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A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern, in a collection of ten principal authors who have written upon the five orders ... To which is added An account of architects and architecture, in an ... explanation of certain tearms ... affected by architects. With Leon Baptista Alberti's treatise Of statues. Made English for the benefit of builders by John Evelyn.London, Printed by T. Roycroft for J. Place, 1664.156 (i. e. 159) p. illus., port. 35 cm.

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[Explanation of frontispiece of Systema Agriculturae. 1669]

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

An explanation on the prospect draft of the Fort William and Mary on Piseatagua [sic] River in yr. province of New Hampshire on the continent of America

Drawing shows Fort William and Mary on the Piscataqua River with surrounding landscape and buildings in "the town of New Castle on the Great Island"; many features are identified by letter with corresponding ke More

Bowles's new and accurate map of the world, or Terrestrial globe : laid down from the best observations and newest discoveries particularly those lately made in the south seas by Anson, Byron, Wallis, Bouganville, Cook, and other celebrated circumnavigators, illustrated with a variety of useful projections and representations of the heavenly bodies the most approved astronomical and geographical definitions tables, and problems with an easy and familiar explanation of the most curious and interesting phoenomena in the universal system.

Shows various expedition routes. Relief shown pictorially. Includes text and col. ill. Ancillary maps: Solar system -- Northern hemisphere -- Southern hemisphere -- Astronomical latitude and longitude analemma More

[Houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Virginia"). Explanation of title page vignette]

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[Table of types of elements and explanation of plates showing various chemical elements and their atomic weights]

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Hodges explanation of a hundred magistrates / Rowlandson, del., British Cartoon Print

"A yokel in a long smock (right) stands, hat in hand, before three elderly J. P.s in old-fashioned dress; he tugs at his rough hair ..." (Source: George) Another impression filed in Caricature Magazine, London More

Explanation of an old affair. Fellow-citizens. If you will regard with a dispassionate and intelligent eye the political aspect of this State at this moment, I think you must perceive that the affairs of the Whig party, in part at least, have re

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 168, Folder 16.

Important considerations. Fellow Citizens:- Understanding that there are now current some misapprehensions in relation to the act of annexation, I feel it my duty, having been in the Legislature the last year, to make this explanation, ... G. Wa

Minute representation of an American line-of-battleship, with full explanation of its parts / Wade del.

Print shows a starboard view of an American battleship with the parts numbered and lettered; also shows a rowboat and a small sailboat in the foreground. Illus. from: Gleason's pictorial, v. 6, no. 4 (1854 Jan More

Explanation of fire-fighting apparatus, engraving, Library of Congress

Advertisement showing 3 firemen rescuing people from roof of buidling with an extension ladder. Woodcut copyrighted by Miekle & Carville, N.Y.C., patentees. Reference copy may be in SSF (Gr) - Fire-engines and More

Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, April 01, 1860 (Explanation of Payment)

George D. Sheldon to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, March 23, 1865 (Explanation for nondelivery of telegram)

Extract from Jay Cooke & Co's circular of 4th of March, 1871, in explanation of the advantages of new five per cent loan.

Explanation wanted / Dalrymple.

Illustration showing John Bull standing at the gate to South African markets as the rulers of Italy, Austria, Germany, France, and Russia protest.

Bart's last whisper to Lucy was in explanation of the little wife's manner

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1934:0068). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Tides of Barnegat" by F. Hopkinson Smith, Scribner's magazine, 38:564 (Nov. 1905).

Mrs. Montemora, Fifty-five years old, is janitress for a large tenement, 133 W. Houston St., (lives Apt. 7) housing 26 families. When not tending the furnace or occupied with other duties for others and her own family, she makes flowers, assisted by her niece Josephine, 12 years old. They both work until 10:00 P.M. frequently. Photo was taken at 2:30 P.M., Feb 2, 1912, a school-day, and their only explanation was, "She just stayed out." Making buds. Several adult men relatives live with them. The flowers bring in only a dollar or two a week. Location: New York, New York (State)

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Kalem presents the chest of fortune complete in two parts The explanation and reconciliation.

