International Exhibition, 1876, Volume 11U.S. Government Printing Office, 1884 - Centennial Exhibition |
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... supply box . 20. Farmer's dynamo - electric machine ( large ) . 21. Firing key ( Farmer ) . 40. Plan of the U. S. Naval Torpedo Sta- tion , Goat Island , Newport Harbor , R. I. Scale : 3 . CLASS L. 1. Apparatus to illustrate the action ...
... supply box . 20. Farmer's dynamo - electric machine ( large ) . 21. Firing key ( Farmer ) . 40. Plan of the U. S. Naval Torpedo Sta- tion , Goat Island , Newport Harbor , R. I. Scale : 3 . CLASS L. 1. Apparatus to illustrate the action ...
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... supply of ships of the Pacific fleet , and some are in the bands of Messrs . Negus , under repairs . The greatest number ever held ready for issue at the Observatory during the last five years is 125 . The least number on hand at one ...
... supply of ships of the Pacific fleet , and some are in the bands of Messrs . Negus , under repairs . The greatest number ever held ready for issue at the Observatory during the last five years is 125 . The least number on hand at one ...
Page 100
... supply vessels . Mast - head lights . - For the banks of a canal , showing the light up and down the canal . Fourth - order lens . - Shows a red and white flash alternately every 10 seconds , illuminating 360 ° of the horizon . In use ...
... supply vessels . Mast - head lights . - For the banks of a canal , showing the light up and down the canal . Fourth - order lens . - Shows a red and white flash alternately every 10 seconds , illuminating 360 ° of the horizon . In use ...
Page 101
... supply . This device is usually arranged so as to be self - acting . Coate's valve lamp , 1856 , fourth order . - The reservoir of the lamp is a hollow cylinder and is placed above the lens , on the framework of which it rests . The ...
... supply . This device is usually arranged so as to be self - acting . Coate's valve lamp , 1856 , fourth order . - The reservoir of the lamp is a hollow cylinder and is placed above the lens , on the framework of which it rests . The ...
Page 102
... supply vessels . Its action is the same as that of Funck's hydraulic float lamp described above . LAMP BURNERS . The ... supplies the wicks with oil . First - order lamp burner , with a photogph of the flame of natural size . Second ...
... supply vessels . Its action is the same as that of Funck's hydraulic float lamp described above . LAMP BURNERS . The ... supplies the wicks with oil . First - order lamp burner , with a photogph of the flame of natural size . Second ...
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Abies Acer apparatus appointed boat brass breech-loading carbine breech-loading rifle buoy Bureau Bust Buxus California Cannon lock canvas Captain Carolina cartridges cent chronometer CLASS Coast Survey Commodore corn cotton County Crataegus Cupressus Dahlgren diameter division Exhibition flag Florida Fuze Hotchkiss iron Island issued IX-inch Jersey July June 30 Juniperus K'ow kraang lamp life-saving light light-house Mâi manufacture marl medal miles money-order months after planting musket Navy Obverse Parrott passing box Pennsylvania percussion Philadelphia Pinus Post-Office Department Postmaster-General postmasters pouch powder Prunus Pyrus Quercus Reverse rice rope Ru'a Salix scraper SECTION Sharp & Hankins shell shrapnel small tree South Carolina species Specific gravity specimens sponge square inch stamped envelopes stations Superintendent Syringa vulgaris t'aung Taxus baccata tensile strength Thank God Harbor Thuja occidentalis Tilia tobacco torpedo U. S. Naval U. S. ship Ulmus United variegata VIII-inch Virginia Washington weight wheat White wood model XI-inch York
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Page 88 - States, as may be by law required of him ; to make report, and give information to either branch of the legislature, in person or in writing (as he may be required), respecting all matters referred to him by the Senate or House of Representatives, or which shall appertain to his office ; and generally to perform all such services relative to the finances, as he shall be directed to perform.
Page 54 - Oh ! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through, the night that our flag was still there.
Page 54 - Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just ; And this be our motto :
Page 54 - O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Page 225 - That there shall be at the seat of Government a Department of Labor, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with labor, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word...
Page 54 - Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave ; And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave.
Page 225 - to acquire and preserve in his Department all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain by means of books and correspondence, and by practical and scientific experiments, (accurate records of which experiments shall be kept in his office) ; by the collection of statistics, and by any other appropriate means within his power...
Page 226 - He shall also make special reports on particular subjects whenever required to do so by the President or either house of Congress, or when he shall think the subject in his charge requires it.
Page 167 - An act to provide internal revenue to support the Government and to pay interest on the public debt,
Page 95 - President be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to appoint, immediately after the passage of this act, two officers of the navy, of high rank, one officer of the corps of engineers of the army, one officer of the corps of topographical engineers of the army, and two civilians of high scientific attainments, whose services may be at the disposal of the President ; and an officer of the navy and an officer of engineers of the army, as secretaries, who shall constitute the Light-house Board...