... again bythe old-fashioned loveliness ofthe place The way the arches ofthe porte cochere conjured images ofthe elegant necks of horses, the skirts of ladies alighting from carriages The way the ... TV room as they grew older, the place they spent much of their time, the more formal first floor being the domain of their mother Eloise still felt like that part ofthe house didn’t quite belong ... and the bay windows above it resembled the top tiers of a wedding cake As they grew close they noted the wrought-iron grille on the front door, the leaded-glass windows, and then inside they...
... life They are food for many ofthe feathered race CRICKET There are two classes of crickets: viz the field cricket, and the house cricket; the latter inhabits warm places, the holes ofthe hearth, ... one ofthe choice articles with which the promised land was said to abound In every hive of bees, there are three kinds; the queen, the drones, and the labourers: of these last, there are by far ... The Project Gutenberg eBook, TheHistoryof Insects, byUnknown This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions...
... Some ofthe simplest of these are the following: Is there an infinite number of pairs of primes differing by 2? Is every even number (other than 2) the sum of two primes or the sum of a prime and the ... factor ofthe denominator ofthe fraction (A) To prove the theorem it is sufficient to show that the index ofthe highest power of p contained in the numerator is at least as great as the index ofthe ... mod m must be divisible by δ The question ofthe existence of solutions ofthe congruence ax ≡ c mod m is then equivalent to the question ofthe existence of solutions ofthe congruence a c m x...
... so proved that the [height of the] pyramid was to the [length of the] stick as the shadow ofthe pyramid to the shadow ofthe stick.” It would seem that the theorem was unknown to the Egyptians, ... Knowledge ofthe science of numbers possessed bythe Phoenicians Knowledge ofthe science of numbers possessed bythe Egyptians Knowledge ofthe science of geometry possessed bythe Egyptians ... noon-altitude ofthe sun was greatest and least, he got the solstices; thence, by taking half the sum ofthe noon-altitudes ofthe sun at the two solstices, he found the inclination ofthe equator to the...
... description ofthe details and a long survey ofthe literature.[6] Figure 2.—Galley-oven, 1869 The picture is a cross section through the front ofthe oven showing one ofthe 36 retorts, the receivers ... History These are gathered in volumes, octavo in size, with the publication date of each paper recorded in the table of contents ofthe volume In the Bulletin series, the first of which was issued ... Bulletin In these series, the Museum publishes original articles and monographs dealing with the collections and work of its constituent museums The Museum of Natural History and the Museum of History...
... THEHISTORYOF ENGLAND Volume One of Three FROM THE INVASION OF JULIUS CÆSAR TO THE END OFTHE REIGN OF JAMES THE SECOND, BY DAVID HUME, ESQ 1688 In Three Volumes: VOLUME ONE: TheHistoryOf ... England From The Invasion Of Julius Cæsar To The End OfThe Reign Of James The Second by David Hume, Esq VOLUME TWO: Continued from the Reign of William and Mary to the Death of George II by Tobias ... to the majority ofthe house of commons, and suited their religious principles But as the impatience ofthe people, the danger of delay, the general disgust towards faction, and the authority of...
... declaration on the part of[ a] the parliament; that it was the real intention ofthe king to satisfy the demands ofthe papists by altering the national religion, and the rapacity ofthe Cavaliers by giving ... paid out ofthe estates of delinquents; and that the commanders ofthe forces by land and sea, the great officers of state, the deputy of Ireland and the judges, should be named bythe parliament, ... to the maintenance ofthe true Protestant religion, with due consideration to the just ease of tender consciences, to the settling ofthe rights ofthe crown and of parliament, the laws of the...
... THE CAR OF DESTINY BY C N AND A M WILLIAMSON Illustrations by Armand Both iv The Car of Destiny NEW YORK THE McCLURE COMPANY MCMVII OTHER BOOKS BYTHE SAME AUTHORS Lady Betty Across the Water, ... the cause ofthe car's sudden loss of power But even as he spoke, the mystery was solved There was a leak in the petrol-tank, near the bottom; the last drop of essence had run away, and, as they ... to them,” I said Waring looked shocked “Just enough of a something to stop the car, and tempt the ladies to take off their motor-veils I may never have another chance to see the future Queen of...
... made up of dust, ……………… made up of electrically charged particles called plasma a one another b the other c other ones d each other b 49 By 1820, there were over sixty steamboats on the Mississippi ... simultaneously, they will have no effect on each other's subsequent motion a So that b They are c That d If d 70 A child in the first grade tends to be …………… all ofthe other children in the class a the ... the best employees since they become bored ……………… their work unless the job is constantly changing a of b with c in d of b 79 Neither the mathematics department nor the biology department at...
... II THE PURPOSE OFTHE LETTER CHAPTER III THE PARTS OF A LETTER The Heading 10 The Inside Address 12 The Salutation 16 The Body ofthe Letter 22 The Complimentary Close The Signature 26 29 The ... The Project Gutenberg EBookof How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters), by Mary Owens Crowther This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost ... business is often omitted from letterheads 14 Specimens of letterheads used for official stationery 27 As to the use ofthe symbol "&" and the abbreviation ofthe word "Company," the safest plan...
