... 2007 15:15 The frontiersmen of mankind the liberation of their continent made the second half ofthe twentieth century a triumphant period for the peoples of Africa, but at the end ofthe century ... ofthe world on behalf ofthe entire human race That has been their chief contribution to history It is why they deserve admiration, support, and careful study The central themes of African history ... all components ofthe economy at Birimi, a settlement close to the northern edge ofthe West African forest in modern Ghana This was an outlier ofthe Kintampo culture whose other sites, further...
... gallons per day of ethanol, utilizing Saccharomyces for the process (Harris 1946) This yield of 50 gallons per ton of wood was approximately 50% ofthe theoretical yield The indicated loss of sugars ... renewed interest in the conversion of biomass into fuels and chemicals In 1978, the first of a series of conferences on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals A View ofTheHistoryof Biochemical Engineering ... because ofthe concerns of future exhaustion of non-renewable fossil fuels One ofthe authors of this article, Raphael Katzen, had his first personal experience in wood hydrolysis 60 years ago in the...
... but rather a vital part ofthe war effort; they turned lipstick into a symbol of resilient femininity in the face of danger, a symbol that would boost the morale of both the women wearing the lipstick ... from, the additive and of any substance formed in or on food, drugs or devices, or cosmetics because ofthe use ofthe additive, (ii) the cumulative effect of such additive in the diet of man ... the distinction between FD&C and D&C colors matters much less to thehistoryof cosmetics like lipstick than it does to thehistoryof food, the body text of this paper does not obsess over the...
... for the sake ofthe profit ofthe punishment, and who for the same reason continue the use of barbarous and absurd ordeals as a test of innocence or guilt? In the second of these branches, the ... but of many bodies of men It was interwoven again into the system ofthe commerce and ofthe revenue of nations Hence the merchant the planter the mortgagee the manufacturer the politician the ... held the reigns ofthe government of Spain till Charles the Fifth came to the throne, for the establishment of a regular system of commerce in the persons ofthe native Africans The object of Bartholomew...
... were the duties of these officers There were also the deacons, who appear to have had the care ofthe poor ofthe community The first Christians looked for the speedy coming of Christ before their ... influx of barbarians smoothed the way for the break-up ofthe western part ofthe Empire Although they had a great respect for the Roman state, they must have kept some of their German love of individual ... the officers ofthe Church, who were called theclergy, and the people, or laity To the clergy was committed the government ofthe Church as well as the instruction of its members In each of the...
... THEHISTORYOF ENGLAND Volume One of Three FROM THE INVASION OF JULIUS CÆSAR TO THE END OFTHE REIGN OF JAMES THE SECOND, BY DAVID HUME, ESQ 1688 In Three Volumes: VOLUME ONE: TheHistoryOf ... to the majority ofthe house of commons, and suited their religious principles But as the impatience ofthe people, the danger of delay, the general disgust towards faction, and the authority of ... postponed the examination of all religious controversy, and had left the settlement ofthe church to the king and to the ancient laws The king at first used great moderation in the execution of the...
... as in the case ofthe earl of Strafford The commons had not been present at the trial of Laud; they had not heard the evidence, they had not even read the depositions ofthe witnesses; they pronounced ... from the Commons; and, regardless ofthe clamours ofthe populace, they spent several days in comparing the proofs ofthe managers with the defence ofthe archbishop At last,[a] in a house of fourteen ... selection ofthe papers for the press was made unfairly The contents ofthe cabinet were several days in possession ofthe officers, and then submitted to the examination of a committee ofthe lower...
... from the Staff Apart from their general interest, these documents, TheHistoryof "Punch", by M H Spielmann taken together, establish the facts of such very vexed questions as the origin and the ... letters, the essence of all wit, the concentration of all wisdom, the soul of honour, the fountain of goodness, and the paragon of every virtue FOOTNOTES: [1] An example of these amusing and confusing ... authority; the voice was the voice ofthe printers, but the tone was the tone of proprietors And that was the passing of Punch Earlier in the year Landells had made an effort to save the paper...
... between the promoters ofthe various sorts ofhistoryof science Then and only then, will thehistoryof knowledge retain the central role it should have in thehistory and philosophy of science ... should ask about the stuff the pieces are made of; it is whether we have given up questions about the rules ofthe game Any observer ofthe evolution ofhistoryof science during the last thirty ... in professional historyof science journals, hold professorships in university departments ofhistory or historyof science and win prizes offered by historyof science societies Thus, the premise...
... architecture In the North and West, meanwhile, under the growing institutions ofthe papacy and ofthe monastic orders and the emergence of a feudal civilization out ofthe chaos ofthe Dark Ages, the constant ... either by the massiveness ofthe abutments or by the opposition to it of counter-thrusts from other arches or vaults Roman builders used the first, Gothic builders the second of these means of ... to harmonize in a building the requirements of utility and of beauty It is the most useful ofthe fine arts and the noblest ofthe useful arts It touches the life of man at every point It is...
