. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. ble Life Insurance Society of theU. S., liMMicil ill Nuw York orgaiiizeil Si„l,i,„„l, .lan. 1, 1S7!I: rap. stork paid up lialiililii-, -J-,,_.;---,;i ; .j,,,., mh |ilii>, Mi,488,); ill 11 jhiIk I, , i-Mi. il 111 l^7>, :,U7I. iiniount-ing to >il,j,o,i),.;.j.:,; uKl p„licK-5 rced during1878, 1,044, amounting to «o,8ii9,858; total poli-cies in force at the end of the year, §40,383,amounting to §157,737,356 ; received for prenii-unis and annuities in 1878, §0,643,; totalpai
. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. ble Life Insurance Society of theU. S., liMMicil ill Nuw York orgaiiizeil Si„l,i,„„l, .lan. 1, 1S7!I: rap. stork paid up lialiililii-, -J-,,_.;---,;i ; .j,,,., mh |ilii>, Mi,488,); ill 11 jhiIk I, , i-Mi. il 111 l^7>, :,U7I. iiniount-ing to >il,j,o,i),.;.j.:,; uKl p„licK-5 rced during1878, 1,044, amounting to «o,8ii9,858; total poli-cies in force at the end of the year, §40,383,amounting to §157,737,356 ; received for prenii-unis and annuities in 1878, §0,643,; totalpaid policy holders for losses, matured endow-ments, annuities, etc., in 1878, §4,9;i5, Eraser is a knife with a cordate blade, sharp-ened on each edge, and adapted for erasing marksfrom paper by an abrading or cutting action,according to the angle at which it is held. Erect, to raise or build up, as a house, pier, etc. Ergot, or Spurred Rye |lr. (njol, a cocksspur; Ger. Mnlleikoru], the diseased seeds of Se-cale cereale, or common rye, produced by the attacks. Fig. 164.— Ergot op Rte. of a fungus, which, taking possession of the ovary,destroys it, producing in its room a long, black,hard, hornlike body ( 164). E. is remarkablefor its speeifie stimulating effects upon the uterus,and is much employed in cases of diflicult parturi-tion. It deteriorates greatly by age, being subjectto the attacks of a description of acarus resem-bling the cheese mite, but much smaller, whichdestroys the whole of the internal portion of thegrain, leaving nothing but the shell and a consid-erable quantity of excrementitious matter. Toprevent this the E. should be well dried, and thenplaced in bottles or tin canisters, aud closely pre- ERIE 335 ESCAPEMENT served from tlie air. The aiUlition of a few cloves,or drops of tlie oil of cloves, or strons; acelic acid,or a little camphor, will preserve this substancefor vcars in close vessels. Imp. free. Erie, a city and port of entr
Size: 1993px × 1254px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookpublisherbostonesteslauriat
