RM2AG6EXR–. Review of reviews and world's work. majority in the Senate duringthe next four years, and cannot, therefore, re-vise the tariff except by Republican acquiescenceand cooperation. Experience, however, hasalways shown that legislation on a question ofsuch importance is never accomplished unleepthe two houses of Congress are in control ofthe same party. If the Republicans do not.within the coming four years, apply themselvesto the business of a reasonable modification ofthe Dingley tariff, the Democrats will, in anycase, win a Congressional victory in 190G. anda sweeping victory all along the li
RM2AJAYRA–Our country and its resources; . speechquality of the TYK system is re-ported to be poor, which confirms,to some extent, the helief that itsgenerator is a form of quenchedspark gap. High frequency alternator sys-tems have been used as far hack asL906 by Fessenden, hut as in thecase of their application to wire-less telegraphy, even to-day they areconsidered largely in the lighl of ex-periments because of their prohibi-tive cost, their low frequency andconsequently long wave length, andthe difficulty of speed regulation. The reaction vacuum tube sys-tems are the last word in radio tele-phony, a
RM2AM458P–Window gardening : devoted specially to the culture of flowers and ornamental plants for indoor use and parlor decoration . WINDOW GARDENING. 108 or more inches, according to the size you desire. They must be about an inchin diameter, and a hole should be bored with a gimblet an inch from the end ofeach stick. They are put together in log-house fashion, one stick lopping overthe other, and a wire with a loop on the upper end is passed through the holesat each corner, and bent up on the under side. A piece of board an inch thickis then fastened to the sides for a bottom, and the spaces between
RM2AN5RAT–The blue-grass region of Kentucky : and other Kentucky articles . Nothing brokerudely in upon the spirit of the scene but here andthere a way-side log-cabin, with its hopeless squalor,hopeless human inmates. If imagination sought re-lief from loneliness, it found it only in conjuring fromthe dust of the road that innumerable caravan of lifefrom barbarism to civilization, from the savage to thesoldier, that has passed hither and thither, leaving thewealth of nature unravished, its solitude unbroken. In the hush of the evening and amid the silenceof eternity, I drew the rein of my tired horse on
RM2AJD5H1–Our country and its resources; . WORLDS GOLD PRODUCTION. WORLDS SILVER PRODUCTION ISO 01 R COUNTRY AND ITS RESOURCES BASE METALS Iron Ore and Iron The production of iron ore in theUnited States in 1915 was 55,526,490gross tons, or aliout 14,000,000 tonsgreater than in 1914, and valued at$1.85 per tun. With the exception ofthe years 1910 and 1913 this is thelargest production. Of the total amountproduced, the Lake Superior region, in-cluding Michigan, Wisconsin and Minne-sota, produced 85 per cent, and theBirmingham district, Alabama, 8.5 percent. Comparatively little iron ore is im-ported into
RM2AWP86N–Switchboards for power, light and railway service, direct and alternating current, high and low tension . f that figure,that is, a switch to connect the two sets of busses. Ifeach generator is connected with a separate set of busses,we can run them at different voltages, but if both feedinto the same set as represented in the diagram, the voltagemust be equalized. Therefore, unless the two voltmetersindicate the same pressure, the generators cannot be con-nected with the same set of busses. In starting up two generators, connected in parallel, thecourse of procedure is to set the machines in m
RM2AJCEK4–Preparatory and after treatment in operative cases . tyshould take the place of tube drainage when dependent drainagecannot be obtained. Tubes will not drain up hill ; capillarydrains, while not as effective when draining upward, still will actwhen not placed in dependent positions. Textile fabric presentsthe best mechanical agent to accomplish the purpose. However,gauze is not resistant to pressure, becomes adherent to the sur-rounding tissues, and thus its action is considerably interferedwith. To obviate these objections, the so-called cigarette drain has come into use. It consists of gauze
RM2AN9216–The elements of draughts; or, Beginners' sure guide: containing a thorough and minute exposition of every principle separately explained: together with model games .. . WHITE (Mr. M).Conditions.—Black prevents White from obtaining a King. SOLUTION.BLACK. WHITE. 1. 15 to 19. 24 to 15. * We take sincere pleasure in notifying all draught players, thatMr. S. is preparing a treatise on the game, which will appear soon. Itwill be well worthy of his fame and of th^ir attention. 48 The Elements of Draughts; BLACK. WHITE. 2. 28 to 26. 31 to 22. 3. 25 2. Problem II. BY nemo.BLACK.. WHITE. White to move