... by the old-fashioned loveliness ofthe place The way the arches ofthe porte cochere conjured images ofthe elegant necks of horses, the skirts of ladies alighting from carriages The way the ... TV room as they grew older, the place they spent much of their time, the more formal first floor being the domain of their mother Eloise still felt like that part ofthe house didn’t quite belong ... and the bay windows above it resembled the top tiers of a wedding cake As they grew close they noted the wrought-iron grille on the front door, the leaded-glass windows, and then inside they...
... that it was upon a bank of coral they had struck The vessel seemed to rest upon the ridge; but, as the swell ofthe ocean rolled past, she bumped very heavily Most ofthe cannons and other heavy ... but the sound of axes, hammers, and saws, with the crash of trees and the shouts ofthe convict overseers They lost no time in preparing their habitations on shore; for the confinement ofthe ... to the bottom The task ofthe boy was to bale out the water, which, in spite of every care, the sea threw in upon us The night was perfectly dark, and we knew of no place of shelter, and the...
... review the more prominent ofthe Algonquin tribes; those whose struggles and sufferings form the theme ofthe ensuing History In speaking ofthe Iroquois, some ofthe distinctive peculiarities ofthe ... everywhere the axe ofthe pioneer must hew a path for the bayonet ofthe soldier Before the declaration of war, and before the breaking off of negotiations between the courts of France and England, the ... TREACHERY OF PONTIAC The Morning ofthe Council. Pontiac enters the Port. Address and Courage ofthe Commandant. The Plot defeated. The Chiefs suffered to escape. Indian Idea of Honor. Pontiac...
... restrain the effects of their zeal, the pathetic vehemence of his sermons continually inflamed the angry and seditious temper of Part III 20 the people of Milan The characters of Eve, ofthe wife of ... enjoy the fruits ofthe victory, and to receive the sceptre ofthe West from the hands of his dying father The arrival of Honorius at Milan was welcomed by a splendid exhibition ofthe games ofthe ... they complained ofthe weight ofthe armor, which they seldom wore; and they successively obtained the permission of laying aside both their cuirasses and their helmets The heavy weapons of their...
... conveyed them in a boat to the sanctuary ofthe church ^51 As one of these criminals was ofthe blue, and the other ofthe green livery, the two factions were equally provoked by the cruelty of their ... geometry of Euclid, the music of Pythagoras, the arithmetic of Nicomachus, the mechanics of Archimedes, the astronomy of Ptolemy, the theology of Plato, and the logic of Aristotle, with the commentary ... the loss of their husbands, or the decay of their strength ^37 The king of these savage warriors solicited the friendship of Theodoric, and was elevated to the rank of his son, according to the...
... tempted by the disorders of Italy, the nakedness of Rome, and the unwarlike profession of her new chief On the first edicts ofthe emperor, they declared themselves the champions ofthe holy images: ... loss ofthe Exarchate, the distress ofthe Romans had exacted some sacrifice of their independence Yet, even in this act, they exercised the right of disposing of themselves; and the decrees ofthe ... invested with the prerogatives of a temporal prince; the choice of magistrates, the exercise of justice, the imposition of taxes, and the wealth ofthe palace of Ravenna In the dissolution ofthe Lombard...
... foresight ofthe seasons, or cultivation ofthe soil, they gathered the ripe and spontaneous fruits ofthe superstition ofthe times They gathered these fruits without toil or personal danger: in the ... hell." His report ofthe riches ofthe land, the effeminacy ofthe natives, and the disorders ofthe government, revived the hopes of Noureddin; the caliph of Bagdad applauded the pious design; ... interdict the churches ofthe Roman rite ^13 The two wives of Manuel Comnenus ^14 were ofthe race ofthe Franks: the first, a sister-in-law ofthe emperor Conrad; the second, a daughter ofthe prince...
... custom in the purlieus ofthe court; and of these brokers the most successful had been, in the days of Charles, the harlots, and in the days of James, the priests From the palace which was the chief ... ofthe authority of Scripture He was therefore required to profess his faith in the divinity ofthe Son and ofthe Holy Ghost, and in the inspiration ofthe Old and New Testaments Such were the ... question of humanity and of expediency They spoke much ofthe debt of gratitude which the nation owed to the priesthood; ofthe courage and fidelity with which the order, from the primate down to the...
... into the water at Oldbridge and another to cross the bridge of Slane If the constitution gave him the command ofthe forces ofthe State, the constitution gave him also the direction ofthe foreign ... the monuments of its subjugation Such monuments every where met the eye ofthe Irish Roman Catholics In front ofthe Senate House of their country, they saw the statue of their conqueror If they ... twenty leagues off, abandoned the open sea, and retired into the depths ofthe harbour of Brest The appearance of an English squadron in the estuary ofthe Shannon had decided the fate ofthe last...