British Almanac and Companion, Volumen53Stationers' Company, 1880 |
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Página 12 - COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES. By the Act 1 Will. IV. c, 70, it is enacted that " in the year 1831, and afterwards, the justices of the peace in every county, riding, or division, for which Quarter- Sessions of the Peace by law ought to be held, shall hold their general Quarter- Sessions of the Peace in the first week after the llth of October, in the first week after the 28th of December, in the first week after the 31st of March, and in the first week after the 24th of June.
Página 72 - And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
Página 73 - And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; and were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well; he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
Página 80 - MEASURE OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes = 1 Hour 24 Hours = 1 Day 7 Days = 1 Week 28 Days = I Lunar Month 28, 29, 30, or 31 Days = 1 Calendar Month 12 Calendar Months...
Página 80 - SOLIDITY. 1728 Cubic Inches = 1 Cubic Foot 27 Cubic Feet = 1 Cubic Yard DIVISION II.
Página 78 - How far any former teachers have succeeded, it is not easy to know; the improvement of Mr. Braidwood's pupils is wonderful. They not only speak, write, and understand what is written, but if he that speaks looks towards them, and modifies his organs by distinct and full utterance, they know so well what is spoken, that it is an expression scarcely figurative to say they hear with the eye.
Página 225 - Where on any such investigation or inquiry, a decision has been given with respect to the cancelling or suspension of the certificate of a master, mate, or engineer, and an application for a re-hearing under this section has not been made or has been refused, an appeal shall lie from the decision...
Página 80 - An inch is the smallest lineal measure to which a name is given, but subdivisions are used for many purposes. Among mechanics, the inch is commonly divided into eighth*.
Página 286 - The objects of this Society are : — • TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE to Governesses in Distress, afforded privately and delicately, through the Ladies' Committee. ANNUITY FUND. — Elective Annuities to Aged Governesses, secured on invested capital, and thus independent of the prosperity of the Institution. PROVIDENT FUND. — Provident Annuities purchased by Ladies in any way connected with Education, upon Government security, agreeably to Act of Parliament.