... prevalent at the time, the man who shipped the largest quantities of oil should get the lowest rate. The purchase ofthe Cleveland refineries made the Standard Oil group the largest shippers and therefore ... left the production of crude oil in the hands ofthe private drillers, but practically every other branch ofthe business passedultimately into their hands. Both the New York Central and the ... directions. The enormousprofits made by the Rockefeller group have found investments in other fields. The Rockefellers became the owners ofthe great Mesaba iron ore range in Minnesota and ofthe Colorado...
... yet discovered the cause ofthe car's sudden loss of power. But even as he spoke, the mystery was solved. There wasa leak in the petrol-tank, near the bottom; the last drop of essencehad ... fired the diamonds in a tiara which crowned a head of waved grey hair.There were billows of violet satin and lace to keep off the ground; and as the groom helped the wearer to adjust them underher ... and passedon through the gate.I could have sung the song ofthe stars. She had not forgottenme since the afternoon. The look in my eyes then, had arrestedsome thought of hers, and set me apart...
... dividendby the coefficient ofthe divisor for the coefficient ofthe quotient, subtract the exponent of each letter in the divisor from the exponent ofthe same letter in the dividend for the exponent of ... and the rep-resentation of numbers by letters. The solution of problems is one ofthe mostvaluable portions ofthe work, in that it serves to develop the thought-power of the pupil at the same ... feet. Each of the two is 1500 feet larger than each ofthe three. What is the size of the lots?12. Four pumps, two of one size and two of another, can pump 106 gallons perminute. If the smaller...
... form of considerable importance in the consideration ofthe problem of the cooling ofthe earth’s crust.In the problem ofthe permanent state of temperatures in a thin rectangularplate, the ... recedefrom the base; we shall attempt to find the temperature at any point of the plate.Let us take the base as the axis of X and one end ofthe base as the origin.Then to solve the problem ... case the as-sumption made in the last problem, that there exists a solution ofthe equationin which the dependent variable is the product of two factors each of which in-volves but one of the...
... all ofthe branches are situated. We know the real shape of each branch, but we do not know whether it lies on the hither or on the farther side of the plane of projection.23 The ProjectGutenberg ... July 13, the position ofthe shadow ofthe satelliteis for 8h40m; July 16, planet unsteady.93Colors ofthe Equatorial Belts.North ofthe narrow, light rift in the northern part ofthe north ... regulate the proceedings ofthe meetings, and to have a general supervision ofthe affairs of the Society.ARTICLE V. The Secretaries shall keep and have the custody ofthe records; they shall have the...
... packed their lunch-box. The lastminute, they ran across the street to telltheir playmates good-by. When they cameback, Daddy had brought the car to the front ofthe house and was carrying out the little ... allover the floor. He put them back in the chest; and then he hung his sign in the window again." ;The next day Joe passed by and saw the sign; and he too went in and asked for the job. The druggist ... Joyce."No, the queen never uses her sting exceptwhen in battle with another queen bee; but the other bees take care of her, even ifthey must die for her sake. There aredifferent kinds of bees in the...
... soon asthey find another queen, some of themmust move out."When the bees are swarming, theyalways take good care of their queen.Sometimes they settle on a limb of a tree;and while they ... packed their lunch-box. The lastminute, they ran across the street to telltheir playmates good-by. When they cameback, Daddy had brought the car to the front ofthe house and was carrying out the little ... come out of hercell, the old queen gathers her followersand they swarm." ;The queen bee lays the eggs; and when the eggs hatch, the hive is so full of beesthat it cannot hold them all....
... manners, the lowest pair of villains imaginable, go intopartnership in a dirtier business. Theirstock-in-trade consisted ofthe peculiaridiom ofthe man about town, the audacity of poverty, the ... upper end ofthe Rue deNavarin and the line ofthe boulevards.In ten minutes' time they had come to anend of all the deep reflections, all the moralizings, small and great, all the badpuns ... cranium,appeared an elderly profile, half-official,half-soldierly, with a comical admixture of arrogance,—altogether something likecaricatures ofthe Constitutionnel. The sometime official finding that...
