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Pseudo-classicismus in der deutschen litteratur
(University of Missouri, 1901)
Discusses the pseudo-classicism themes in German literature during the 17th and 18th centuries.
The crown gall disease of the apple : a discussion of the malady in general as applied to Missouri : experiments with the disease
(University of Missouri, 1903)
With ever increasing frequency for the past few years attention has been called to the existence of an affection of apple trees known as Crown Gall. This trouble, which is also known as "root gall", consists of galls or ...
The attitude of the ancient Greek writers toward oracles
(University of Missouri, 1908)
The object of this dissertation is to show to what extent the educated people of ancient Greece believed in the reality, power, and authority of the oracles. There is no doubt that the common people believed implicitly. ...
Comparison of some standards of radioactivity
(University of Missouri, 1909)
Investigators on the continent of Europe have used the C.G.S. electrostatic standard, while those in England and this country have generally used the Boltwood radium emanation standard. Now McCoy and Ashman have already ...
Convergence of an infinite series
(University of Missouri, 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.
The taxation of railway gross receipts in Wisconsin
(University of Missouri, 1902)
The classification of railways for the purpose of taxation is one of the prominent features of the Wisconsin system. By means of the classification certain railways are fostered and the industrial development of the state ...
The effects of various planes of nutrition upon the cost of maintenance, reproduction, and development of beef cows
(University of Missouri, 1916)
The frequency with which valuable animals reproduce themselves has always been a factor of economic importance in the pure bred cattle business. Great economic changes during the last few years have made this an important ...
Elementary agriculture for city high schools
(University of Missouri, 1913)
The experience of teaching Agriculture in the high school for a number of years has impressed upon the writer the need of a more careful selection of material than is indicated by most of the text book in Elementary ...
The election laws of Missouri
(University of Missouri, 1910)
On June 18, 1808, the Legislative Council provided for the election of five trustees in incorporated municipalities and a survey of this first election law reveals the general principles which will be found to underlie ...
The efficiency of the farm diary in accounting investigations
(University of Missouri, 1914)
As stated in the subject, the purpose of this paper is to set forth the efficiency in accounting investigations of the Diary system of keeping Farm records. This system of keeping farm records is known as the farm diary. ...
Electrolytic rectifiers
(University of Missouri, 1912)
More than a half-century ago, Wheatstone, in experimenting with the electro-chemical behavior of certain elements, laid the foundation for the modern chemical rectifier. In the year 1855, he found that aluminum as anode ...
The efficiency of certain methods of preserving milk samples for chemical analysis with special reference to the protein constituents
(University of Missouri, 1911)
The need has long been felt for an efficient preservative for milk samples intended for chemical analysis. Since it is not feasible to make all analyses on the fresh sample some means must be used to preserve the milk. The ...
The use of faxo and obsecro in Plautus
(University of Missouri, 1904)
In the reading of Plautus one notices many words used paratactically which in classical Latin subordinate the following clause. Prominent among these words are faxo and obsecro, and it is the purpose of this paper to discuss ...
Paramagnetic and diamagnetic substances and the effect of temperature on them
(University of Missouri, 1901)
In the latter part of the eighteenth century only a few substances, such as iron, nickle, and cobalt were thought to possess magnetic properties. Little by little, research work has gone on until now, it is believed that ...
Methylene condensations
(University of Missouri, 1909)
It has long been known that such compounds as acetoacetic ester, CH3-CO-CH2-COOC2H5, benzoyl aceton C6H5CO-GH2CO-CH3, acetyl acetone CH3-CO-CH2-CO-CH3, acetone dicarboxylic ether C2H5CO-CH2-CO-CH2-CO-C2H3- malonic ester ...
Literary art of Schiller : with especial reference to the use of "effects" or emotional inference in his dramas
(University of Missouri, 1901)
In this thesis there has been no attempt made to reach new conclusions. In fact, the subject would scarcely admit of that, since the emotions we experience have all been felt before. The sole purpose has been to analyze ...
The history of legislative provision for defectives in Missouri
(University of Missouri, 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 ...
Minimum surfaces
(University of Missouri, 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 ...
The gods of the Aeneid
(University of Missouri, 1903)
This thesis contains descriptions and analysis of several of the gods from Virgil's Aeneid.
Persius' debt to Horace.
(University of Missouri, 1906)
In the comparison of the Satires of Persius with those of Horace it will be found that there are many similar passages. Some of these passages are alike in thought, while others contain the same group of words, but the ...