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Our Rivals : The Molds, Yeasts And Bacteria., H. B. Knighton

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In this day when the erstwhile plebian hog has taken to scaling the social ladder and has climbed beyond the ken of many an honest workman, it behooves the housewife to wage, with double zeal the warfare on our rivals, the molds, yeasts and bacteria who come as unbidden guests eating the very food that we must have, raising enormous families at our expense, frequently making themselves obnoxious as long as the food lasts, then quietly withdrawing into themselves and either waiting for a fresh supply of food or allowing the housewife to start them by the dust-brush route to …

Stress Of Romance Words In Chaucer's Prologue To The Knight's Tale., Helen S. Ward

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The effect of the Norman-French Conquest on the vocabulary of the English language was profound. Prior to the Twelfth Century the language contained but few word forms foreign to the Old English. The vocabulary of the Eleventh Century contained about thirty words of French origin and these must have come into the language previous to the conquest.

Bacteria In Relation To Every Day Life., Inga Werness

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It is to be noticed that if there be any marshy places, certain animals breed there, which are invisible to the eye and yet getting into the system through the mouth and nostrils cause serious disorders." This quaint observation is taken from a manuscript written over two thousand years ago, showing that bacteria even if not seen, were living and active. Latin writers of about the same time recorded a relation between insects and malaria which has but lately been proved and explained. The infectious character of leprosy has long been recognized, since the ancient Hebrews caused the isolation of …

The Early Missionary Work Of The French Jesuits In North America., Edward Thomas Poulson

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There are perhaps but few passages in history that are more striking than those which tell of heroic efforts of the early French Jesuits to convert the Indians of North America. Many of these efforts are full of dramatic and philosophic interest, and they also bear strongly upon the political destinies of America. While the small young colonies of England still clung feebly to the shores of the Atlantic, events, almost wholly unknown to them, that would eventually have great bearing upon their future, were in progress in the very heart of the continent, the main participants being the French …

Chimney Design And Chimney Formula Comparison, W. F. Schaphorst

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The object of this thesis, then is to compare chimney wall sections conforming with the accepted rules as quoted by Kent, Kidder, Molesworth, and Christie, with wall sections obtained by formulas that were derived by means of an analysis similar to that in the preceding paragraph; to show chimney wall sections of uniform height and of diameters varying from one to ten feet, assuming the upper wall thickness in all cases to be the same as the used in common practice and keeping sure constant so that the several chimneys may be compared as to relative volume, outline, stress, and …

The Evolution Of Cooking Apparatus With Some Tests With The Aladdin Oven, Hattie Dibble

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Inventions are but brought forth spontaneously; they are a growth. We cannot conceive of a mind which is capable, without the aid and thoughts of other minds of investing anyone of the many machines and apparatus which so far assist in lightening and perfecting man’s work. The most of our inventions are new combinations of other inventions made to serve men purposes. It will be the endeavor of this paper to show this growth as it is manifested in cooking apparatus, by showing its evolution from the very crudest forms up to the present degree of perfection.

Course In Sewing For Children, Lilla Harkins

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Introduction: “Upon the education of the American school girl depends the future of the American home.” The object of all education is to prepare men and women for the duties and pleasures of life, to make good citizens, useful men and women of our boys and girls. Every accomplishment a girl possesses is one more thing toward making her a useful woman. Sewing bases its claim to a place in the schools on the same grounds that give wood-work a foothold. “It is a form of Manual Training of hand and head work, of training of the hand for the …

Thesis, William H. Knox

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All soil constituents are formed form the disintegration of rocks with the exception of a small percent of organic matter. The soil is sometimes removed as fast as formed by the action of water and air. Streams of running water, tides and waves, or the moving of immense ice fields called glaciers are the most active agencies. The land formed by the deposition of the materials carried by glaciers is usually known as drift. A large portion of the soil of the northeastern prairies has been formed in this way. Particularly is this true of the land lying east of …

Hygienic Analysis Of Some Of The Potable Waters Of Brookings, Lloyd E. Work

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Introduction: While it is universally recognized that there is a difference between good and bad drinking water, few realize how important a part water plays in producing or destroying health. Comparatively recent investigation has shown that water forms the most active agent in the production as well as the promotion and spread of disease. Water containing organic impurities will, when used, because various forms of disease, while if the water of a well which has received the excreta of a patient suffering from some infectious disease, be drunk, the drinker is almost sure to contract the disease. Pure water may …

A Comparative Study Of Degenerative Tissue, Homer Davis

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Nutrition is the earliest and most constant of vital operations. So prominent is the nutritive apparatus of an animal that the animal has been likened to a moving sac, organized to convert foreign matter into its own likeness, to which the complex organs of animal life are but auxiliaries. In growth more material is used by the body-protoplasm that is expelled. Nutrition includes excretion i.e. the removal of spent material which is usually poisonous and which if allowed to remain in the body organism would impair nutrition in its fullest sense. The objects of nutrition are growth, repair, and propogation. …

The Trend Towards Socialism In Recent Law-Making, James Arthur Brown

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Introduction: It is an undeniable fact that civilized nations are drifting towards socialism. Whether we reach the goal of ideal and theoretic socialists at last, or stop short of socialism in its modern accepted meaning it is not the purpose of this work to investigate. Socialism is of recent origin. It was started less than seventy years ago in France. The progress that it has made is worthy of some attention. It has spread to all civilized nations and has won many earnest supporters in England, France Germany and the United States. A great deal of confusion results from the …

Specifications For A System Of Irrigation For College Grounds, Harry M. Cornell

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The rainfall of this portion of country not being sufficient, or if sufficient not uniformly distributed, it has become necessary to successful work in agriculture that provision be made for a system of irrigation which will tide agriculturists over a dry season or be a means of supply when most needed. Deeming it therefore a prime requisite to successful experimenting along agricultural lines, I thought of planning a system of irrigation which could be profitably and advantageously applied to the grounds of the South Dakota Agricultural College. My plan is simply to give drawings, data, cost and location of a …

A Study Of The Wheat Market, William J. A. Schoppe

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The most prominent food grain of the Caucasian race is wheat. It is an important crop in almost every country under their domination, and, perhaps, has a wider habitat than any other prominent product of the soil. Under diverse climates, differing soils, and varied development of agricultural methods, it is an important resource in almost every portion of the globe. It forms a large item in the foreign trade of every commercial nation, and either in the form of grain or flour appears in the trade of even the most obscure country. The present discussion has for its purpose, first, …

The Power Absorbed By A 60 In. Circular Saw And Other Wood Working Machines, Duston W. Mckenney

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The series of tests here described were undertaken for the purpose of determining the power absorbed by a large circular saw in cutting various kinds of timber also the power required to run various wood working machines of standard make, paper making machinery, and dynamo electric machines.

A Study Of The Forage Plants Of South Dakota With Their Fungous And Insect Enemies, David Griffiths

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The main object of this study being a better acquaintance with fungous parasites, the work on the host plants has been considerably abridged in order that the discussion might be shortened. It was the plan at first to include in this paper a carefully written description of each of the principal forage plants of the state. The futility of such a plan, however, soon became apparent, and it was accordingly decided to omit the description and include simply Distribution,

Habitat, Value as Forage, and the Fungous Parasites of each host. There are, therefore, several of our best forage plants omitted …