RM2AJDNJN–The Sherbro and its hinterland . reduced to the more portable saccharine,,I presented one of the women with a lump. She receivedit and stepped back to join the crowd again. Of course shewas entirely at a loss to know what to do with the sugar,but upon my gesticulating that she should eat it, a shortdiscussion with those around her resulted in her breakingthis one lump up into about forty or fifty pieces, one ofwhich she distributed to each person. Simultaneouslythey raised it to their lips and in the most cautious mannergot the flavour of it, still holding it between their fingers,minute as it
RM2AG0DW7–. Review of reviews and world's work. e remember what classical prece-dent there is for it, considering how prevalent it waswith the illuminators of the Middle Ages, and how,in illustrating childrens books particularly, the Ger-man illustrators have employed it for centuries. To-day, Ernest Thompson-Seton and his imitators haveused it very effectively in books on natural history, butit is by no means overdone, and when we read on thetitle-page of Owen Wisters Searching for Christmas-land (Harpers) that it is illustrated by no less an au-thority on Western scenery than Frederic Remington,and we
RM2AWFYE7–Structural geology . the relations of the cleavage to pressure? Note relations of fract-ure cleavage to joints in the adjacent massive layers. (See also Fig. 37 andpage 121). The sheets are thinnest near the surface and rapidly thicken below.They may be curved, and in general are parallel with the rock sur-face. Usually they are found to be lens-shaped when traced somedistance. Many instances have been noted of a lengthening ofblocks when quarried out, sometimes with explosive violence,indicating that in the ledge they were under compressive stress. 26 STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY Compression is indicat
RM2AFK6KX–. Rembrandt : his life, his work, and his time. ne of thefew portraits painted byRembrandt on commis-sion at this period. Onno occasion, as far aswe know, did the masterrepresent himself thus,at full-length, in theconventional costume otthe day, renouncingall those problems ofchiaroscuro and effectsof costume which he delighted to introduce into his own ])Mrtraits. Nor was he at alllikely to have made such a departure at this point ot his career. Hewas rejoicing in his indei)c-nd(nce, and gladly throwing oft thoserestraints to which he had unwillingly submittt-d when, as a new comerin Amsterda
RM2AKG42D–Analytical mechanics for students of physics and engineering . When, as in the case of Fig. 48, the particle moves in thejcy-plane, z = 0, therefore The direction of v, in this case, is given by tan0 = H-,x where 0 is the angle v makes with the x-axis. (HI) (IV) ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE. Find the path, the velocity, and the components of the velocity of a,particle which moves so that its position at any instant is given by thefollowing equations: x = at, (a) y=-hgt*. (b) Eliminating t between (a) and (b), we obtain 2a2 for the equation of the path, therefore the path is a parabola, Fig. 49. To fin
RM2AN449A–Washington, the man who made us; a ballad play . this Lands woe;Nor grasp the thunder of the state To wound a private foe. If, for the right to wish the wrong My country shall combine,Single to serve th erroneous throng, Spite of themselves, be mine. * From the Addenda to Commonsense. See the Life ofThomas Paine, by Moncure D. Conway, page 116. APPENDIX 313 By a never-failing well of friendliness near old Shirley Common with its Water for Soldiers and welcome for road-weary pilgrims L. F. A. & S. L. Arivederci! Deacidified using the Bookkeeper process.Neutralizing agent: Magnesium OxideTreatme
RM2AM53P6–Window gardening : devoted specially to the culture of flowers and ornamental plants for indoor use and parlor decoration . e dryness,warmth and ventilation. When the cold weather comes on, cover the sashes with straw mats orcarpeting—and bank up the pit with tan or manure—put a good embankmentabout the whole pit. Place the plants in the pit, in the autumn, and let them have as much air aspossible in mild days, covering closely, in cold nights. The chief care is to give fresh air in sufficient quantities, and to protect in se-vere weather from frosts. Roses, Geraniums, Salvias, Fuchsias, Helio
RM2AFWDBK–. Rome and Pompeii; archaeological rambles. THE FORUM. 41 III. TJIE FORUM OF THE EMPIRE—HOW WE HAVE BEENENABLED TO RECOGNISE AND DESIGNATE ITS CHIEFMONUMENTS—STATIUS AND THE STATUE OF DOMI-TIAN—THE TEMPLE OF C^.SAR—THE BASILICA JULIA—TEMPLES OF SATURN AND CASTOR—THOSE OFVESPASIAN AND CONCORD—EAST SIDE OF THEFORUM—CENTRE OF THE FORUM—THE CLIVUS CAPI-TOLINUS. We may now study it as it is, and, raising the ruinsthat cover it, picture to ourselves what it must havebeen at the end of the Empire. Let us go in by thenewly-discovered road passing along the Temple ofEomulus and that of Antoninus. At th
RM2AN5Y41–Lessons in practical electricity; principles, experiments, and arithmetical problems, an elementary text-book . d when bal-ance is obtained : the 10 ohm spool was selected, B = 350 scale divi-sions read from the left-hand zero mark, C = 650 divisions read fromright-hand zero mark. What is the value of the unknown resistanceat D, Fig. 229 ? By Formula (91) D = A * C =-10 * 650 = 18.57 ohms.±> 3o0 A = 10 ohms, C = 650 divisions, B = 350 divisions.Prob. 107: In another measurement with the slide wire bridge, A= 100 ohms, B = 100 divisions, C = 900 divisions. What is the valueof the unknown res
