... 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 ... 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 south in the...
... 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...
... was the readiest way of converting them to the principles ofthe Christian religion These, then, were the first forerunners in the great cause ofthe abolition ofthe Slave Trade: nor have their ... 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 ... 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...
... 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 ... I, Part VI their eye the malignity ofthe sectaries; they should have carried their attention further, to the chief cause of that malignity, the restraint under which they labored The commons...
... to the maintenance ofthe true Protestant religion, with due consideration to the just ease of tender consciences, to the settling ofthe rights ofthe crown and of parliament, the laws ofthe ... 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...
... interest, these documents, TheHistoryof "Punch", by M H Spielmann taken together, establish the facts of such very vexed questions as the origin and the early editorships of Punch This is the more ... 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...
... 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 ... possession ofthe country on behalf of His Britannic Majesty, giving it the name, “New South Wales,” on account ofthe resemblance of its coasts to the southern shores of Wales Shortly after they ... moment of being attacked and speared, and there was no hope of defending themselves till the powder was ready Flinders, knowing the fondness ofthe natives for the luxury of a shave, persuaded them...
... 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 ... governed by the clergy of Rome and the monks ofthe East The edifying example ofthe Anician family was soon imitated by the rest ofthe nobility: the Bassi, the Paullini, the Gracchi, embraced the Christian...
... 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: ... 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 ... religion of his father and grandfather; but his wife, the fair and ambitious Irene, had imbibed the zeal ofthe Athenians, the heirs ofthe Idolatry, rather than the philosophy, of their ancestors...
... 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; ... 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 ... 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...
... But the citizen of Westminster passed his days in the vicinity ofthe palace, ofthe public offices, ofthe houses of parliament, ofthe courts of law He was familiar with the faces and voices of ... all the Strand, all the river were in commotion Before midnight the King's apartments, the Queen's apartments, the Wardrobe, the Treasury, the office ofthe Privy Council, the office ofthe Secretary ... been the first object of his curiosity For the grace and dignity ofthe French King, the splendour ofthe French Court, the discipline ofthe French armies, and the genius and learning of the...