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Page 120 - ... dry before commencing the indurating process. Mixture No. 1. — The composition of this solution is as follows : — 56 parts, by weight, of sulphur, dissolved by the aid of steam heat or dry heat, in 44 parts of dilute vinegar or acetic acid, containing 17 parts of acid to 8 of water. In preparing indurating mixtures, to be applied to the exteriors and interiors of buildings, whether possessing a surface of brick, stone, cement, or plaster, the following ingredients are employed : — Mixture...
Page 386 - W. 324, it was held that the owner of land through which water flows in a subterraneous course, has no right or interest in it which will enable him to maintain an action against a landowner who, in carrying on mining operations in his own land, in the usual manner, drains away the water from the land of the first-mentioned owner, and lays his *well dry.
Page 324 - ... construction of artificial works, may be neutralized and enjoyed in common by all nations, upon the payment of moderate and reasonable tolls, according to the principles laid down by the Congress of Vienna in respect to the navigation of the great European rivers. The illustrious philosopher to whom we are so much indebted for our knowledge of the geography of the American continents, in speaking more than five and...
Page 385 - Streams of water are intended for the use and comfort of man; and it would be unreasonable and contrary to the universal sense of mankind to debar every riparian proprietor from the application of the water to domestic, agricultural and manufacturing purposes...
Page 397 - That the standard for both gold and silver coins of the United States shall be such that of one thousand parts by weight nine hundred shall be of pure metal and one hundred of alloy...
Page 374 - ... from any person any .money, personal property, or valuable thing, upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in a state prison not exceeding three years, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding three tunes the value of the money, property, or thing so obtained, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Page 386 - It is a common principle of the civil and of the common law, that the proprietor of land, unless restrained by covenant or custom, has the entire dominion, not only of the soil, but of the space above and below the surface, to any extent he may choose to occupy it.
Page 25 - Company were the first to use it alone, and without any other mixture than the necessary quantity of limestone for a flux. The success of this company...
Page 272 - SEC. 2. — The property, affairs, business, and concerns of the corporation hereby created shall be managed by a President...
Page 210 - ... and the rest of the space at the back filled with plaster as usual. In practice it is more convenient generally to reverse the mode of running this metal for the face of the mould, by first ramming the box, when prepared for the plaster, full of sand, then lifting it off, and paring off the surface of the sand wherever the metal is wanted to such depth (about...