RM2AWHJFN–Isles of spice and palm . View of Castries. St. Lucia. Coaling a Steamer. Castries. St. Lucia GIBRALTAR OF WEST INDIES and the sweating, burly men who tear and digat the great piles of coal with which they fillthe baskets, but they seem to consider it morein the light of play than as hard work. As thewomen wait to have their baskets filled theydance, laugh and sing, and now and again oneof the men will cease working for a moment,grasp his shovel in banjo fashion and strum atmie upon it with a bit of rock held in hisfingers. All preconceived ideas of the WestIndian negroes laziness is forever c
RM2ANHEEG–Heat engineering; a text book of applied thermodynamics for engineers and students in technical schools . rea abbais equal to e and then a second isothermal a^b is so placed thatabba is equal to e and this is continued, it is found that there 8 HEAT ENGINEERING will be T such isothermals drawn. Each isothermal is so drawnthat the small areas are equal and these isothermals determinedefinite temperatures. These temperatures form a scale andsince this results from considerations of absolute units of workand does not depend on any particular substance it is calledthe Kelvin absolute scale of temp
RM2AKN9GF–The American annual of photography . ifty species of our wild birdsoccur here during the autumnal and vernal migrations. For many summers past we have tramped together over thismost interesting country, and the time is now near at handwhen we can commence the early spring excursions, which are,as a rule, apart from the exercise they afford, undertaken al-most wholly for the purpose of securing negatives of the trees,shrubs, and wildflowers of this region. It requires just as much skill, artistic acumen, appreciationof taste, and due attainment of scientific values to obtain desir-able photogra
RM2AJ719W–A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . f^^P/^^.At. The Idle Colonists. on the extreme end of what is now known as Farrars Island; and a fewmonths later, another town was begun at the mouth of the Appomattox,and named Bermuda City. Both sites were elevated and healthful;the clearing and inclosing of lands for plantations, the laying out ofstreets, the building of houses, gave employme
RM2AG8NY5–. The romance of a great store. ated of this same Margaret Getchell thatwhen a little and comparatively friendless girl hadbeen admitted to the cashiers cage—a decided inno-vation in those days—and had been found in anapparent peculation of three dollars and promptly dis-charged by Mr. Macy, Miss Getchell dropped every-thing else and went to work on behalf of the littlecashier. Intuitively she felt that another of her sexin the cage had made the theft—a young woman whohad come into the store from a prominent up-statefamily to learn merchandising. The up-state youngwoman was fond of dress. Her
RM2AKNP1B–The American annual of photography . ts with anF/4.5 anastigmat is of immediate interest. Itis assumed that there is no question of the superiority of theanastigmat as compared to the rapid rectilinear lens. Withthis point settled, the interest of the discussion rests on a con-sideration of the best lens-speeds for average amateur re-quirements. In short, is an F/6.8 better than an F/4.5 for theman who has the money to buy an anastigmat but not the in-clination to make himself master of it. I have the majorityand not the minority of kodakers in mind. The use of F/4.5 lenses on vest-pocket came
RM2AJAT07–Preparatory and after treatment in operative cases . the indications, he is not disturbed untilnarcosis is recovered from. Patients who have been subjected toextensive operations or those which have involved loss of largequantities of blood, are likely to be very restless. Of course, theshock treatment is then instituted at once, which implies closeattendance. However, if restlessness follows from irritation ofnerve centers due to the previous alcoholic habits of the patient,or as the outcome of the subconsciousness between narcosis andmental clearness, it may be necessary to restrain the pati
RM2AM2RJB–New Jersey as a colony and as a state, one of the original thirteen . n. Yet he was not only aneminent physician, but was also an earnest and devoutChristian. To his patients he brought not only heal-ing remedies for the body, but also the consolationsof the gospel for the healing of the spirit. Few phy-sicians have ever been more loved or honored thanDr. Stephen Fairchild. Death came to him after along illness, marked by the greatest suffering, but hebore it all with Christian fortitude, and his faith neverfaltered. He died, surrounded by his family, July 13,1872, and was laid to rest in the
