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James Clerk Maxwell and Modern Physics
by Richard GlazebrookThe task of giving some account of Maxwell’s work—of describing the share that he has taken in the advance of Physical Science during the latter half of this nineteenth century—has proved no light labour. The problems which he attacked are of such magnitude and complexity, that the attempt to explain them and their importance, satisfactorily, witho..
Lives of the most eminent literary and scientific men of France, Vol. 2 (of 2)
by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyLives of the most eminent literary and scientific men of France, Vol. 2 (of 2) contains the biography of Voltaire, Rousseau, Condorcet, Mirabeau, Madame Roland, Madame de Staël.It is impossible to commence the biography of this extraordinary man without feelings of apprehension as to our power of well executing the task. To write the life of V..
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 362, December 4, 1886
by Various AuthorsThe bright spring days found me a close prisoner to the house. The end of April had been unusually chilly, and one cold rainy night Reggie was taken with an attack of croup. It was a very severe attack, and for an hour or two my alarm was excessive. Mrs. Morton was at a fancy ball, and Mr. Morton was attending a late debate, and, to add to my troub..
Pies Made with Pet Evaporated Milk
by AnonymousThe recipes in this book demonstrate the basic principles of making all types of pies successfully. In addition, some of the recipes show how the use of Pet Evaporated Milk helps make better cream, custard, and chiffon pies—at lower cost.Since Pet Milk is homogenized milk concentrated to double richness, it is an ideal ingredient for these pies. It..
Guide to Fortune-Telling
by AnonymousSince the world began, “coming events have cast shadows before,” and many of the important incidents in our lives are shown us in our dreams if we only understood their full interpretation. The following are a few of the most certain signs, and can almost invariably be relied upon. For dreams not mentioned here, a pleasant dream almost invariably i..
The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
by Otto H. AdamsThe story of the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum began ten years ago. The progression of events between the first consideration of the memorial in 1944 and its completion in 1952 was by no means smooth and uninterrupted. The account of the solution of the problems involved in planning, financing, and constructing the memorial constitutes a commu..
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 363, December 11, 1886
by Various AuthorsMy first article dealt chiefly with the long, sculptured frieze that ran continuously the whole length of the walls of the building (protected by the outer colonnade), and the ceremonials which that frieze represented. The present article will be devoted chiefly to the fragments of the external frieze, and to the figures of the eastern and western ..
Twenty Years of My Life
by Douglas SladenThe twenty years of my life which I here present to readers are the twenty years which I spent at 32, Addison Mansions, Kensington, during which I was in constant intercourse with most of the best-known writers of the generation. The book is therefore largely taken up with personal reminiscences and impressions of them—indeed, not a few of them, su..