The rapid advancement of electrical science has led it to invade
the field of marine engineering. On ship-board, all ship's lights,
search lights and signal lights are entirely electric. Of power appliances
outside of uses on men of war,ship's ventilation is completely
electric; electric deck winches and boat cranes are...
A feasible development for a Hydro-Electric power
plant can be found in the Mary's River. About 9 miles
west of Corvallis, the north fork of the stream affords
an excellent situation for a dam site. The canon of
the north fork at this point is very narrow, and having
good...
In collecting our representative flowering
plants, we have endeavored to secure a specimen of each
common genus of annuals and biennials as well as a few
shrubs. The notes, drawings, and classification of fifty of these plants constitute the main part of our thesis. Following are the classifications of various...
At the present time only a portion of Corvallis is sewered and a portion of the city still employs the most crude and unhealthful methods of disposal. The district east of Ninth Street, as shown on the map, has an effective system of well constructed sewers, of the combined storm-water...
Few discoveries of any importance have been the result of a moment's happy coincidence; rather have they been the fruit of many hours of tedious thought and experiment. This is especially true in the realm of organic chemistry. Here, where progress is made only by the most painstaking experimentation, extensive...
Literature is recorded thought or knowledge; the aggregate of books and other publications, in either an unlimited or a limited sense; the collective body of literary productions in general, or within a particular sphere,
period, country or language. In a restricted sense, the
class of writings in which expression and...
As young as American Literature is, it has been found necessary to divide it into five periods, namely: First Colonial Period (1620-1689); Second Colonial Period (1689-1763); Revolutionary (1763 -1815); First National Period (1815 -1863). Though by courtesy called Literature, the first attempts at writing by our forefathers cannot properly be...
Among sea-weeds the kelps include some of the largest, most widely distributed and most important forms considered from an economical standpoint. They are technically classified among the crown algae in the family Laminariaceae, which comprises some twenty-five genera. Kelps occur most abundantly in the colder sea water, but they are...