If it be true that the meaning of desserts is to
offer something more exquisite still, then from the
hygienic standpoint, the wisdom of the procedure is
nil unless it follows as a finishing grace to a simple
dinner of meat and vegetables. There is in this department
of culinary...
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...
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...
During the last twenty-five or thirty years the
growth of the fire insurance business of the United
States has been in close correspondence with the increase
in this country of insurable property, and hence
at present, instead of not realizing the advantages of
this form of protection against loss, it...
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...
"Of all the different types of sail boats used for pleasure on western inland waters, the 'skip-jack' seems to be the general favorite. This style of boat is known by many names such as 'skip-jack', 'lark', 'skimming-dish', etc., and they are so called from the manner in which they ride...
The problem of the economical transmission of power has long been a serious one to the engineer. Formerly the power had to be generated on or near the spot where it was to be used, but now the advance that has been made in Electrical Engineering has largely done away...
Alfalfa is one of the oldest of cultivated forage plants.
It was cultivated by the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, and other
nations of the Fast before the beginning of the Christian era.
It is a native of the southern and western portion of Asia. It
was early introduced into Spain and...
"In 1862 Secretary Chase recommended a scheme for
the management of National Banks which was modeled
after the New York Act, A bill embodying the principal
measures proposed by the Secretary was passed in
1863. The plan, however, proved to be inoperative,
and was superseded by the Act of June...
In taking up this study of the evolution of the
home, we have considered it not so much as a dwelling place
for a family, but as a structure - first, as a
natural, later as an artificial edifice, a work of
architecture, tracing the history of home - building...
In order that the proper motor for a given service
may be chosen it becomes necessary to study and know
the requirements and characteristics of the machine which
may be used for that purpose. When these are known the
selection of that one which is best adapted for the use...
Footings shall be of concrete, six inches square at
top and twelve inches at bottom. To be composed of one
part Portland cement, three parts charp, clean sand and
six parts of good clean gravel.
"Since the present power and heating plant was installed the number of buildings has increased so rapidly
that the present equipment is unable to supply the necessary power for the proposed electrical and mechanical
laboratories.
In this design it is assumed that Waldo and
Cauthorn halls are to be heated...