RM2AN50KG–Heating and ventilating buildings : a manual for heating engineers and architects . amber, A, is filled with a liquid which 420 HEATING AND VENTILATING BUILDINGS. does not boil, and is connected by a tube to a diaphragmdamper-regulator which moves the dampers through the me-dium of a series of levers. Fig. 269, 2, shows a transverse section and 1 an elevationwith parts broken away of a thermostat, and Fig. 270 an ele-vation with attached ther-mometer. The vapor of theliquid in the chamber B pro-duces considerable pressureat the normal temperatureof the room, and a slightincrease of heat crowds
RM2ANE68M–The life of Philander Chase, first bishop of Ohio and Illinois, founder of Kenyon and Jubilee colleges . nd manuscript. The Bishop says: Perhaps nothing but consciousinnocence in the exercise of the common privilege ofan unenslaved mind could have dictated an appropriatereply to such a communication, made with such candoron such an occasion, and from so dignified a person.The words of that reply were gone after they werespoken, they could not be recalled: but memory stillsupplies the expression of satisfaction in his Lordshipscountenance when I earnestly requested that an oppor-tunity might be
RM2AFP3JP–. The work of Fra Angelico da Fiesole reproduced in three hundred and twenty-seven illustrations. 162. 1lorenz, Akademie Auf Holz, H. 0,87, B. 0,<5 Pieta und Anbetung der KonigeThe adoration of the magi Ladoration des rois Above: Pieta En haut: La Pieta N.k1i einer Aufnahnu- von Fratelli Alinari, Florciu 163
RM2AJC2CF–Our country and its resources; . loss and wast-age, is sent to the office of the super-intendent of the coining department,where a tabulated record is keptfrom day to day. It shows by thesize of the operation if the loss ex-ceeds the legitimate loss in any onedepartment by even less than onepiece. If the loss is excessive, thenthe employees in that departmentare kept until the shortage is ac-counted for. or tne error in calcula-tion discovered. It generally hap-pens to be an error in figures, or acoin or box of coin had been over-looked. n the whole it is rare forthe question to arise. Once in
RM2AXHTC7–American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . y work for a living, and glory in it.They are the substantial middle class, with goodincomes, free, independent, hospitable, intelli-gent, and cultivated. They are the aristocracyand gentry of our land, educated, refined, prac-tical, sensible; having the confidence of neigh-bors, townsmen, and fellow-citizens, they areour Senators, Representatives, and Governors.The house and home of the farmer must there-fore combine in itself features winch are neces-sities for the laboring man, conveniences andaccommodations for the well-to-do yeo
RM2AN0H22–A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . a demulcent in gastro-intestinal irritation. It is also a nu-trient. Starch paste, or starch mixed with water, is the best antidote incases of poisoning by iodine, but must be followed by emetics and lax-atives. Starch is also used for bandages, and finally as a conspergative forpills, suppositories, troches, etc. For other starches, see Mays, Oryza, etc. AMYLI DECOCTUM. Decoction of Stakch.Starch Paste. Triturate thirty grams (1 ounce) starch with one thousand cubic cen-timeters (34 fluidounces) water, gradually added, and then bring themixture
RM2AGA1NE–. Review of reviews and world's work. floating minks.- From the Globe (New York). CURRENT HISTORY IN CARTOONS. 29. THE CONVENTION HAS ARRIVED. From the Herald (New York).
RM2AG5GT5–. Review of reviews and world's work. SCENE Ot^THE BOEUS IlECENT KAIUINO OPEKATIONS. pouring into Bloemfontein daily, and it looksnow as if the British communications would bekept open without trouble, and Lord Robertswould be ready in a week or two to move for-ward with the seventy-five thousand or moremen which he can easily spare for a determinedadvance on Kroonstadt and the Vaal River.The thorough little commander is not satisfiedwith the material perfection of his army. Gen-. MAJ.-GEN. SIR H. CHERMSIDE. (Successor to General Gatacre.) Oliviers commando, which, though incumberedwith a long
RM2AG7C36–. Review of reviews and world's work. atic allies, is silent as tothe future course, as to further progress in theestablishment of a sound currency. He reposeshope for the future in the wisdom of the Secre-tary of the Treasury, who, circumscribed by law,is unable to apply any other remedy than thedubious one of an expanding bank circulation,which does not contain any of the elements ofcompressibility when redundancy is the evil, not-withstanding Mr. Roots characterization of it asan elastic one, and adjustable to varying condi-tions. Imperialism is eliminated from the plat-form, though it is d
RM2AKG87A–Miller's New York as it is, or, Stranger's guide-book to the cities of New York, Brooklyn and adjacent places : comprising notices of every object of interest to strangers ; including public buildings, churches, hotels, places of amusement, literary institutions, etc . ai>pearsthat the Police Force of the City of New York consists ofthirty-seven Captains, one nundrcd and forty-one Sergeants,ninety-seven Roundsmen, eighty Detailments, two thousandtwo hundred and twenty-live Patrolmen, and sixty-fiveDoormen. The Police Telegraph has become an important auxiliaryin the prevention and detection
RM2AM80WP–Worm gearing . m -7 1916 THE MAPIiE PRESS X O R K PA CI.A445532 PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION A second edition of this book having been called for, theopportunity is afforded for making corrections of a fewtypographical errors, which appeared in the first edition.Part of Chapter IX has been rewritten, and three shortappendices added to bring the text abreast of the writer^smost recent investigations. It is hoped that the value ofthe book is thereby considerably enhanced. H. K. T. PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION In the following work an attempt has been made, it isbelieved for the first time, to deal exha
RM2AWFDR0–Electro-diagnosis and electro-therapeutics : a guide for practitioners and students . w^ Vl ^ -1™ —-^.,- n. thoraricus loner. pector. maj. m. reet. abdom.. ^1^ m. latiss. dors. m. serr. ant. maj. m. obliq. abdom. ext. Tic. 20. TRE METHOD OF INVESTIGATION 81 presses upon the thorax, and is lifted spasmodically andmoved outward and forward. The pectoralis major muscle (for indirect stimulationfrom the anterior thoracic nerves see page 65) is directly-excitable at several points on the front chest wall,nearer its origin (at the clavicle, at the sternum, and inthe ribs) than at its insertion. Th
RM2AN92HX–The rules of aseptic and antiseptic surgery; a practical treatise for the use of students and the general practitioner . e Knee-joint, a. Hydrops Geni.—In caseswhere a thick coating of fibrinous deposit is lining the entire cavity of theknee-joint, simple puncture and irrigation will be found impracticable onaccount of the continuous clogging of the efferent cannula. To completelyfree the joint of these masses, immediate incision must be done. The in-ternal aspect of the knee presents the most convenient place for this pro-cedure. The skin and fascia are successively incised, and all bleeding
RM2AKCEW7–The American annual of photography . SILENT SILNTIXIiLS. IRVING S. LOVEGROVE. 251.
RM2AFPDHW–. The work of Fra Angelico da Fiesole reproduced in three hundred and twenty-seven illustrations. < Florenz, Akademle Aul Holz, H.0,37, B. 0,4. Eine wunderbare Heilung durch die Heiligen Cosmas und DamianusA miracle of St. Cosmas and St. Damianus Nacli einer Audialii Le miracle des saints Cosme et Damien i I r.jlLlIi Alinari. Florenz. *Miinchen, Alle Pinakothek Aut Holz, H. 0,38, B. 0,45 Die Heiligen Cosmas, Damianus und ihre Briider vor dem Richter Lisias St. Cosmas and St. Damianus Saint Cosme et saint Damien before the judge devant le juge Predellenbilder vom Altar S. 131 Nach elncr Aufn
RM2AG2P9Y–. Review of reviews and world's work. 00,000 lie with-in the humid region and aresuitable for wheat-raising.Assuming that no more thanni.1100,000 acres will ever bedevoted to wheat, western(anada will one day raiseson.000,000 bushel.- o wheat, — some 50,000, more than the largest whealcrop the whole of the UnitedStates has ever produced.Some enthusiasts have im-agined that these 40,000,000acres will be sown to whealby 102.) ; but as the total plowed area of west-ern Canada does not now exceed 6,000,000 acres,this is not probable. It took the United Statestwenty years to increase its wheat acre
RM2ANE0CT–The life of Philander Chase, first bishop of Ohio and Illinois, founder of Kenyon and Jubilee colleges . :i|%^i^^i ^f „ lee nen 1. I-co LlJ UJ II- o q: LU O LJ O o a z < -I HIQ.< X o u UJ J CO -3 Letters to a Grandchild 321 as have renounced him in truth, as well as by profes-sion, and these I find by sad experience are few andfar between. All others horde together as the swineabout Gadara, ready to receive the legion causing themto perish without a remedy. It is said that the Gada-renes, when they saw their property and means ofworldly wealth infringed upon, came out of the cityand bes
RM2ANJBD9–Essentials of United States history . typrovided that the canal, when built, should be controlled bythe United States, but that it should be opened to vesselsof commerce and of war of all nations on terms of entireequality. Thus the way was opened for our government to under-take the building of a water route between the Pacific andthe Atlantic oceans. At first the Nicaragua route wasfavored, but afterwards authority was granted by Congressto buy the franchise of the French Panama Canal Com-pany for forty million dollars. A treaty was made with McKINLEY AND ROOSEVELTS ADMINISTRATION 367 Colomb
RM2AN4145–Across the Andes . addle almost solid with bullion;the sodden side streets where the buzzard^ and thescavenger pig are mans best friend; the cathe-dral where lies the dessicated body of Pizarroin a marble casket like an aquarium, the one openside covered with glass through which may beseen the remains of that treacherous old buc-caneer, with his head re-fastened by a silver wireto guard against a repetition of the theft; thecathedral itself with its murky interior smokedby the votive candles of millions of conscriptconverts; its queer carvings where the ecclesias-tical memories of architecture
