| E. A. Victor - 1916 - 364 pages
...Small quantities of butter and cheese have been exported from Canada for over a hundred years, but it was not until about the middle of the nineteenth century that a regular trade of any importance was established. The maximum export of 34,128,944 Ibs. of butter... | |
| Elmer Verner McCollum - 1922 - 522 pages
...frequently have access to fresh food. Infantile scurvy is not often mentioned in early medical writings. It was not until about the middle of the nineteenth century that it began to attract the attention of medical observers. The cause of this appears clear. Infants were... | |
| Charles Austin Beard - 1924 - 832 pages
...action designed to eliminate conditions which breed disease. This is comparatively a recent development. It was not until about the middle of the nineteenth century that the health laws of our states went much beyond attempts to control, usually in a very ineffective manner,... | |
| Merritt Finley Miller - 1924 - 406 pages
...constituents of the soil, which serve for the nutrition of plants, that this wealth truly consists. — LIEBIG It was not until about the middle of the nineteenth century that we had a correct understanding of the principles of plantfeeding. Since that time a great deal of information... | |
| Dorothy Mabel Turner - 1927 - 208 pages
...a town house in Bloomsbury and a library in Dean Street, Soho. In later life he inherited a large I fortune, which made him one of the richest men of...The work of editing was undertaken by Clerk Maxwell (sec p. 129),* and thus many of Cavendish's investigations were at last brought to light. Nevertheless,... | |
| George Hamilton Cunningham - 1927 - 922 pages
...away the keys of Newgate and threw them into the basin, where they were found many years afterwards. It was not until about the middle of the nineteenth century that the water was drained out of the basin, leaving the statue in its present condition, and the enclosure... | |
| William Francis Walsh - 1927 - 928 pages
...chattel or its value, so that the defendant could satisfy the judgment by paying the money equivalent. It was not until about the middle of the nineteenth century that replevin assumed its modern form, by which the plaintiff recovers the specific chattel. Even now the... | |
| Lionel Danforth Edie - 1928 - 530 pages
...method, form and quantity of issue. Many of these ended in disaster to banks and note-holders alike, and it was not until about the middle of the nineteenth century that the principles of a safe note issue had been rather clearly worked out. The present chapter attempts to... | |
| Charles Austin Beard - 1928 - 840 pages
...upon universal education early in her history, practical application lagged far behind the theory. It was not until about the middle of the nineteenth century that the foundations of universal and free elementary education were securely laid, but since that time there... | |
| United States. Office of Education - 1942 - 694 pages
...games was that although they were very annoying and shameful they had to be endured as necessary evils. It was not until about the middle of the nineteenth century that the authorities had to decide to do one of two things — to supervise the games or to abolish them. The... | |
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