The New International Encyclopędia, Volume 24Frank Moore Colby, Talcott Williams Dodd, Mead, 1924 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 35 - Act shall be construed to discontinue either the farm management work or the farmers' cooperative demonstration work as now conducted by the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture. Sec. 2. That cooperative agricultural extension work shall consist of the giving of instruction and practical demonstrations in agriculture and home economics to persons not attending or resident in said colleges in the several communities, and imparting to such persons information on said subjects through...
Page 70 - Should either high contracting party conclude a treaty of general arbitration with a third Power, it is agreed that nothing in this agreement shall entail upon such contracting party an obligation to go to war with the Power with whom such treaty of arbitration is in force.
Page 142 - Two years later he became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons and Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians.
Page 299 - ... by the Division of Building and Housing of the United States Department of Commerce...
Page 268 - Mendeleeff, which states that the properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic weights.
Page 243 - American continent, bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean and Alaska; on the south by the United States; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and Davis Strait; and on the north by the Arctic Ocean.
Page 143 - Its object shall be to advance the science of jurisprudence, promote the administration of justice and uniformity of legislation and of judicial decision throughout the nation, uphold the honor of the profession of the law, and encourage cordial intercourse among the members of the American Bar.
Page 35 - No portion of said fund nor the interest thereon, shall be applied directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings.
Page 155 - The territory is now governed by a Resident Commissioner under the direction of the High Commissioner for South Africa, the latter possessing the legislative authority, which is exercised by proclamation.
Page 183 - Painter-Etchers), was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1896.] 2 [The number of the Architect in which this letter was printed contained two sketches from Mr. George's "Etchings on the Mosel," — those, viz., of the Elector's Palace, Coblentz, and of the interior of Metz Cathedral.