In the educational wave that is sweeping our country from ocean to ocean, technical education is at its crest, and no phase is more popular than domestic science. Indeed it has such a hold upon public opinion that it is quite the fashion, a commendable fact, for as soon as...
Electricity is the name given to an invisible agent known to us only by its attendant phenomena and by various manifestations called electrical. These manifestations, at first obscure and even mysterious, are now well understood. Indeed its great importance to mankind can only be realized when we remember that it...
The following discussion is confined mostly to
that type of machine in which the squirrel care revolving
secondary it used. In its most primitive form it con -
listed simply of a disk- aramature as described by Baily
in 1870 and due to Tesla (1888), of the fact that two,...
There is probably no article of diet of animal
origin more commonly eaten in all countries or served
in a greater variety of ways than eggs. Milk is the
nearest rival and it resembles eggs in that both are
intended by nature for food for the young. Although
not a...
Water is one of the primary wants of
human life no less essential than air and food hence
the strong and religious interest that has been
attached to the means of its supply. In the earliest
records of civilization we read of the digging of
wells and building of water...
Slowly and half-heartedly the people of America have come to atone for past neglect of a poet who, under painful circumstances, produced the most distinctive and original contributions to American literature. They realize that the follies of his unfortunate life can be put aside and the weight of criticisms let...
Evolution, development and progress mark the pathway of mankind from the earliest history of the race to the present time. In art, science and literature, remarkable transformations have taken place; in habits, customs and modes of living; we have passed from the primitive conditions of wild, savage tribes to that...
"Moulds are minute vegetable organisms, without
chlorophyll, threadlike in structure, and reproduced
by spores.
The general appearance is a dense felt-like mass
of white threads, at first soft and fluffy, and when
fruiting are covered with blue, green, yellow, black or
brown spores. The threads are very small, some just...
Before we can write intelligently concerning
any subject, we must understand exactly what we are
writing about. As the title tells us, this thesis
deals exclusively with the work and incidentally with
the lives of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, two
notable nineteenth century poets.
Certain uncooked plants, fruits, nuts, cooked vegetables
and meats seasoned with condiments and dresses
with oils constitute what is known as salads.
The salad plant contains no appreciable amount
of nutriment, yet are, owing to their crispness and
cooling properties, an indispensable portion of the
ideal dinner, and are aids...