Motion picture poster for "The Chest of Fortune" shows a reproduction of a photographic still from the movie.

Here are the Kaiser's war plans : National Security League's warning to thoughtful Americans : how Germany wanted the world to look : a graphic explanation of why there is a war.

Shows the world excluding the poles and the western half of North America. "By courtesy of the New York World, from the World Sunday Magazine, October 28, 1917." Includes index to quotes from various German sou More

Will Hays appears before Senate Oil Investigating Committee. Will H. Hays, former Chairman of the Republican National Committee and now czar of the movies, testifying before the Senate Teapot Dome Committee at the Capitol today. Hays appeared in answer to the committee's request for an explanation of the $75,000 Republican campaign contribution collected from Harry F. Sinclair

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General planning. In the reception room of Norris powerhouse the guide explains to a group of visitors the functioning of the project and will follow up by an explanation of the relation of the particular dam to the integrated system and to the general program of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority). See also comments relating to K 1132

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Fed alive to mosquitoes. Washington, D.C., April 24. One of the unsung heroes of the government service is Carroll Smith, research expert in equine fever in the Bureau of Entomology, Department of Agriculture, who since 1927 has allowed himself to be fed alive to a horde of mosquitoes. After a feeding on his arm, Mr. Smith lets the mosquitoes bite an infected guinea pig, after which they are permitted to bite an uninfected one. In this way he ascertains the extent to which mosquitoes transmit disease among horses and cattle. For his purpose the mosquitoes must be pure, says Mr. Smith in explanation of why he lets the insects feed on him instead of taking their bites out of any old animal, 4/24/1937

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Washington, D.C. Listening to an explanation by the teacher in physics class at Woodrow Wilson High School

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Abraham Lincoln, Monday, June 09, 1856 (Explanation of loan to Nathaniel Hay)

Robert Anderson to Francis W. Pickens, Friday, March 08, 1861 (Explanation for shot fired)

Abraham Lincoln to Norman B. Judd, Friday, December 09, 1859 (Explanation; placation of Judd)

Marcus Dyson to Thomas Jefferson, May 6, 1816, with Explanation of Underwater Breathing Apparatus

with Explanation of Underwater Breathing Apparatus

Marcus Dyson to Thomas Jefferson, May 6, 1816, with Explanation of Underwater Breathing Apparatus

with Explanation of Underwater Breathing Apparatus

Marcus Dyson to Thomas Jefferson, May 6, 1816, with Explanation of Underwater Breathing Apparatus

with Explanation of Underwater Breathing Apparatus

Marcus Dyson to Thomas Jefferson, May 6, 1816, with Explanation of Underwater Breathing Apparatus

with Explanation of Underwater Breathing Apparatus

November 18, 1784, Miscellaneous, Explanation by John Todd and John Blair Smith of Presbyterian Petition of Nov. 12, 1784, which was believed to have been misinterpreted.

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November 18, 1784, Miscellaneous, Explanation by John Todd and John Blair Smith of Presbyterian Petition of Nov. 12, 1784, which was believed to have been misinterpreted.

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Edward O. C. Ord to William H. Seward, Monday, May 23, 1864 (Explanation for his request to be relieved of duty)

Robert Anderson to Morris Island South Carolina Commander, Friday, March 08, 1861 (Seeks explanation for shot fired)

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Robert Anderson to Morris Island South Carolina Commander, Friday, March 08, 1861 (Seeks explanation for shot fired)

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Salmon P. Chase to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, January 02, 1865 (Explanation for why Chase was not present at White House reception)

de Colonia, 1785, Explanation of Regulations Affecting American Whale Oil Trade; Extract in French

Explanation of Regulations Affecting American Whale Oil Trade; Extract in French