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It there appears, that Markham was fined only five hundred pounds, and very deservedly; for he gave the lie and wrote a challenge to Lord Darcy. James was anxious to discourage the practice of duelling, which was then very prevalent. Rush. vol. ii. p. 144. * Rush. vol. ii, p. 288. Rush. vol. ii. p. 348. v Rush. vol. ii. p. 360. v* Rush. vol. ii. p. 316.
The financial history of the public irrigation works of India will be particularly interesting to the people of the United States because our government is just entering upon a similar policy, the following statement is brought down to December 31, 1902: In addition to this revenue from the "major" irrigation works belonging to the government, the net receipts from "minor" works during the year 1902 amounted to $864,360 in American money.
In twenty days, he had collected an army, amounting to 360,000 horse and 100,000 foot, a large part of which vast force was composed of huntsmen and falconers, and persons belonging to the imperial household.
Halley similarly deduced a value for modern times, and found it sensibly greater. He announced this in 1693, but it was not until 1749 that Dunthorne used modern lunar tables to compute a lunar eclipse observed in Babylon 721 B.C., another at Alexandria 201 B.C., a solar eclipse observed by Theon 360 A.D., and two later ones up to the tenth century.
Now thanne, be the gret compas represented for the firmament, and the litille compas represented for the erthe. Now thanne the firmament is devysed, be astronomeres, in 12 signes; and every signe is devysed in 30 degrees, that is 360 degrees, that the firmament hathe aboven.
Skene's Reminiscences. Sair back and sair banes Carrying the Lord of Morphey's stanes. Border Minstrelsy, vol. iii. pp. 360, 365. 126 Princes Street. George Dempster of Skibo had just married a daughter of the House of Arniston.
Each box, at least those made in the States, where a duty of one cent upon every box of matches is levied contains 100 matches, so that the number of matches produced and used daily amounts to 360,000,000.
The physical universe is a challenge to human wits, a stimulus to thought and activity that shall result in the wonderful achievements of civilization. 360. =The Human Physique.= Another element that enters into every calculation of success or failure in human life is the physical constitution of the individual and the group.
The screw propellers were nearly 18 feet in diameter, each with two blades, while the engines were capable of being run up to 360 horse power.
I made of my tithes and living this year clear £1,200; from the dearness of labourers the outgoing expenses amounted to £900 in addition." The worst year seems to have been 1766, when the parson only got £360 clear of all expenses; but even this was not bad for those days. The architecture of the Cotswold barns is often very beautiful.
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