New York Municipal Gazette (New York, N.Y.), Volume 1, Issues 41-48Ebenezer Meriam Anti-Assessment Committee, 1847 - Finance |
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... wires Letter from Prof , Olmsted , Yale College , in rela- tion to lightning , earthquakes , & c ... Letters from Benjamin F. Thompson , Historian of Long Island ...... . ..663 , 695 Letters from Hon . Josiah Butler , of So. Deer- field ...
... wires Letter from Prof , Olmsted , Yale College , in rela- tion to lightning , earthquakes , & c ... Letters from Benjamin F. Thompson , Historian of Long Island ...... . ..663 , 695 Letters from Hon . Josiah Butler , of So. Deer- field ...
Page 552
... wires ; several cattle in the neighborhood of Baltimore killed by light- ning . 573 581 586 589 598 604 Balloon struck by lightning ; man killed by light- ning , July 27 , 1846 ; house struck by lightning in Richmond , Va . and 4 ...
... wires ; several cattle in the neighborhood of Baltimore killed by light- ning . 573 581 586 589 598 604 Balloon struck by lightning ; man killed by light- ning , July 27 , 1846 ; house struck by lightning in Richmond , Va . and 4 ...
Page 554
... wire , of No. 1 size , weighing one pound for every six feet , is a good lightning conductor , and our desire , in so ... wires have never failed , and the cost is less than a dollar for a single rod of 70 feet in length . We have ...
... wire , of No. 1 size , weighing one pound for every six feet , is a good lightning conductor , and our desire , in so ... wires have never failed , and the cost is less than a dollar for a single rod of 70 feet in length . We have ...
Page 571
... Wires struck by Lightning in the evening at North Wililbraham , Mass . The light- ning traversed three lengths of the wire , breaking three glass knobs , split out one iron hook , and split down one of the poles . Monday , May 25. - 4 ...
... Wires struck by Lightning in the evening at North Wililbraham , Mass . The light- ning traversed three lengths of the wire , breaking three glass knobs , split out one iron hook , and split down one of the poles . Monday , May 25. - 4 ...
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Ebenezer Meriam. THE TELEGRAPH WIRES AND THE THUN Beneath the l of els briw Jass bER STORM8 .; 0,0 0,8 ; 80 We give below below several extracts from different nejos papers of the operation of the lightning upon the mag Redle wires in ...
Ebenezer Meriam. THE TELEGRAPH WIRES AND THE THUN Beneath the l of els briw Jass bER STORM8 .; 0,0 0,8 ; 80 We give below below several extracts from different nejos papers of the operation of the lightning upon the mag Redle wires in ...
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Page 627 - All city, town and village officers, whose election or appointment is not provided for by this Constitution, shall be elected by the electors, of such cities, towns and villages, or of some division thereof, or appointed by such authorities thereof, as the Legislature shall designate for that purpose.
Page 627 - In addition to the above limited power to contract debts, the State may contract debts to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, or defend the State in war; but the money arising from the contracting of such debts shall be applied to the purpose for which it was raised, or to repay such debts, and to no other purpose whatever.
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Page 625 - April, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, which have not since expired, or been repealed or altered ; and such acts of the Legislature of this State as are now in force, shall be and continue the law of this State, subject to such alterations as the Legislature shall make concerning the same. But all such parts of the common law, and such of the said acts, or parts thereof, as are repugnant to this Constitution, are hereby abrogated...