RM2AKY4XH–A text-book of veterinary obstetrics : including the diseases and accidents incidental to pregnancy, parturition and early age in the domesticated animals . Urachus ; 7, Amnion ; G, Um-bilical Cord. chorion may be divided into two laminae, the outer of which has beencalled the cxochorion, and the inner the endochorion. From the endo-chorion are derived the vessels which pass to the villi, the chorion itselfbeing destitute of vessels until the allantois is developed. The structureof this envelope is that of a delicate cellular membrane, traversed bythe vascular ramifications of the placenta. In
RM2AG6MEJ–. Review of reviews and world's work. r handmade a great reputation by the clearness of hisstatements in the House of Commons, and hissuperior comprehension of the military businessin hand. Lord Roseberv has freed himself fromresponsibility for any association with the Liberalparty as at present organized, and has steppedboldly forth as an imperialist who claims to un-derstand the British Empire and its needs betterthan Lord Salisburys government. He attacks 406 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REFIEIV OF REI/IEIVS. the party in power on the ground of its unreadi-ness to face the serious dangeis which lur
RM2AKKT2C–Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . 324. Calycanthus floridus. tate, crenate or entire : fis. bright yellow, 1-2 in. broadsepals 5 or 6, rarely 7: follicles compressed, H in. long,Apr.-June. Wet ground. Carolina to Canada and westward. Gt. 47, p. 630. D. 115, pi. 35.-Used before flowering in the spring as Cowslip green
RM2AG32D5–. Verocchio. bracketted, with thestatue of the David, under the marginal note Per aCharegj. He executed for Lorenzo de1 Medici, writes Vasari,•for the fountain of the Villa at Careggi, a putto ofbronze throttling a fish; the which, as may now be seen,the Lord Duke Cosimo has caused to be placed on thefountain that is in the Courtyard of his Palace; the whichputto is certainly marvellous.11 * As late as 1553 the bronze David of Donatello occu-pied this place in the centre of the courtyard, as we knowby a statement of Condivi.-j- Exactly at what date itwas removed to make way for the fountain is
RM2AG59GH–. Rise of the new West, 1819-1829. ational,not state, benefit. Nevertheless, he strongly rec-ommended a system of internal improvements, if itcould be established by means of a constitutionalamendment. Both houses sustained the presidentsveto. Acting upon Monroes intimation of the power toappropriate money, and following the line of leastresistance, the next year an act was passed makingappropriations for repairs of the Cumberland Road.On March 3, 1823, also, was signed the first of thenational acts for the improvement of harbors.^The irresistible demand for better internal com-munications and
RM2AM1HRM–Pilot lore; from sail to steam . THEOPHOLIS BEEBE One of the first New Jersey pilots. Died of heart diseaseon pilot boat Mystery in the winter of I860. HOWARD VAN PELT Killed when hawser parted boarding bark Ukraine April 22, 1878
RM2AFRN98–. Review of reviews and world's work. on the initiative and by the specialdesire of King Edward. Burnand from his earliest youth had a strongbias toward the stage. He played in little dra-mas at home when he was five, and all thioughlife he was devoted to tlie theater. After plays,he was most devoted to novels. Scott, Lytton,James, and Harrison Ainsworth were his favor-ites. He was a little Tom All Alone withoutplaymates, and novels and plays filled up hisexistence. When he went to Eton he did notshine as a scholar. He never could learn hisclassical lessons, despite a phenomenal memory.He prof
RM2AGAJB0–. Lion and dragon in northern China. VAMPIRES AND DEVIL-FOXES 289 to their vessels. The headman who has shown him-self most energetic in this good work deserves specialmention. He is Che Shuo-hsiieh, the district head-man of Hai-hsi-tou. To him the Government ofWeihaiwei has presented a pien or carved com-plimentary tablet.1 The inscription reads Cheng jenyu wet— Human lives rescued from peril. Tabletsof this kind when presented by the official authoritiesare highly valued by the Chinese, and are preservedas heirlooms. But the spirits that drag men into the waters of ariver or down to Lung Wan
RM2AFNMER–. Review of reviews and world's work. The Japanese have often attracted the su-perior romantic muse of Jolm Luther Long, who nowpresents The Way of the (iods (Macmillan), whereinthe author sets forth that ideal self-abnegation so for-eign to the ferociously egoi.stic Western world. A suc-cessful psychologic study is Howard Sturgis AllThat Was Pos.sible (Putnams). Here is one Mrs.Sibyl Crofts, who discreetly retires to a Welsh coun-tryside after her London past. She meets RobertHenshaw, a rigidly conventional .squireen belongingto the neighborhood. At fir.st he shows open hos-tility to Sibyl, a
