The Writer's Desk Book: Being a Reference Volume Upon Questions of Punctuation, Capitalization, Spelling, Division of Words, Indention, Spacing, Italics, Abbreviations, Accents, Numerals, Faulty Diction, Letter Writing, Postal Regulations, Etc., EtcFrederick A. Stokes Company, 1912 - Počet stran: 184 |
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Strana 156 - As a unit of resistance, the international ohm, which is based upon the ohm equal to io9 units of resistance of the CGS system of electro-magnetic units, and is represented by the resistance offered to an unvarying electric current by a column of mercury at the temperature of melting ice, 14.4521 grammes in mass, of a constant cross-sectional area and of the length of 106.3 centimeters.
Strana 133 - All matter otherwise mailable by law, upon the envelope or outside cover or wrapper of which, or any postal card upon which any delineations, epithets, terms, or language of an indecent, lewd, lascivious, obscene, libelous, scurrilous, defamatory, or threatening character, or calculated by the terms or manner or style of display and obviously intended to reflect injuriously upon the character or conduct of another...
Strana 138 - The fee on registered matter, domestic or foreign, is eight cents for each letter or parcel, to be affixed in stamps, in addition to the postage. Full prepayment of postage and fee is required. Two or more letters or parcels addressed to or Intended for, the same person cannot be tied or otherwise fastened together and registered as one.
Strana 156 - Ampere, which is one-tenth of the unit of current of the CGS system of electromagnetic units and which is represented sufficiently well for practical use by the unvarying current which, when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver in water, in accordance with a certain specification, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 of a gramme per second.
Strana 162 - ... rest one night have eight hours the next. This is the reason for having Dog Watches, which are made by dividing the hours between 4 pm and 8 pm into two Watches. Time. — Time is kept by means of "Bells.
Strana 161 - WATCH,— For purposes of discipline, and to divide the work fairly, the crew is mustered in two divisions— the Starboard (right side, looking forward) and the Port (left). The day commences at noon, and Is thus divided :— Afternoon Watch ... . noon to 4 pm First Dog , ..... 4 pm to 6 pm Second Dog , .... 6 pm to 8 pm First , ... . 8 pm to midnight.
Strana 130 - ... include also marginal instructions to the printer necessary to the correction of the matter or its proper appearance in print. Part of an article may be entirely rewritten if that be necessary for correction. Corrections should be upon the margin of or attached to the proof sheets. Manuscript of...
Strana 21 - When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
Strana 133 - Whoever shall knowingly conceal or inclose any matter of a higher class in that of a lower class, and deposit or cause the same to be deposited for conveyance by mail, at a less rate than would be charged for such higher class matter, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.