The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, 18. köideEncyclopedia Britannica Company, 1911 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 9
... centre , a lion , facing right ; in each limb of the cross the name of one of the actions for which it was conferred . The back of the cross is the same as the front . The cross was precisely the same irrespective of whether it replaced ...
... centre , a lion , facing right ; in each limb of the cross the name of one of the actions for which it was conferred . The back of the cross is the same as the front . The cross was precisely the same irrespective of whether it replaced ...
Page 10
... centre a silver star , 1 in in diameter , around the centre of which is a circle in which is inscribed either MAHARAJPOOR 1843 or PUNNIAR 1843 , and in centre of circle the date 29th DECR . Reverse . Plain for name and regiment , or ...
... centre a silver star , 1 in in diameter , around the centre of which is a circle in which is inscribed either MAHARAJPOOR 1843 or PUNNIAR 1843 , and in centre of circle the date 29th DECR . Reverse . Plain for name and regiment , or ...
Page 14
... centre as in 1st Class . 3rd Class Star exactly similar to that of 2nd Class , but the wreath and centre in silver , and dark blue enamel and silver , respectively . Reverse : Engraved 1st , 2nd and 3rd Class Order of Merit ...
... centre as in 1st Class . 3rd Class Star exactly similar to that of 2nd Class , but the wreath and centre in silver , and dark blue enamel and silver , respectively . Reverse : Engraved 1st , 2nd and 3rd Class Order of Merit ...
Page 11
... centre as in 1st Class . 3rd ClassStar exactly similar to that of 2nd Class , but the wreath and centre in silver , and dark blue enamel and silver , respectively . Reverse : Engraved 1st , 2nd and 3rd Class Order of Merit ...
... centre as in 1st Class . 3rd ClassStar exactly similar to that of 2nd Class , but the wreath and centre in silver , and dark blue enamel and silver , respectively . Reverse : Engraved 1st , 2nd and 3rd Class Order of Merit ...
Page 17
... centre , the Imperial and Royal Cypher , E.R.I. , surmounted by the imperial crown . Ribbon : Three stripes equal width , outside white , centre blue . Clasps : none authorized . This award is to recognize Distinguished Service before ...
... centre , the Imperial and Royal Cypher , E.R.I. , surmounted by the imperial crown . Ribbon : Three stripes equal width , outside white , centre blue . Clasps : none authorized . This award is to recognize Distinguished Service before ...
Common terms and phrases
19th century acid ancient andalusite appears army awarded became become body British bronze called centre character chief church clasps College colour Cosimo death decoration disease district duke East Edessa Egypt emperor English Euphrates figure Florence followed formulae France French German given gneisses gold Greek Hippocrates igneous rocks important India influence iron issued king known larva later London medal medicine Megara Mehemet Mehemet Ali Meissen Melbourne Menander Mencius mercury Merlin mermaid meromes Mesopotamia Messenia metal metameres metamorphic rocks metamorphism metamorphosis metaphysics methods minerals nature obtained Obverse officers ordinate organs original Osroene oxide Paris period phenomena physician plane Plate poisonous practical probably produced Queen Victoria regarded Reverse Ribbon river Roman Rome Royal Royal Navy schists silver somites substance Syria temperature term tion town trapezette
Popular passages
Page 49 - Act 1908 enacted that any person who at a lawful public meeting acts in a disorderly manner for the purpose of preventing the transaction of the business for which the meeting was called together shall be guilty of an offence, and if the offence is committed at a political meeting held in any parliamentary constituency between the issue and return of a writ, the offence is made an illegal practice within the meaning of the Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act 1883.
Page 87 - Thus, when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his sinews and bones with toil. It exposes his body to hunger, and subjects him to extreme poverty. It confounds his undertakings. By all these methods it stimulates his mind, hardens his nature, and supplies his incompetencies.
Page 186 - Balfour. — THE FOUNDATIONS OF BELIEF; being Notes Introductory to the Study of Theology.
Page 5 - Elizabeth under the name of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies.
Page 18 - If there should arise between the Sublime Porte and one or more of the other Signing Powers, any misunderstanding which might endanger the maintenance of their relations, the Sublime Porte, and each of such Powers, before having recourse to the use of force, shall afford the other Contracting Parties the opportunity of preventing such an extremity by means of their Mediation.
Page 87 - Some parts of the body are noble, and some ignoble; some great, and some small. The great must not be injured for the small, nor the noble for the ignoble.
Page 9 - I would likewise beg leave to suggest to your Royal Highness the expediency of giving to the non-commissioned officers and soldiers engaged in the Battle of Waterloo a medal. I am convinced it would have the best effect in the army ; and if that battle should settle our concerns, they will well deserve it.
Page 2 - I hear was intended and will do singularly well, so on the other side an Army, with this Inscription over the head of it, The Lord of Hosts, which was our Word that day.
Page 49 - Any person who at a public meeting to which this section applies acts, or incites others to act, in a disorderly manner for the purpose of preventing the transaction of the business for which the meeting was called together, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred and fifty rupees.
Page 87 - In this year also began his lifelong friendship with Moscheles, who, when asked to receive him as a pupil, said, " If he wishes to take a hint from me, as to anything new to him, he can easily do so; but he stands in no need of lessons." In 1825 Abraham Mendelssohn took Felix to Paris, where among other musicians then resident in the French capital he met the two most popular dramatic composers of the age...