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A thesis on mechanical drawing in technical schools
(University of Missouri, 1905)
The variations of the courses offered in mechanical drawing in the technical schools are a matter worthy of attention. The fact that such variations exist is simply evidence of the difference of opinions of those having ...
Design of reinforced concrete settling basin for St. Joseph, MO
(University of Missouri, 1909)
The basin is designed for the City of St. Joseph, Missouri, to partly relieve the present basin, which has become inadequate for the present needs of the city. The capacity of the basin is 5,000,000 gallons, which is one ...
Geometry of four dimensions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1902)
In this thesis a brief outline of Four Dimensional Geometry, as far as the classification of quadrics, is attempted.
Minimum surfaces
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1904)
In this dissertation I propose to give some of the theory and develop some of the important formulas upon which Minimum Surfaces are based. In order to proceed with the development of Minimum Surfaces, it will be necessary ...
On the motion of a sphere on a rough horizontal plane
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1902)
The problem discussed in these pages is that of the motion of a billiard ball when struck by a horizontal cue. This is a special case of the motion of a sphere on a rough horizontal plane.
A criticism of Keller's Homeric society
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1908)
The sociological study of the Iliad and Odyssey entitled "Homeric Society", and compiled by Albert Galloway Keller, instructor in social science at Yale University, offers much interesting reading, much matter for careful ...
Convergence of an infinite series
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1902)
This thesis gives some of the more important tests for the convergence of an infinite series; also the conditions that must be fulfilled in order that certain operations and transformations may be applied to an infinite series.
Distribution of the tax burden
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1909)
Accepting income as a basis for taxation, we will examine the various methods of raising revenue for Federal, State, and local purposes and see how near, according to our standard of measure, they come to realize in practice ...
To what extent does a steer grow during process of fattening
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1910)
Three steers, numbered 18, 121, and 48, were chosen from the group of regular maintenance steers, on an experiment at the University of Missouri to find out the uses to which an animal puts its food.
Idylls of the king : a masterpiece
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1900)
Some say that the poetry of the future will disregard all its old laws of melody and measure and care nothing for beauty of form; others say that it will care for nothing else, that it will lose all its moral meaning and ...
On finite groups with special reference to Klein's Ikosaeder
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1904)
In speaking of the icosahedron and other regular solids in the following work we shall include not only the space construction but also the sphere surface upon which the corners, edges and faces of the solids may be ...
Anatomy of Ascidia viridis u. sp.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1902)
All the observations for this description were made from specimens preserved either in formalin or picro-formalin. The formalin specimens, which were left in the test, were found to be in the best condition. Those preserved ...
Inwiefern Lessing in seinem wortschaftz vom modernen neuhochdeutschen sprachgebrauch abweicht
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1902)
Discusses Lessings works and their influence on German language.
Singular solutions of differential equations of the first order
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1900)
A differential equation may be formed from all algebraic equations by the elimination of the arbitrary constants between the latter and its derivatives. The number of derivations being equal to the number of arbitrary ...
Contact resistance
(University of Missouri, 1906)
Nearly every possible loss of power about a dynamo has been investigated more or less thoroughly and efforts made to eliminate such loss by careful design of the part in which the loss occurs. The losses at the brushes due ...
A study of orchestral audition repertoire for violin
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-09-26)
Very few colleges have a career-intensive program of orchestral audition preparation in their applied violin curriculum. This dissertation attempts to satisfy the need for a curriculum of audition repertoire study in the ...
A proposed water power plant for the University of Missouri
(University of Missouri, 1909)
Hydro-Electric Power Development is fast becoming one of the largest branches of engineering. Much attention is being paid to it in all good engineering schools. But it is impossible to get much out of the study unless a ...
The history of legislative provision for defectives in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1908)
The Insane: The class of defectives first provided for by legislation in Missouri was the insane or "persons of unsound mind", as they were called. This priority of legislative provision is probably accounted for by the ...
Euripides as a poet of nature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1902)
On the shores of Salamis, Euripides used for his study a cave which overlooked the sea, and in this secluded place wrote most of his tragedies. Thus leading a life of seclusion, Euripides devoted much time to studying ...
Presentation and stage setting of Greek tragedy of the fifth century B.C.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1902)
The purpose of this thesis is to see what facts we may gather concerning the presentation and stage setting of Greek Tragedy of the fifth century B. C. from the study of the extant plays of Aeschylus and several of those ...