... some of themwhich we used, ofthe way in which the bit of iron, taken out of its uselessness, itshelplessness, and set in the midst of the great machine, thereby recognizes the purpose of its ... help the work of God by the control of their ownpassions and the fulfilment of their ownduty, will be stirred to the higher life. Men—very often we do not trust them enough—will answer to the ... of them,there could come this other power, ifalong with them there could come the certainty that if you refrain from that sinto-night you make the sum of sin that is in the world, and so the...
... reflect upon them. These operationsconstitute what are called the JudicialProcesses ofthe Mind. The Judicial Processes ofthe Mind are of two kinds, so that, in the last analysis,there are, ... LAWS OF ASSOCIATION The Seeming Chaos of MindI f there is any one thing in the world thatseems utterly chaotic, it is the way inwhich the mind wanders from one subject of thought to another. ... taste and a certain softness of touch, all arising from the same source,then by a series of classifying judgmentsyou put all these different sensationstogether, assign them to the same object,and...
... vibrations of the ether, sound to those ofthe air, etc. Theseefficient use ofthe mind in the attainment of practical ends.To comprehend these mental methodsand to make use of them in businessaffairs ... between the object and the body; third, the impression upon the The HumanTelephonewith the ether vibrations that areconstantly impinging upon the surface of the body has been likened to that of the transmitter, ... isreceived by the central office.Many of our sensations, especially those of touch, seem to occur on the periphery of the body—that is to say, at that part of the exposed surface ofthe body which...
... Herravälde" is the Swedishtranslation of Andrew Carnegie's (1835—1919) " ;The Empire of Business". Thistranslation was first published in 1902,with a 2nd edition in 1910. The translator's ... Carlberg(1851—1925).This e-text was produced for Project Gutenberg from Project Runeberg's digitalfacsimile edition, which is based on the 2nd edition (1910), available athttp://runeberg.org/arbherra/This ... the 2nd edition (1910), available athttp://runeberg.org/arbherra/This is a plain text file using the ISO8859-1 (Latin-1) character set(É,é = E,e-acute; Å,å = A,a-ring; Ä,ä =A,a-umlaut; Ö,ö =...
... orfurniture." It is the fear of what Mrs.Grundy may say that keeps the noses of many worthy families to the grindstone. Inwould not tear a new sheet of paper, ifthey could avoid it, for the world. ... they were but five yearsold, their father could find no toy to pleasethem like a puzzle. They are naturalmechanics; but the other eight or nine boyshave different aptitudes. I belong to the latter ... reached the house, it was found necessary to get the end ofthe year, and yet have a goodincome, I advise you to take a few sheets of paper and form them into a book andmark down every item of expenditure.Post...
... trou; il n'avait qu'àtravailler.fauteuil, la Maman achevait la lecture del'Officiel, Berthe tournait les pages d'unlivre à images, devant un pupitre Léonieachevait ses devoirs, ... avaient faitsuccessivement conseiller général,président du tribunal de commerce,chevalier puis officier de la Légiond'honneur, et enfin député.C'était petitement que le premier Adelineavait ... ce qui lui restait de propriétés, ilsavaient acheté le château du Thuit, auxenvirons de Bourgtheroulde. A la vérité,ce nom de «château» les avait un momentarrêtés et failli empêcher leur...
... to meet the needs ofthe occasionor make capital out ofthe mood or the comments ofthe prospect. The correspondent cannot afford to ignorethese handicaps under which his letterenters the prospect's ... goods are packed, the condition in which they are received by the customer, the probable time requiredin reaching the customer.Another nearby source of information is the status ofthe customer's ... and then you willbe able to sell others. The first source of material for the correspondent is in the house itself. Hisknowledge must run back to the source of raw materials: the kinds of materials...