... bc,
while others moved more quickly up the main waterways until, at about 1000
bc, they reached the eastern edge ofthe equatorial forest in the broad area of the
great East African lakes. There they ... ofthe economy at Birimi, a settlement close to the
northern edge ofthe West African forest in modern Ghana. This was an outlier
of the Kintampo culture whose other sites, further south in the ... eight million years ago with the separation of the
hominins (ancestral to human beings) from their closest animal relatives, the
ancestors ofthe chimpanzees. The skull ofthe first known hominin,...
... per day of ethanol, utilizing Saccharomyces for the pro-
cess (Harris 1946). This yield of 50 gallons per ton of wood was approximately
50% ofthe theoretical yield. The indicated loss of sugars ... engineering
topics. The content reflects the interests or personal experience ofthe authors.
It offers a limited view ofthehistoryof biochemical engineering. History, as
always, has to be told ... blockage
A View ofTheHistoryof Biochemical Engineering
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Because ofthe mild reaction conditions, the hemicellulose hydrolysate con-
taining xylose was not contaminated by furfural and other degradation...
... 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 and the male ... or devices, or cosmetics because ofthe use ofthe additive, (ii) the cumulative
effect. . .of such additive in the diet of man or animals, taking into account the same or any
chemically or pharmacologically ... (explaining that:
“often the public toilette was a carefully staged replay ofthe dressing ofthe hair and applying of make-up to a woman w ho
had already been through the expert hands of her maids...
... 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 ... nature of it; and ofthe extent of it;
and ofthe difficulty of subduing it.—Usefulness also ofthe contemplation of this
subject.
I scarcely know of any subject, the contemplation of which...
... to their love of adventure, their hope of enjoying
some ofthe advantages of their civilized neighbors, or the need of new lands for their
increasing numbers. And the Romans, by means of their ... time formed the northern boundary ofthe kingdom ofthe West Goths.
Clovis then enlarged his empire on the east by the conquest ofthe Alemanni, a
German people living in the region ofthe Black ... in either Emerton or Oman.
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INTRODUCTION TO THEHISTORYOF WESTERN EUROPE
CHAPTER I
THE HISTORICAL POINT OF VIEW
The scope of history.
1. History, in the broadest sense of the...
... agreeable 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 ... expressed by the parliament, there prevails a story,
that Popham, having sounded the disposition ofthe members,
undertook to the earl of Southampton to procure, during the king’s
The Historyof England, ... two months, the parliament met, and
proceeded in the great work ofthe national settlement. They
established the post-office, wine-licenses, and some articles ofthe
revenue. They granted...
... refuses the offers ofthe army. Which marches to London.
Enters the city. And gives the law to the parliament. The king listens to the counsels ofthe officers. And
intrigues against them. Rise ofthe ... 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 ... continued by the papists, for the sole
purpose ofthe establishment of popery on the ruins of Protestantism. The constant repetition acted on the
minds ofthe people as a sufficient proof ofthe charge;...
... by
his son of how, on the visit of à Beckett, Charles Dickens, and the rest, he would throw off his clothes and
swim with them in the sea, or challenge them to a game of leap-frog on the sands ... his father, and sat for another seven years at the tail of
the Table by right of proprietorship, the business was reinforced by the inclusion ofthe house of Agnew. It
then became Bradbury, Agnew ... these versions (which, after all, vary hardly more than the accounts of other incidents of Punch
life[1]) it is not very easy at first sight to sift the truth. There is a story ofthe tutor of...
... 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.
CNRS: ... Descartes’ vortex theory in dealing with problems
such as the return of Halley’s comet, the orbit ofthe Moon, and the shape ofthe Earth,
that the Continentals shrugged off their antipathy to ... study the reception of scien-
tific theories are best able to answer this question because they have the evidence
right in front of them; but unless they recognize the importance ofthe question they
may...
... 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 ... are
gathered some ofthe results of recent investigations and ofthe architectural progress
of the last few years which could not readily be introduced into the text of this edition.
The General ... 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...
... room as they
grew older, the place they spent much of their time, the more
formal rst oor being the domain of their mother. Eloise still felt
like that part ofthe house didn’t quite belong ... AM
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you could look at the fabric, at the room, at the house and for
that matter the city, and see reminder upon reminder of all that
had been lost.
Eloise had lived in the ... cry.
Eloise listened to her mother’s weeping for a moment, won-
dering with detachment if the sound of it would make her cry.
Then she closed the door.
Theo met her at the top ofthe stairs, her nger...
... MACQUARIE.
In the early days ofthe colonies their destinies were, to a great extent, moulded by the
Governors who had charge of them. Whether for good or for evil, the influence ofthe
Governor ...
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.
was no hope of defending ... curious to know whither
he had gone; but Australians of these days have learnt to honour the memory ofthe
man who first, in company with his friend, laid the foundation of so much of their
geography....
... the
advantage of erecting the standard ofthe cross, the emulation of his successor assumed the merit of subduing
the Arian heresy, and of abolishing the worship of idols in the Roman world. Theodosius ... arms at the
instigation ofthe philosopher Olympius, ^45 who exhorted them to die in the defence ofthe altars ofthe gods.
These Pagan fanatics fortified themselves in the temple, or rather fortress, ... Egypt; and the
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visions, which attested the presence, or at least the protection, ofthe Mother of God. ^32 The pulpit of the
Anastasia was the scene ofthe labors and triumphs of Gregory...