RM2AFK202–. Isles in summer seas : (beautiful Bermuda). sel?What dye think happened to the chap who tookthe love dose, eh? He grinned. I said nothing. The Artist pulled out hiswatch: Ive just time for a shave—you needone, too. He said he knew of a man in York Street, at theintersection of Old Maids Alley, who would shaveboth of us for sixpence. We started for the place,but in that rambling handful of town, wherestreets ran without aim or direction, we lost ourway. We brought up at the rise of a hill andlooked up into five furlongs of thick-set shade. Itwas an avenue leading over to the barracks of theEn
RM2AJDJAN–Preparatory and after treatment in operative cases . Fig. 26.—Gauze Folded Twice. stitching at one place. This tape is intended for the attachmentof forcipressure, which latter hangs out of the wound, so that thepad may not be lost or forgotten. When finished the pad appearsas shown in Fig. 23. Six of these pads are folded in a gauze wrapper, then in a muslin wrapper, thenlabeled, and are thenready for sterilization.The wrapper is em-ployed in hospital prac-tice and in instanceswhere the surgeon has Fig. 27.—Gauze Folded One-third of Length. a large demand for thematerial. In private practice,
RM2AFP65A–. Athletic training for school boys. soles to give protection to the feet. Any Size. Per pair, 50c. Spalding WaterproofCanvas Bag No. I. Made of canvas,lined with rubber, andthoroughly waterproof Each, 9 I .OO Spalding Cork Swimming Jackets and Collars These jackets and collars are covered^ with a close•woven waterproof canvas and stuflfed with ground cork. No. i. Jacket for adults, weight 2% lbs. Ea.,S2.00No, 2. Jacket for children, weight 1% lbs. Ea.,$ 1.76 | No.3. Collars for adults or children. I .CO AyvadS Water Wings No. I. Plain white. Each.liec. I No. 2. Variegated colors. Each. 36c. «
RM2AKGDD9–Buried cities . —From Sehliemanns Mycenw MYCENiE IN THE DISTANCE.
RM2AN7999–Lessons in practical electricity; principles, experiments, and arithmetical problems, an elementary text-book . /vvwfr&f JAAAAbtt 6 Fig. 107.—Two Cylindrical Tanks, Full of Water, Connected in Series for Pressure. Gauge 2 records twice the pressure indi-cated upon gauge 1. connected to the galvanometer. lOO tOwvp Cells connected in this mannerare joined in series. Thetotal pressure applied tothe galvanometer whenthe switch is closed is twicethe pressure of one cell(neglecting internal re-sistance) or 4 volts. Thetotal quantity of electricitythat will pass through thegalvanometer is the sameas
RM2AJ8CB9–The strangling of Persia; a story of the European diplomacy and oriental intrigue that resulted in the denationalization of twelve million Mohammedans, a personal narrative . CHAPTER VI THE FIRST RUSSIAN ULTIMATUM TO PERSIA. THE BRITISH GOV-ERNMENT ADVISES PERSIA TO ACCEPT. THE PERSIAN GOVERN-MENT APOLOGIZES. THE SECOND ULTIMATUM. BY the end of October the Russian Government was land-ing troops at Enzeli, and assembling a still larger forceat Baku. England at this time notified the Persian Govern-ment that she was sending two squadrons of Indian sawars toBushire, on the Gulf, whence they would
RM2AJKECP–American adventures : a second trip 'Abroad at home' . ree,or perhaps half-past three or four, in the afternoon, andthere is a light supper in the evening. I judge that thiscustom holds also in some other cities of the region, forI remember calling at the office of a large investmentcompany in Wilmington, North Carolina, to find itwearing, at three in the afternoon, the deserted look ofa New York office between twelve and one oclock.Every one had gone home to dinner. Mr. W. D. How-ells, in his charming essay on Charleston, makes men-tion of this matter: The place, he says, has its own laws and
RM2AKYNCW–A text-book of veterinary obstetrics : including the diseases and accidents incidental to pregnancy, parturition and early age in the domesticated animals . der than that of theHorse, the inlet is nmch larger, the ilio-pectineal crests are furtherapart, and the distance between the lower face of the sacrum and theanterior border of the pubis is much greater, the ilia and pubis beingbroader and more concave. On the upper surface of the Mares pelvis,the sacro-sciatic notches are very deep ; the inner border of the iliumforms a very concave line, and the ischiatic spines are widely separated.The
RM2AWY0D9–Hans Holbein the younger . ragtt kein hass, thus turning it into a representation of Charity. A second 2 example,though a work of no particular skill, is of interest because it giveswhat was probably the background of the original work before it wascut down, one of those architectural compositions with pilasters andan ornamental frieze which Holbein so frequently used as a settingfor his earlier portraits, part of which forms a high-backed seat inwhich the wife is placed. This copy, which belongs to Herr E.Triimpy, of Glarus, shows some small differences, in the boys hair,the folds of the drap
RM2AFWPFT–. Goops and how to be them; a manual of manners for polite infants inculcating many juvenile virtues both by precept and example, with ninety drawings.