... with the spoils of Cyprus, as the nearest point ofthe river for the conveyance of that ill-gotten gain to the treasury under the Capitol.[3] Virgil imagines the bank clothed with wood, and in the ... right was the Aventine, rising to about a hundred and thirty feet above the river, and this was the first ofthe hills of Rome to be impressed on the mind ofthe stranger, bythe tale of Hercules ... the Janiculum, and looked down on the river and the city, and across the Latin plain to the Alban mountain and the long line of hills the last spurs ofthe Apennines— enclosing the plain to the...
... column ofthe air being found sufficient to keep off the excess of cold or heat The roofs of all the buildings shed from the front, except two of which are of gable shape The roofs are to be made of ... a start of all the other passengers The denseness ofthe vegetation first attracted our attention on the banks ofthe river The trees, the vines, the shrubbery, the vines clinging to the trees, ... reading ofthe high price of lumber, the scarcity of houses, and the extraordinary high wages of mechanics there, conceived the project of shipping the materials for some houses there, having all the...
... column ofthe air being found sufficient to keep off the excess of cold or heat The roofs of all the buildings shed from the front, except two of which are of gable shape The roofs are to be made of ... a start of all the other passengers The denseness ofthe vegetation first attracted our attention on the banks ofthe river The trees, the vines, the shrubbery, the vines clinging to the trees, ... reading ofthe high price of lumber, the scarcity of houses, and the extraordinary high wages of mechanics there, conceived the project of shipping the materials for some houses there, having all the...
... MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN CO OF CANADA, LTD TORONTO THE BUSINESS OF BEING A WOMAN BY IDA M TARBELL ASSOCIATE EDITOR OFTHE "AMERICAN MAGAZINE" AUTHOR OF "LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN" "HISTORY OFTHE STANDARD ... Woman On the Imitation of Man The Business of Being a Woman The 30 53 IV V VI VII VIII Socialization ofthe Home The Woman and her Raiment The Woman and Democracy The Homeless Daughter The Childless ... in or out ofthe family Unquestionably there came with the Revolution a vision of a new woman—a woman from whom all ofthe willfulness and frivolity and helplessness ofthe "Lady" ofthe old régime...
... meant by mining At first thought, one would say that mining is, in a broad sense, the art or practice of excavating, at a profit, the ores of metals, the beds of coal, the gravels of placers and the ... there are other pertinent questions arising Does the practice of mining cover the treatment ofthe excavated products? Here we run across a mooted point The British and the American uses ofthe ... Nothing of a technical or engineering sort has been attempted herein, the sole aim ofthe writer being to establish the reliability and the credit ofthe mining industry as a whole by pointing out the...
... meant by mining At first thought, one would say that mining is, in a broad sense, the art or practice of excavating, at a profit, the ores of metals, the beds of coal, the gravels of placers and the ... there are other pertinent questions arising Does the practice of mining cover the treatment ofthe excavated products? Here we run across a mooted point The British and the American uses ofthe ... Nothing of a technical or engineering sort has been attempted herein, the sole aim ofthe writer being to establish the reliability and the credit ofthe mining industry as a whole by pointing out the...
... SENDS FOR THE DOCTOR XXXIX A GLEAM OF LIGHT XL THE MAJOR HAS A LETTER XLI THE CLOUDS GROW DARKER XLII THE THREE FACES AT THE WINDOW XLIII THE BAIT ON THE HOOK XLIV THE SHADOW OF DEATH XLV THE INVASION ... *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOKTHE FIRM OF GIRDLESTONE *** Produced by Lionel G Sear THE FIRM OF GIRDLESTONE A CONAN DOYLE TO MY OLD FRIEND PROFESSOR WILLIAM K BURTON, OFTHE IMPERIAL ... exactly knowing whether they might not presently be included in the indictment Their fears were terminated, however, bythe sharp sound of a tablegong and the appearance of a boy with the announcement...
... our end; the marrow of our bones, the salt of our life, the sap of our branches, the corner-stone of our temple, the rock of our foundation We are built on thee, and for thee, and with thee To ... have their heels trod upon any more than the other ones, why they are always preaching up capital It is their star and garter, their coronet, their ermine, their robe of state, their cap of maintenance, ... about by those who have it,—and by some that have not so much of it neither,—for the sake of putting down competition, and keeping the market to themselves There's the same game going on all the...
... elaborate historyofthe last years ofthe Royal Garden and ofthe foundation ofthe Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, in the volume commemorating the centennial ofthe foundation ofthe Museum, has been of ... schoolmaster of that village, M Duval, was shown the house where Lamarck was born, the records in the old parish register at the mairie ofthe birth ofthe father of Lamarck and of Lamarck himself The ... not only many ofthe leading biologists of his native country, but some of those of Germany, ofthe United States, and of England, justly regard him as the founder ofthe theory of organic evolution...
... conditions —Importance of barriers—Affinity ofthe productions ofthe same continent— Centres of creation—Means of dispersal, by changes of climate and ofthe level ofthe land, and by occasional means— ... changes in the forms of life throughout the world— On the affinities of extinct species to each other and to living species—On the state of development of ancient forms—On the succession ofthe same ... for the structure of this parasite, with its relations to several distinct organic beings, bythe effects of external conditions, or of habit, or ofthe volition ofthe plant itself The author of...