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Excerpt from An Essay on the Truth of Physiognomy, and Its Application to MedicinePhysiocnomy, if considered In strict conformity to the derivation of the term, might be brie¿y defined, The knowledge of nature for such is the literal meaning of the two Greek words, Which constitute its original. But cus tom immemorial, if it has not actually varied its true signification, has at least reduced it to a nar rower compass. It cannot, therefore, as...

Excerpt from An Essay on the Truth of Physiognomy, and Its Application to MedicinePhysiocnomy, if considered In strict conformity to the derivation of the term, might be brie¿y defined, The knowledge of nature for such is the literal meaning of the two Greek words, Which constitute its original. But cus tom immemorial, if it has not actually varied its true signification, has at least reduced it to a nar rower compass. It cannot, therefore, as...

Excerpt from A History of the Michael Brown Family of Rowan County, North Carolina: Tracing Its Line of Posterity From the Original Michael Brown to the Present Generation and Giving Something of the Times One Hundred and Fifty Years Ago Together With Many Historic Facts of Local and National InterestThis history may be considered accidental or of a spontaneous character. On one occasion Rev. N. D. Body and the writer were in conver sation rel...

Excerpt from The Impact of a Changing Society Upon the Armed Forces: A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Career Class, the United States Army Chaplain School, Fort Slocum, New York, in Partial Fulfillment of the Career Course RequirementsIt is not the purpose of this paper to discuss the events leading up to the fateful day of 7 December 1941. Suffice it to say that prior to the Japanese bombing of the U. S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, So...

Excerpt from Rockefeller Medicine Men: Medicine and Capitalism in AmericaDoctors and the capital-intensive Commodity Sector 197 The State: Rationalizing the Private Market 200 The Growth of capital-intensive Commodities 203.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the...

Excerpt from Rockefeller Medicine Men: Medicine and Capitalism in AmericaDoctors and the capital-intensive Commodity Sector 197 The State: Rationalizing the Private Market 200 The Growth of capital-intensive Commodities 203.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the...

Excerpt from The Coal Fields and Coal Trade of the Island of Cape BretonThe existence of valuable deposits of Coal in the Island of Cape Breton has been long known, but I am not aware that any account of them has hitherto been published, except in certain scientific works, which are read only by persons interested in the subjects they treat of. The want of a reliable description of the Coal Fields, the capabilities of the mines now in operatio...

Excerpt from The Coal Fields and Coal Trade of the Island of Cape BretonThe existence of valuable deposits of Coal in the Island of Cape Breton has been long known, but I am not aware that any account of them has hitherto been published, except in certain scientific works, which are read only by persons interested in the subjects they treat of. The want of a reliable description of the Coal Fields, the capabilities of the mines now in operatio...

Excerpt from Domestic Architecture: Containing a History of the Science and the Principles of Designing Public Edifices, Private Dwelling-Houses, Country Mansions and Suburban Villas, With Practical Dissertations on Every Branch of Building, From the Choice of the Site, to the Completion OfIn the Introduction to this work will be found stated the qualifications required to form. An archi teet. By way of summary, I shall subj Oin Uvedale Price'...

Excerpt from The Impact of a Changing Society Upon the Armed Forces: A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Career Class, the United States Army Chaplain School, Fort Slocum, New York, in Partial Fulfillment of the Career Course RequirementsIt is not the purpose of this paper to discuss the events leading up to the fateful day of 7 December 1941. Suffice it to say that prior to the Japanese bombing of the U. S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, So...

Excerpt from Sacred Architecture, Its Rise, Progress, and Present State: Embracing the Babylonian, Indian, Egyptian, Greek, and Roman Temples, the Byzantine, Saxon Lombard, Norman, and Italian Churches, With an Analytical Inquiry Into the Origin, Progress, and Perfection of the Gothic Churches in EnglandIf we search into the early history of Sacred Architecture, we find not only the inspired writers but the heathen historians, giving us accoun...

Excerpt from A History of the Island of Cape Breton: With Some Account of the Discovery and Settlement of Canada, Nova Scotia, and NewfoundlandIn bidding you farewell, I can say, with all truthfulness, it will ever be to me a cause of much gratification that my destiny led me in my younger days to your highly favoured island, where I spent so many years of a happy, and I trust, not altogether useless life. The recollection of those bygone year...

Excerpt from A History of the Island of Cape Breton: With Some Account of the Discovery and Settlement of Canada, Nova Scotia, and NewfoundlandIn bidding you farewell, I can say, with all truthfulness, it will ever be to me a cause of much gratification that my destiny led me in my younger days to your highly favoured island, where I spent so many years of a happy, and I trust, not altogether useless life. The recollection of those bygone year...

Excerpt from Sacred Architecture, Its Rise, Progress, and Present State: Embracing the Babylonian, Indian, Egyptian, Greek, and Roman Temples, the Byzantine, Saxon Lombard, Norman, and Italian Churches, With an Analytical Inquiry Into the Origin, Progress, and Perfection of the Gothic Churches in EnglandIf we search into the early history of Sacred Architecture, we find not only the inspired writers but the heathen historians, giving us accoun...

Come fa a volare un aereo? Perché le nuvole galleggiano nell'aria? Conosci tutte le parti della tua bicicletta? Sai quante sono le ossa del corpo umano? Hai mai provato a comunicare con il codice Morse? Scopri le risposte a queste e molte altre domande tra le pagine illuminanti di questo volume che svela i segreti di ben 30 argomenti in campi diversi del sapere, dalle note musicali ai numeri romani, dalle fasi lunari al sistema solare. Età di ...

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