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... possession of the Duke of York, brother of King Charles II Most of the province was called New York; but part of it was cut off and given to two noblemen, and became the province of New Jersey ... early voyages of discovery Spain had claimed the whole of North America, and all of South America west of the Line of Demarcation But in 1670 Spain, by treaty, acknowledged the right of England ... industrial condition of England was changing The end of the long war with Spain had thrown thousands of soldiers out of employment; the turning of plow land into sheep farms left thousands of laborers...
... 193 The Periods of English 198 Historyof the Vocabulary 202 Historyof the Grammar 239 Specimens of English of Different Periods 250 Modern English 258 Landmarks in the Historyof the English ... than a translation of parts of a famous "Chronicle or Historyof the Britons," written in Latin by Geoffrey of Monmouth, who was Bishop of St Asaph in 1152 But Geoffrey himself professed only to ... reduce clutter.] A BRIEFHISTORYof the ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE by J M D MEIKLEJOHN, M.A Professor of the Theory, History, and Practice of Education in the University of St Andrews, Scotland...
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... something of the philosophy of history, the causes and effects of events, and, in the case of great battles, the objects sought to be attained; thus leading pupils to a thoughtful study of history, ... mouth of the Mississippi, he made his way (1682) to the Gulf of Mexico He named the country Louisiana, in honor of Louis XIV., king of France RESULTS OF FRENCH ENTERPRISE.—Before the close of the ... Unfortunately history neglects to tell us what became of the cargo.] SIR FRANCIS DRAKE was a famous sailor In one of his expeditions on the Isthmus of Panama, he climbed to the top of a lofty tree,...
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... Kathleen Sisak, of the University of Washington; Susan Banks, of Bastyr University; Margaret Kaiser, of the National Library of Medicine; and Jane Brown, of the Medical University of South Carolina ... understanding of why the orthodox profession has tried to suppress their activities A second way that an appreciation of the historyof unconventional medicine might assist in the process of conciliation ... director of the Of ce of Alternative Medicine, speaking “not as an advocate of alternative medicine, but as an advocate for its fair evaluation.” I would urge upon readers the same spirit of tolerance...
... [Footnote: _Inter-relations of Tariffs, Panics, and the Condition of Agriculture, as Developed in the Historyof the United States of America_ This brief sketch of our economic history in the United ... French very freely sometimes, and again very literally Style has thus suffered for the sake of clearness and brevity, necessary to secure and retain the attention of readers of this class of books ... them when, in spite of precautions, they shall recur DEC W THOM "BLAKEFORD," October 10, 1915 A BRIEFHISTORYOF PANICS INTRODUCTION COMPRISING A CONDENSATION OF THE THEORY OF PANICS, BY M JUGLAR,...
... Historyof Nuclear Medicine Henry N Wagner, Jr A Personal Historyof Nuclear Medicine Henry N Wagner, Jr., MD, PhD Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of ... establishment of an endowed Chair in Nuclear Medicine at Johns Hopkins named after Henry N Wagner, Jr 26 A Personal Historyof Nuclear Medicine the father of one of my girl friends gave her a nickel every ... discovery of plutonium and his discovery in 1940 of neptunium; Alvarez in 1968 for his work in high energy physics Lawrence helped recruit every physicist of consequence in the country—many of...
... banks of the whole United States, or the Associated Banks of the City of New York After the panic of 1882-1884, the ebb of specie into the coffers of the National Banks of the United States and of ... a capital of $7,500,000, of which $7,200,000, was paid in In 1857 there were only five of these banks and three bankers having a capital of $6,000,000, of which only A BriefHistoryof Panics ... suspended A BriefHistoryof Panics 35 payment The amount of liability of the banks and bankers of New York who succumbed during the month of May was estimated at $32,000,000, whereas that of the...
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... neutron = neutrino (Fermi) Adapted summary of an English translation to Pauli’s letter dated December 4, 1930 observing the unobservable… 1) 1956: “Discovery” of the electron neutrino (Reines and Cowan) ... moment of nuclei: mN, mP me (m=eh/4mc) How can the nuclear magnetic moment be so much smaller than the electron one if the nucleus contains electrons? SOLUTION: bound, nuclear electrons are very ... processes! (N Bohr) “…This would mean that the idea of energy and its conservation fails in dealing with processes involving the emission and capture of nuclear electrons This does not sound improbable...
... University of Manchester PHY-653 EPP A BriefHistoryof Particle Physics Slide of 13 Anti-matter 1955 Discovery of the anti-proton by Owen Chamberlain and Emilio Segrè Owen Chamberlain PHY-653 EPP A Brief ... explained by combinations of more fundamental 'quarks', u, d, s and their anti-quarks PHY-653 EPP A BriefHistoryof Particle Physics Slide of 13 The Omega Minus 1964 Discovery of the Omega Minus (ł) ... discovered via ģ → γ + γ PHY-653 EPP A BriefHistoryof Particle Physics Hideki Yukawa Cecil Powell Slide of 13 A Theory of Electromagnetism By 1950 Quantum Theory of Electromagnetism – Quantum Electrodynamics...
... problems and an accumulating reservoir of responses Philosophy is generally presented in terms of its issues or in terms of its history A study of the historyof paradoxes provides an opportunity ... problem of finding triangles that have the square of one side equal to the sum of the squares of the other two But it also suggests a way of bringing more and more of reality under the control of ... prior permission of Oxford University Press Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sorensen, Roy A A briefhistoryof the paradox: philosophy and the labyrinths of the mind/ Roy Sorensen...
... language ofhistory is no longer the language of common sense The lessons ofhistory are no longer the simple lessons of opposing a healthy everyday world to the sclerotic traditions of aristocracy ... Hegel’s grief had a history I was sure of it Jürgen Habermas is one of the most respected critical theorists of the twentieth century Moral conscience and history are two of his recurrent themes ... substance … ofhistory and “Judeo-Christian understanding of history. ” The world spirit moves through the “great world religions.” Any of the great historical religions can be an instrument of “freedom...
... administration reined in the activities of the industrial and financial giants A BriefHistoryof the U.S Stock Market 15 As part of this trust busting, several landmark pieces of legislation were passed ... variety of financial items, including insurance, securities, and even lottery tickets.2 Because the level of competition was increasing and the limited rules of trading often were ignored, some of ... development: the Panic of 1907, the Great Crash of 1929, the Crash of 1987, and the Crash of 2000 Aside from some similarities, the circumstances leading to and following each of these events impacted...