RM2AXH164–Troja : results of the latest researches and discoveries on the site of Homer's Troy, and in the heroic Tumuli and other sites made in the year 1882, and a narrative of a journey in the Troad in 1881 . erhaps four thousandyears to frost and heat, rain and sunshine, it could stilllook quite fresh; but it bewilders the mind still more tothink how the chalk, with which the ornamentation wasfilled in, could have withstood for long ages the incle-mencies of the seasons. I also picked up there manyfeet of terra-cotta tripods; saddle-querns of trachyte (likeNos. 74, 75, p. 234, and No. 678, p. 447, i
RM2AJBJ0A–The practical horseshoer Being a collection of articles on horseshoeing in all its branches which have appeared from time to time in the columns of 'The Blacksmith and wheelwright' .. . Fig. 131—A Form of Bar Shoe. erinary surgery. Of all the methods which present them-selves, that which is most acceptable for the case in hand isthe one sought. Practical experience opens the way for thejudgment to choose. Then comes the practical test. Whenthe crossbar of a shoe rests on the soft part or extremit^^ ofthe frog it is apt to cause injury to it, but when it is placedfarther towards the point it re
RM2AM7PRT–A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . eVerona orris root, which is somewhatyellowish. Finger orris root consists of picked,slender, nearly straight pieces, smoothlytrimmed, and usually whitened withchalk, magnesia, or starch. It is intendedfor the use of teething infants only. Tests- — Orris root is frequentlyfound to be worm-eaten. Only soundpieces of good odor and light color shouldbe used. Constituents.— Volatile oil (Oleumiridis) a very small quantity. Also anacrid resin, besides starch, mucilage, etc.Medicinal Uses.—Florentine orrisroot is seldom employed internally. Itis said t
RM2AXJN2K–The romance of Monaco and its rulers . re, amid enthusiasm—and whisperingsof many kinds. Two hundred thousand francs werespent, it was said, on the production, which tookplace just before Holy Week. Among the whisperswas one hinting at the Princes dissatisfaction withmany of the arrangements . . but, here as else-where, since the Casino paid, the Casino (andPrincess Alice) called the well-advertised tune. It only remains to speak of Albert Fs oceano-graphic discoveries. Dumont of course assignsthem all to somebody else ; but I do not takeDumont with any high seriousness. In the BulletinScienti
RM2AN5C8M–Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . the preceding volume (V., p. 568). On the sameline w^ere those of Lamarck in the Philosophic Zoologique(1809). In 1844 appeared anonymouslj^ The Vestiges of theNatural History of Creation, now known to have been writtenby Robert Chambers. The evolutionary ideas of this workattracted attention; but it was not scientifically well-informed,and had little infiucnce on naturalists. The first effective state-ment
RM2AKN37P–Warwick castle and its earls : from Saxon times to the present day . ome tomb of its founder and his Countess.Their effigies He on a high tomb, the lady to the rightof her husband, whose hand she holds. She wears along, close-fitting robe, laced down the bodice, and hasa long girdle, buckled in front and ornamented withthe four-leaved flower. Above this is a loose cloak,fastened by a brooch on either shoulder. She wearsthe stiff netted head-dress of the period, and her feetrest on a bull. Her husband is in bascinet and camail,shirt of mail, with jupon over it, bearing the arms ofBeauchamp. His
RM2AN4RWN–The American annual of photography . DOROTHY. CHAMPLAIN STUDIO. 93. DESENSITIZING By HENRY F. RAESS N the fall of 1920 Dr. Lueppo-Cramer electri-fied the photographic world by announcing thathe had discovered a method whereby he coulddevelop panchromatic plates (or emulsions) byweak candle light. This appeared so revolu-tionary as to be almost unbelievable. The Doctor made nosecret of his work, but generously published it to the world.The discovery was partly due to an accident. It appears thata dry plate manufacturer occasionally was annoyed with spotson some of his plates. The same emulsion
RM2ANEJA1–Oriental rugs, antique and modern . g threads of yarn numbering from ten to thirtyto the inch, is attached, while the other end is tightly stretched andfirmly secured to the lower horizontal beam. Sometimes the beamsto which the warp is attached are placed perpendicularly, so thatthe weaver may stand and move sideways as the work progresses.But among a very large number of those tribes that are constantlywandering in search of new pastures for their flocks and herds, itis customary to let the loom lie flat on the ground, while the weaversits on the finished part of the rug. Under more favourab