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Comparative Observations On The Evolution Of Gas From The Cathode In Helium And Argon, Clarence A. Skinner

University Studies (University of Nebraska) (1888–1984)

No abstract provided.

Report Of The Tenth Geological Expedition Of Hon. Charles H. Morrill, Season Of 1905, Erwin Hinckley Barbour

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

The season of 1905 marked a renewal of paleontological activity in the University of Nebraska, since it so happened that for the first time in several years funds became available again for the prosecution of such work.

By virtue of the liberal support and patronage of Hon. Charles H. Morrill, of Lincoln, annual geological expeditions, essentially paleontological in character, had been maintained in connection with the state university since 1892. In 1901, though his interest in the work AS well as his good will continued, his patronage ceased. This was wholly due to the overcrowded condition of the state museum, …

Report Of The Tenth Geological Expedition Of Hon. Charles H. Morrill, Season Of 1905, Erwin Hinckley Barbour

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

The season of 1905 marked a renewal of paleontological activity in the University of Nebraska, since it so happened that for the first time in several years funds became available again for the prosecution of such work.
By virtue of the liberal support and patronage of Hon. Charles H. Morrill, of Lincoln, annual geological expeditions, essentially paleontological in character, had been maintained in connection with the state university since 1892. In 1901, though his interest in the work AS well as his good will continued, his patronage ceased. This was wholly due to the overcrowded condition of the state museum, …

Geography Of Nebraska, George Evert Condra

George E. Condra Publications

No abstract provided.

The Geology Of Cass County Nebraska, Elmer Grant Woodruff

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Preliminary Report On The Primitive Man Of Nebraska, Erwin H. Barbour, Henry B. Ward

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

About ten miles north of Omaha, or three miles north of Florence, Nebraska, on a hill weathered out of the Loess formation, a circular burial mound was recently observed and explored by Mr. Robert F. Gilder.

Notice Of A New Fossil Rhinoceros From Sioux County Nebraska, Erwin Hinckley Barbour

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

A New Miocene Artiodactyl, Erwin Hinckley Barbour

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

AMONG several discoveries made in the Daimonelix beds (Loup Fork) of Sioux County, Nebraska, the most striking one of the season seems to be that of a new four-horned ancestral antelope, Syndyoceras cooki, the skull of which is herein figured and briefly described. The discovery was made by Mr. Harold G. Cook, a former Lincoln student and a member of the Morrill geological expedition of 1905.

On The Movements Of Petals, Esther Pearl Hensel

University Studies (University of Nebraska) (1888–1984)

The following paper has to do with an investigation of the physical causes· which bring about opening and closing movements, periodic or otherwise, of certain flowers. With that end in view, seven different species of flowering plants have been experimented upon directly, a much larger number being simply observed with respect to the nature, time, etc., of their anthotropic movements. Movement consists in the corolla taking upon itself either the open or closed position for certain periods of the day or night; for example, the morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea) opens early in the morning (from 4:00 to 5 …

Plant Migration Studies, Charles E. Bessey

University Studies (University of Nebraska) (1888–1984)

It is a familiar fact that new species appear from time to time among the native plants of a region. Such newcomers turn out on examination to be new only in the sense that they have not previously lived in the region, and in every instance these new plants are found to have come from other regions where they had existed for a longer or shorter period of time. In some cases the new species remain for a time and then disappear, or at least become inconspicuous, but more commonly they crowd in among the former plants and become permanent …

Electric Double-Refraction In Carbon Disulphide At Low Potentials, Gustaf W. Elmen

University Studies (University of Nebraska) (1888–1984)

When light polarized at an angle of forty-five degrees to the; lines of force is passed through certain dielectrics, between two parallel electrodes, they become double-refracting. The difference of phase, 0, between the two components of light at right angles and parallel to the lines of force, as represented by Kerr and verified by later investigators, is

8=+_BP²l

a²

where B is the electro-optic constant, depending on the dielectric, l the length, and a the distance between the plate electrodes in centimeters, and P the difference of potential between the electrodes in e.G.S. units.

From data obtained …

Plant Migration Studies: Forest Trees, Charles E. Bessey

University Studies (University of Nebraska) (1888–1984)

It is a familiar fact that new species appear from time to time among the native plants of a region. Such newcomers turn out on examination to be new only in the sense that they have not previously lived in the region, and in every instance these new plants are found to have come from other regions where they had existed for a longer or shorter period of time. In some cases the · new species remain for a time and then disappear, or at least become inconspicuous, but more commonly they crowd in among the former plants and become …

Electric Double-Refraction In Carbon Disulphide At Low Potentials, Gustaf W. Elmen

University Studies (University of Nebraska) (1888–1984)

When light polarized at an angle of forty-five degrees to the lines of force is passed through certain dielectrics, between two parallel electrodes, they become double-refracting. The difference of phase, delta, between the two components of light at right angles and parallel to the lines of force, as represented by Kerr and verified by later investigators, is

δ = ± BP²l/a²

where B is the electro-optic constant, depending on, the dielectric, I the length, and a the distance between the plate' electrodes in centimeters, and P the difference of potential between the electrodes in C.G.S. units.

From …

The Relation Of Leaf Structure To Physical Factors, Edith Schwartz Clements

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

The leaf, as the seat of important physiological functions of the plant, and because of its modification by external factors, has long been a fruitful subject for investigation. As a rule, however, investigators have confined themselves solely to the histology and morphology of the leaf, independent of its relations to physical factors. Where the latter have been considered at all, it has been in a more or less general way, or undue importance has been assigned to one or another of the physical factors, and others have been ignored entirely. In no case have they been carefully measured. The aim …

Notice Of A New Fossil Mammal From Sioux County Nebraska, Erwin Hinckley Barbour

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

The Morrison Formation And Its Relations With The Comanche Series And The Dakota Formation, T. W. Stanton

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

The beds now generally designated on U. S. Geological Survey maps as the Morrison formation have been a subject of interest and discussion since I877, when abundant remains of dinosaurs were found in them. The first extensive collections of the vertebrate fauna were obtained in the neighborhood of Morrison near Denver, -in Garden Park, near Canyon City, Colorado, and at Como, or Aurora, Wyoming. Since then the formation has been recognized by means of its fossils, its lithologic features, and its stratigraphic relations in the Black Hills, on the Laramie Plains, and elsewhere in Wyoming, in Montana, in western Colorado, …

Italian Villas And Their Gardens, Edith Wharton, Maxfield Parrish

Electronic Texts in American Studies

Edith Wharton’s Italian Villas and their Gardens (1904) followed her debut novel, The Valley of Decision (1902). Century magazine commissioned Wharton for a series of six articles on Italian architecture and an accompanying book-length collection. Wharton embarked out of Boston in January 1903, disembarked near Genoa, and proceeded to tour widely — Viterbo up to Orvieto; Siena, Florence, Rome, and Venice — following recommendations from Vernon Lee, the book’s dedicatee, who “better than anyone else, has understood and interpreted the garden-magic of Italy.” The book analyzes more than eighty wonders, intercut with fifty-two illustrations: wide-angle photographs and evocative color compositions …

Bulletin 84, Pasture, Meadow, And Forage Crops, 1904

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Bulletin 84, Pasture, Meadow, and Forage Crops, 1904

The Graphical Representation Of Magnetic Theories, Harold N. Allen

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The induction theory of magnetism, introduced by Faraday, is now looked upon by all physicists as correct. The older theory which assumes the existence of magnetic fluids covering the ends of the magnet is in some cases mathematically simpler, and is for this reason often made use of. This, however, is apt to breed confusion as to the true nature of the induction or polarization in any given case. The difficulty Tyndall experienced in accepting Faraday's views as to diamagnetism, is accounted for by the fact that he was thinking in terms of the fluid theory, while Faraday was considering …

Present Knowledge Of The Distribution Of Daimonelix, Erwin Hinckley Barbour

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

Daimonelix when first discovered, in 1891, was thought to be confined to the elevated tablelands of central Sioux County, Nebraska. In the meantime its range has been extended and it is now known almost throughout the entire Arikaree formation, a tract probably about five hundred miles in diameter, situated in Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota, Wyoming and Colorado. The more fibrous forms of Daimonelix constitute a character so constant as to justify the name Fibrous Arikaree for the upper half of the formation.

The Coal Measure Bryozoa Of Nebraska, George Evart Condra

George E. Condra Publications

In the summer of 1896, at the suggestion of Professor Erwin H. Barbour, Director of the Nebraska Geological Survey, the writer began a study of the fossil bryozoa of the state.

Report Of The State Geologist, Erwin H. Barbour

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Geologic Atlas Of The United States: Scotts Bluff Folio Nebraska, N. H. Darton

United States Geological Survey: Publications

Explanation

The Topographic Map

The Geologic Map

Description of the Scotts Bluff Quadrangle

Geography

Geology

Stratigraphy

Eocene Period

Neocene Period

Pleistocene Period

Pre-Eocene Rocks

Brief Geological History of the Central Great Plains Region

Economic Geology

Underground WAters

Irrigation

Volcanic Ash

Ages of Rocks

Topographic Sheet

Areal Geology Sheet

Columnar Section Sheet

Illustration Sheet

Advertising Brochure: 1903 Mccormick Farm Equipment, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

No abstract provided.

New Elementary Agriculture For Rural And Graded Schools, Charles E. Bessey, Lawrence Bruner, G. D. Swezey

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Nebraska is an agricultural state. The products of her soil are the basis of her industries and her prosperity. The children of our great state of Nebraska should be familiar with our crops, our grains and grasses, our flowers and fruits, our trees and shrubs and weeds, our domestic animals and birds and insects. Our children should have a practical knowledge of the management of a farm, of the composition of the soil, and of the adaptability of the farm and its soil for the cultivation of certain plants and the counter effect of such plant growth upon the soil. …

Report On The Progress Of The Nebraska State Geological Survey And The Morrill Geological Expedition Of 1901, Erwin Hinckley Barbour

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

IN spite of the phenomenal heat of the summer of 1901, which was of such intensity and duration that active work in the field was finally suspended, enough progress was made to justify the presentation of the matter to this society. It should be reported, first of all, that a request for funds, amounting to twelve hundred dollars, for publishing the first reports of the state geological survey, was presented to the Legislature, and was passed April 1, 1901, without comment or dissent. This may be recorded as the first sum voted by the state for the examination and publication …

Article Xxiv.-List Of The Pleistocene Fauna From Hay Springs, Nebraska, W. D. Matthew

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

In I893 and I897 field-parties from the American Museum were sent out by Professor Osborn to collect in the Pleistocene at this locality, a bone-bed near the Niobrara River, not far from Hay Springs. A large collection of horse and camel remains was obtained, and a few specimens of other animals. The horses have been carefully studied by Mr. Gidley, the camels by Dr. Wortman; the remainder of the fauna has been revised and partially studied by the writer, but no results have hitherto been published. A list of the fauna may be of some interest to compare with that …

Geological Atlas Of The United States: Camp Clark Folio, Nebraska, Charles D. Walcott, N. H. Darton

United States Geological Survey: Publications

12 oversize pages, 18-3/8 x 21-3/4 inches

Includes parts of Cheyenne, Scotts Bluff, and Banner Counties.

Geography, Economic Geology

Topographic Sheet

Areal Geology Sheet 41°30' 103°00' to 42°00', 103°30'

Columnar Section Sheet

7 photos

Geologic Atlas Of The United States: Scotts Bluff Folio, Nebraska, Charles D. Walcott, N. H. Darton

United States Geological Survey: Publications

Geography

Geology

Economic Geology

Topographic sheet

Areal Geology sheet

Columnar Section sheet

6 photos

The Wedding Night, Ida C. Craddock, Paul Royster , Editor

Zea E-Books in American Studies

Ida Craddock took her own life in October 1902, rather than face the 5-year federal prison term she seemed certain to receive following her conviction for distributing this work through the U.S. Mail. It is a short (24-page) pamphlet addressed to young women and men about to embark on a sexual relationship and an honest and frank effort to alleviate the ignorance which both sexes often brought to the marriage union. Craddock's discussion of the "sexual act" stressed that empathy and consideration for one's partner were the vital elements for an enduring marriage. Craddock neither shrank from the description of …