This history concerns the scientific contributions of Charles
Babbage (1791-1871) to mathematics, to the invention of calculating
machines, and machine tools, to the development of scientific ideas
through a wide variety of scientific investigations and his involvement
in several different scientific reforms. Babbage considered himself
a philosopher in the broadest...
The Norwegian-Swedish Crisis of 1905 is unique because the two
kingdoms, united in a dual monarchy, separated peacably. The thesis
raises three questions: why did Norway want independence at all, why
was the secession peacable, and can any of the factors which solved
the Crisis of 1905 be injected or...
The treatability of waters from four log ponds in Oregon by
physical and chemical treatment methods
was investigated.
Treatment processes included sand filtration, activated carbon contact and
coagulation with aluminum sulfate.
Preliminary studies were made at each log pond to determine
the homogeneity of the pond water for sampling
purposes...
Fossil foraminifers from the Coaledo and Bastendorff Formations
near Coos Bay in southwestern Oregon were studied in an attempt
to determine the age and environment of deposition. Fresh unweathered
samples were collected from sea cliffs between Cape
Arago and Charleston, Oregon.
A large late Eocene delta is preserved in the...
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fossils to Charles A. White who subsequently described
them in a U. S. Geological Survey bulletin four
Current retail food distribution practices, microbial quality of
bakery products, and the potential for growth of food borne pathogens
(Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhimurium, and Bacillus cereus)
were examined using pumpkin pie as a model.
The pumpkin pies, as obtained from the retail outlets, showed contamination
with food pathogens. The aerobic...