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In fixing Flints no uniform mode should be attempted: the flat side must be placed either upwards or downwards, according to the size and shape of the Flint, and also according to the proportion which the Cock bears in height to the Hammer, which varies in different Musquets. This is asce...
1. Auca or Araucanian, Chilian and Patagonian Cordilleras; type very uniform, and by D'Orbigny affiliated to the Peruvian; speech entirely distinct from all others, and spoken with little dialectic variety throughout the whole area. The numerous branches are generally indicated by a geographical ...
gold standardA monetary standard in which a nation’s currency is defined in terms of gold and all forms oflegal tendermay be redeemed for gold at the statutory rate. Replacedbimetallismin many industrialized nations during the 19th century as a means to create uniform international trade conditio...
In the U.S., most sales of goods are governed by one of two laws: a domestic code or an international treaty. The domestic law is Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code, or the “UCC.” The UCC was initially proposed by the Uniform Law Commission and the American Law Institute in ...
later, one of the plantation servants saw a headless man staggering up the drive. He was dressed in a British uniform and coated with blood that dripped down from his severed neck. The bondsman ran and reported what he’d seen, but no one believed him. That is until a few nights ...
a land ordinance was passed to sell land in the Old Northwest Territory to raise money for the maintenance of public schools. Jefferson proposed an educational bill in 1779 to sort out leaders for the nation. Rush proposed a uniform educational system that would teach the same values and be ...
Washington takes command at Cambridge July 3, 1775. Romantic view as in 1775, the Continental Army was in its infancy, most standing at attention were recent militiamen; few if any were in uniform. Lithography by Currier & Ives 1876. ...
That fall, the army held a competitive trial for drill proficiency, and the 83rd was one of two regiments awarded prized imported French uniforms. Described as being a "...uniform of the Chasseur de Vincennes, consisting of a shako, two uniforms," a cloak, a leather knapsack, and complet...
yet he was never transferred off the island. When peace came he became victim of tense Anglo-American negotiations. Stripped of his British uniform, Simmons was re-enslaved, and did not secure his freedom until 1863; the centenarian Simmons died only a few months after being liberated by Union...