The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year ..., Volume 2Gray and Bowen, 1831 |
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... ; at apparent o 48.08 . Point first touched at the beginning , 68 ° 59 ′ from the vertex of the Sun. The occultations this year are uncommonly numerous ; and several * a years must elapse before as many eclipses of stars of.
... ; at apparent o 48.08 . Point first touched at the beginning , 68 ° 59 ′ from the vertex of the Sun. The occultations this year are uncommonly numerous ; and several * a years must elapse before as many eclipses of stars of.
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... occultations will be computed for Charleston , Washington and Boston . The catalogue of those eclipses of the satellites of Jupiter , which are visi- ble in some part of the United States , has been continued , for the purpose of ...
... occultations will be computed for Charleston , Washington and Boston . The catalogue of those eclipses of the satellites of Jupiter , which are visi- ble in some part of the United States , has been continued , for the purpose of ...
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... occultations , and their elements , the rising and setting of the Moon , the passage of the Moon and planets over the meridian , and the time of high water . The beginning and end of twilight , and the rising and setting of the Sun ...
... occultations , and their elements , the rising and setting of the Moon , the passage of the Moon and planets over the meridian , and the time of high water . The beginning and end of twilight , and the rising and setting of the Sun ...
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... occultations of Saturn , two of Uranus , one of Mercury , one of Venus , one of Mars , two of Aldebaran , besides many of the smaller stars . The year 1832 will be rendered memorable , also , by the return to the perihelion of two of ...
... occultations of Saturn , two of Uranus , one of Mercury , one of Venus , one of Mars , two of Aldebaran , besides many of the smaller stars . The year 1832 will be rendered memorable , also , by the return to the perihelion of two of ...
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... Occultations in 1831 Occultation of a Star by a Planet Occultation of Stars by the Moon Appulses of the Moon to Planets and 1 Stars in 1831 , at Boston Page . 32 1 Appulses of the Moon to the Planets 2 and principal Fixed Stars in 1831 ...
... Occultations in 1831 Occultation of a Star by a Planet Occultation of Stars by the Moon Appulses of the Moon to Planets and 1 Stars in 1831 , at Boston Page . 32 1 Appulses of the Moon to the Planets 2 and principal Fixed Stars in 1831 ...
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Page 117 - Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or Duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person. 2 The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it. 3 No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed. 4 No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 116 - States; 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; 4. To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States; 5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; 6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States; 7.
Page 115 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and, from time to time, publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Page 116 - Court; 10 To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations; 11 To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water...
Page 119 - United States whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law ; but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Page 115 - The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the congress may at any time, by law, make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
Page 115 - ... Each house shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members; and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide. 2. Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member.
Page ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 120 - Section I. The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges both of the Supreme and...
Page 122 - Done in convention, by the unanimous consent of the States present, the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the twelfth.