This thesis is mainly a collection of historic data regarding the Union Pacific Railroad together with the opinions of various persons regarding the Union Pacific; also opinions on corporations in general and railway corporations in particular.
It has been a standing problem among the scientists of the past and will perhaps be puzzled-over for many centuries to come; namely the most efficient method of transmitting power from one point to another. The nearest solution at present, and a very satisfactory one, is electricity. By means of...
Laudanum is the commercial name of "Tincture of
Opium", or "Tinctura Opii", as recognized by the United
States Pharmacopoeia. It contains 10% granulated opium,
one of the most powerful and common hypnotics known, or
from 1.2 to 1.25% of morphine sulphate, the principal
alkaloid found in opium and to which...
The consular service of the United States is the outgrowth
of the necessities arising from the various conditions
in which our government has been from time to
time. In the early part of the Revolutionary War our
foreign representatives had very diverse and comprehensive
duties. They exercised fiscal, diplomatic, and...
The proposed hydraulic power plant, incorporated
under the name of, "Minem Light and Power Company",
is located on the Minam River, about two miles above
the junction of the Minam and Wallowa Rivers. This is
about three miles above the county highway bridge which
is on the Wallow River, this...
Published December 1908. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog