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The Existence Theorem Of Ordinary Differential Equations, Harris J. Dark

Master's Theses

There are a great many devices for solving differential equations of certain special forms. But there is a large number of classes of differential equations that are not included in these special forms and cannot be integrated by quadratures or other purely elementary methods. When mathematicians were forced to abandon their cherished hope of finding a method for expressing the solution of every differential equation in terms of a finite number of known functions or their integrals they turned their attention to the question of whether a differential equation in general had a solution at all, and, if so, of …

Commonwealth And Protectorate In Virginia, 1649-1660, Charlotte Anne Beale

Master's Theses

It is the purpose of this thesis to show the vory close nnd contintled relationship between the govern­ ment or England and the colony ot Virginia in the Commonwealth period and the greater independence of Virginia undor the Protectorate.Many debatable questions arose during the Commonwealth period and were treated in accordance with the local situation.The general relationship of this first period is that of close and friendly interest, but, at the same time, the authority of the Commonwealth was maintained.In the Protectorate period there were tower questions, since the Lord Protector was occupied with heavier and more pressing problems …

Slovakia, Yesterday And Today: The Feelings And Sentiments Of A Catholic People, Joseph N. Misany

Bachelors’ Theses

For assistance in the preparation of this thesis, I wish to thank those who by their helpful suggestions, the weight of their knowledge and experience, or by the use of historical materials in their possession which they loaned me, enabled me to make a more scholarly study of the social and cultural aspects of Slovakia, the feelings and sentiments or a Catholic people.

Tarleton Perry Crawford, Garland D. Haddock

Honors Theses

This paper is an original one on the missionary life of Dr. Tarleton Perry Crawford, missionary of the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Dr. Crawford was in China from 1852 to 1885 and stationed at the Shanghai and Tung Chow missions.

The source of material for this paper comes from the correspondence of Crawford with the Foreign Mission Board. These papers are found in the Depository of the Virginia Baptist Association, S.B.C. All facts in this paper were derived from these letters and reports. Any material gathered from other sources has been acknowledged by footnotes.

The Final Years Of New Mexico's Struggle For Statehood 1907-1912, Dorothy E. Thomas

History ETDs

This thesis covers the final years of the struggle made by New Mexico to secure statehood.

The period prior to 1907 is touched upon briefly as it is necessary to have an understanding of the background of the fight in order to have clear the reasons for some of the later action. The entire statehood endeavor falls into three major categories: first, the period from 1849 to 1905 when desultory and intermittent efforts were made to pass a statehood enabling act; second, the legislative effort in 1906 to bring about jointure with Arizona and create one state, and, third, the …

Equipment In The Schools Of Mclean County, North Dakota, Albert Irving Peterson

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Study Of Textbooks In General Agriculture Used In Senior High Schools, Lowell O. Yasmer

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

The specific problem of the thesis is, "A Comparative Study of Certain Textbooks in General Agriculture Used in Senior High Schools.” It is limited in that it doe s not cover all textbooks in the field of general agriculture , but only those which made a certain score or rating through the use of a device formulated for this purpose, nor was it the problem to discover which is the best textbook in agriculture but rather to make a comparative analysis of the textbooks selected. The books selected were compare d critically with each other in an effort to determine …

Report On Pole Canyon Area And Area Three Miles Southeast Of Jefferson Island, Ted Newcombe

Bachelors Theses and Reports, 1928 - 1970

The primary purpose of the trip was to acquaint the students with some of the problems that occur in the field, and also how to make geologic maps of sections, outcrops, faults, and other geologic features of the earths surface.

The Geology Of The Limespur-Sappington Area, Frank W. Archibald

Bachelors Theses and Reports, 1928 - 1970

The area to be surveyed was divided up into sections add each crew of three or four members was assigned one of these sections. The first two days were spent in studying and mapping the geologic section in the South Boulder Canyon where we obtained practice in alidade surveying, brunton, pacing, and auto traverse.

A Preliminary Report On The Placer Gold Deposits Of The Rio Acandi Seco, Choco, Republic Of Colombia, South America And A Possible Method Of Their Exploitation., Emmett Lee Arnold

Professional Degree Theses

"This property covers the valley of the Rio Acandi Seco, in the district of Acandi, Intendencia (Territory) of Choco, Republic of Columbia, South America.

It consists of four claims, or pertenencias, each straddling and paralleling the course of the Acandi Seco River. Each claim is two kilometers in width, one kilometer on each side of the stream bed, and five kilometers in length, making an area two kilometers (1 1/4 miles) in width by 20 kilometers (12 1/2 miles) in length, containing about 10,000 acres, the conversion being only approximate. These four claims are shown on the attached map as …

A Study In Fiddle Tunes From Western North Carolina, David Parker Bennett

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of North Carolina in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of Music at Chapel Hill by David Parker Bennett in 1940.

Female Education As Reflected In Victorian Fiction, Mary F. Fields Beeler

Graduate Thesis Collection

Enduring literature is said to be an outcome of the times that produced it. Conversely, it may be said to be an open door into the life and place where it originated. Entering this open door into the Victorian period, it is my purpose to show to what extent one phase of that life is mirrored there.

Essentials Of Rock Drill Design, Lister Merriken Cummings

Professional Degree Theses

"The earliest history of the rock drill is obscure and only fragmentary evidence concerning it is recorded in the Patent Office. However, no other tool has played a more important part in mining and excavating work. There have been two general classes of pneumatic rock drills -- the reciprocating, or piston machine, and the hammer drill. Fowler played an important part in the early development of piston machines, and the first hammer drill was made in about 1895 by a man named Brothers"--History, page 1.

The Application Of Fluid Level Measurements To Oil Wells In Kansas, Charles Calvert Rodd

Professional Degree Theses

"The mechanics of determining fluid levels and a knowledge of the depth-to-fluid in a well are matters of general interest. To the oil-producer, however, such information is of value only as it may affect the operation of a well or reservoir"--Uses of Fluid-Level Measurements, page 9.

X-Ray Data Concerning Some Manganese-Copper Alloys, George Lester Mitsch

Bachelors Theses

"Until recently the only commercial method of producing metallic manganese in large ammounts sic was a pyrometallurgical process. Producing a metal of about 97% purity, it was not very satisfactory. With the advent of a process for producing a metal of 99.9 plus % purity electrolytically, introduced by the United States Bureau of Mines, for the first time was there a sufficient quantity of pure manganese available for alloy use. The manganese-copper system was chosen for study because of the inconsistencies in the reports of previous investigators, and because of the properties alloys of these components possess, such as magnetism, …

The Oberlin Negro And His Church, Homer Julius Tucker

Honors Papers

This thesis is the result of a study which represents an interest in a group of ill-adjusted community churches. For a long time I have been interested in the Negro and his church life here in Oberlin. While the background out of which these churches grew and the environment in which they operate are superior in many ways to those of most communities, the churches themselves are definitely sub-model.

My ultimate objective has been to investigate the aforesaid topic with the hope of discovering problems that are preventing the churches from expanding and serving the community, as well as to …

The Clark National Forest Of Missouri, Walter A. Werner

Professional Degree Theses

"The question might logically arise as to the appropriateness of a thesis with a forestry title being submitted for an engineering degree. The writer has been connected with the United States Forest Service for the past four years in an advisory capacity on staff of the Forest Supervisor of the Clark National Forest, during which time he has found that the engineers and construction men have performed a major function in the development of the forest.

As the initial development consisting of lineal surveys, construction of roads and telephone lines, erection of fire lookout towers, planning and erection of ranger …

A Study Of Opacity Produced By Insoluble Refractory Opacifiers, Theodore J. Planje

Bachelors Theses

"To investigate opacification produced by insoluble, refractory opacifiers in an effort to obtain some knowledge and reliable data concerning the electrical charge on the particles - its quality and quantity, and the effect of heavy metallic ions upon the flocculation and deflocculation of the opacifying particles"--Object, page 1.

Firing Behavior Tests And Other Tests On A Missouri Stoneware Clay To Determine Its Commercial Possibilities, Ivan Martin Niedling

Bachelors Theses

"A clay's essential character is its plasticity, whether it is to be used for common brick purposes, the manufacture of refractory articles, or merely as a bonding agent for nonplastic materials. Plasticity is a very large subject; there are many theories as to its cause and many methods have been developed to record it, but so far no satisfactory quantitative measure of plasticity has been found. Perhaps the most satisfactory method is to judge by handling the clay, and with constant practice one can become expert in judging the plasticity of a clay by its feel. Such a method is, …

Red Glazes, Sidney Austin Peer

Bachelors Theses

"Red glazes are extremely difficult to produce on pottery except at relatively low temperatures, or under conditions which can only be regarded as largely accidental. For many years ceramists have demanded a red glaze maturing at cone 4. To produce this glaze, much time and research is required...The object of this study was to produce a commercial red glaze at cone 4 from different oxides in a base glaze of white lead and silica"--Scope of Investigation, pages 1, 7.

The Bloating Of Clays, Everett Walter Sharp

Bachelors Theses

"The effect of firing on clays in relation to volume is either a shrinkage, bloating, or no change whatso-ever. The reason for the shrinkage and the constant volume is well known, but the cause of the bloating has not as yet been determined. In some instances, as the use of fire clay brick in steel ladles, this property of bloating is desirable to a certain extent because this packs the brick lining in the ladle tightly after the first heat is poured in, and prevents the brick lining from floating out when the metal is poured. There is little or …

The Effect Of Clays On The Properties Of Masonry Cement, William Joseph Smothers

Bachelors Theses

"Portland cement is not a material of great antiquity. It was discovered only a little over a century ago and quite by accident. It has been the custom in the manufacture of hydraulic limes to heat argillaceous limestones to temperatures not greatly above that at which the carbon dioxide would be liberated, but this process was carried out in a stack furnace under conditions such that some parts of the material were heated to temperatures which produced sintering. These hard lumps of sintered material were discarded because they were so much more difficult to grind than the unsintered However, in …

The Production Of High Alumina Refractories Bonded With Lumnite Refractory Cement, Joseph Lewis Hoffman

Bachelors Theses

"Users of refractories are constantly demanding a better product. There is a demand for a satisfactory neutral or basic refractory with a P.C.E. equivalent of cone 35 or better. A refractory with a very high alumina content would seem to solve this problem, however, the main difficulty has been to bond the unplastic alumina. From the literature it was learned that Lumnite cement has been satisfactory in the manufacture of a refractory concrete. Therefore this investigation was carried out to determine the adaptability of bonding corundum with Lumnite"--Introduction, page 1.

A Study Of The Occupational Adjustment Of The Graduates Of The Industrial Arts Curriculum Of South High School For A Twelve Year Period, R. E. Mcconnell

Student Work

Any program in progressive education must recognize the fact that its main objective is to prepare individuals for effective participation in the activities of every day life. The need in education today is to more closely correlate the life of the boy in school with his life after graduation. Schools and industry have reached a point at which an evaluation of Common goals is necessary.

A Research Study Of The Prevalence Of Venereal Disease Among Senior High-School Boys And The Attitude Of The Community Toward Venereal Instruction, Ralph S. Richardson

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Rating Of Graduate Training Of Teachers In Allen County And Consensus Of Opinion Of City Superintendents And Principals In Indiana, Hubert G. Davis

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Teachers' Salaries, Minimum Salary Laws, And Retirement Systems For White Teachers In The Public Schools Of The United States, Roy E. Jones

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Compensation For Occupational Disease In The Forty-Eight States, The District Of Columbia, And The Federal Government--Outlying Territories Excluded., Jeanette Derby

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

It is the purpose of this study (1) to ascertain to what extent there exists compensation laws for occupational diseases in the several states and by the Federal Government -- outlying territories excluded; (2) then, after having obtained such data, to study the provisions of the laws on all major topics with which compensation acts deal; and (3) to make comparisons to determine which are good and where improvements in general may be made.

A Study Of The Guidance Programs Of The Secondary Schools In Indiana Cities, Harold L. Stafford

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No abstract provided.

The Quantitve Measurement Of Amalgamation, Robert A. Mcguire

Bachelors Theses and Reports, 1928 - 1970

Mercury has been known since ancient times. In fact, one mine, the "Almaden" in Spain, has been worked continuously since Roman times. It has been used during all this time for the recovery of free gold from gold concentrates, and from black sand and galena in concentrates from placer work.