Proceedings of the Canadian Institute, Volym 6–7

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Copp, Clark & Company, 1889
 

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Sida 3 - Civil engineering is the art of directing the great sources of power in Nature for the use and convenience of man.
Sida 176 - Lawrence westward to the great lakes, as far, at least, as shewn by Governor Schultz's specimen, as Lake Winnipeg. Its absence in inland localities is not noticed, so far as I have ascertained, in published works, yet, even in the narrow peninsula of Nova Scotia, bounded on one side by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the other by the Bay of Fundy and waters connecting with the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the absence or scarcity of this tree in inland localities, or even in such as are only a few miles distant...
Sida 209 - The Canadian Journal : a Repertory of Industry, Science and Art ; and a Record of the Proceedings of the Canadian Institute.
Sida 4 - We do hereby grant our especial licence and authority unto all and every person and persons, bodies politic and corporate (otherwise competent), to grant, sell, alien, and convey in mortmain, unto and to the...
Sida 6 - Governor General of British North America, and Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over Our Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Island of Prince Edward, and Vice Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.
Sida 37 - ... have taken some pains to estimate its probable minimum rate of natural increase ; it will be safest to assume that it begins breeding when thirty years old and goes on breeding till ninety years old, bringing forth six young in the interval and surviving till one hundred years old; if this be so, after a period of from 740 to 750 years there would be nearly nineteen million elephants alive, descended from the first pair.
Sida 5 - Realm, do all such acts and deeds as shall appear to them necessary or essential to be done, for the purpose of carrying into effect the objects and views of the said body politic and corporate. And...
Sida 140 - Carriers, was awl-like in form and not less than six inches in length. The broader extremity thereof was hollowed out to receive a wooden shaft which served to dart it off from the bow like a common arrow, with this difference however that, when in motion, the horn point detached itself from the shaft. This projectile was deadly and intended only for use against an enemy or for killing large game. To shoot smaller game such as grouse, rabbits, etc., they had recourse to a curiously wrought triple...
Sida 4 - ... which might have been had or gotten for the same respectively at the time of the purchase or acquisition thereof...
Sida 5 - ... of the said body politic and corporate. And We further will, grant, and declare, that the whole property of the said body politic and corporate shall be vested, and We do hereby vest the same solely and absolutely in the...

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