes not white-scaled, a silvery spot on the occiput and on sides below. Prothoracic lobes dark-scaled, with a violaceous luster, the apex and base silveryscaled. Abdomen dark-scaled above with obscure bronzy and blue luster, white-scaled beneath, the colors separated on the sides in a straight line. Legs dark-scaled with a paler bronzy luster beneath, mid tarsi with the outer half of the second and all of the last three joints silver-white-scaled...
Page 258 - Abdomen with the colors separated on the sides in a straight line. Wing-scales broadly ovate, their tips obliquely subtruncate, dense on the second and fourth veins.
Page 160 - ... approach so near to the shore as to come in contact with the water fence, the firm posts of which they would clasp, and struggle to uptear, till they lashed the water into a foam with their powerful wings.
Page 34 - Sun-brightness, if the reflecting particles are of gross magnitude, like those composing the surface of the Moon, but less transmissible than Sunbrightness, on the other hand, if the reflecting particles are minute like the molecules of gases. OBSERVATIONS ON ECLIPSE DAY. The approach of totality was uncommonly exciting on this occasion. Early in the morning the sky was overcast with thin high clouds, but these gradually grew thinner so that after 9 am the prospects indicated a streaky sky containing...