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The use of fats in cooking
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
The cost of food is the all important question at the present time. Our people must be fed. The problem is to discover what available foods will give the most nutritive value at a minimum cost. When we observe that a pound ...
The use of the fable in Roman satire
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
It is the purpose of this paper to collect, discuss, and as far as possible to trace to their origin the fables which are used in Latin Satire. The term Satire has been used throughout the discussion to designate those ...
Teaching of physics in the high school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1911)
There is much unrest as to physics instruction in the high schools, as evidenced by the many and varied discussions of methods of teaching that subject. No phase of the question has been overlooked, laboratory methods, ...
Use of formamidines in the determination of structure
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1910)
In our research we have endeavored to make a number of condensations with the formamidines with compounds containing CO-CH2-CO- as did Jones, save that in some cases we used different bodies and also endeavored to make ...
The theory of social unity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
The origin and nature of society: The evoluationary origin of man doubtless lies somewhere in the middle or late miocene. (1). It is commonly held, and is doubtless true, that this remote mutant type of the human stook ...
John Horne Burns : Toward a Critical Biography
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1985)
The dissertation traces John Horne Burns's life and career as a novelist and English teacher, from his origins in Andover through his literary success with The Gallery (1947), Lucifer with a Book (1949), and A Cry of ...
The care of the dependent classes in Columbia, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
It would seem at first thought that Columbia would have no serious charity problem, that it is so advantageously situated that poverty and dependency would be reduced to a minimum. The city has a population of 13,122, most ...
The organization of the courts of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
This thesis details the history of the court organization of Missouri and offers conclusions about its problems. Perhaps the most important defect in the judicial system of the state has been lack of coordination. The ...
Theodor Fontanes "Effi briest", eine studie im realismus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
This study of the German realist novel "Effi Briest" by Theodor Fontane, is an elaboration on the principles put forth in the book "Die Rolle des Erzählers in der Epik", or The Role of the Narrator in the Epic, by Dr. ...
Some factors on the innervation of the heart with special reference to the cardiac accelerator mechanism of the heart of the turtle Emydoidea blandingi
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
The first suggestion of an accelerator nervous mechanism for the heart was given by Legallois in 1812. He found in the dog and oat that stimulation of the cord by its sudden destruction produced an increase in the force ...
A comparison of the point scale and the group method of measuring mental ability
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
Within the past decade great interest has arisen in the measurement of mental ability. As a result a vast deal of literatures has been written upon this subject. Psychologists have suggested and secured norms for many ...
The social and political effects of the Spanish Colonial system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
The Spanish colonies in America were occupied by three races, whose mixture and action upon each other produced a new race and a new society. Of the three race elements, the negro is of no importance, except in the islands ...
The effects of background on the color behavior of Anolis Carolinensis (Cuv.)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
It is peculiar fact, so far as the literature of the color changes in Anolis Carolinexsis is conerned, that no one has as yet investigated the effects of background on theses changes, -- it is a further peculiarity, the I ...
An improved method for the qualitative separation and determination of the lead, barium, and strontium ions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
More accurate and distinct tests in Qualitative analysis are continually sought. Sing L. J. Curtman and E. Frankel showed the source of the inaccurate attending the qualtative determination of the barium ion, new methods ...
The extraction and recovery of radium from low grade American pitchblende ores
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
The pitchblende deposits of the United States are widely distributed, altho the most extensive deopsits are found in Colorado. In the past many of them yielded ore carrying high percentages of uranium oxie (U[subscript ...
The killing of plant tissue by low temperature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
The term freezing to death is applied to a very specific set of phenomena in plants. With all plant tissues, when a certain temperature is reached very shortly after thawing, it will be found that the tissue has taken on ...
Composition of drainage water of Hinkson and Grindstone creeks
(University of Missouri, 1911)
A chemical analysis of water is carried on by very different methods, depending on the use to which the water is to be put. These methods may be conveniently classified as, (a) those in which the potability of water is ...
High school records and reports
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
School reports published annually are compiled from the records and reports made during the school year, and unless there is something of uniformity in the records and reports kept by the various schools, the reports ...
A comparison of some methods of estimating radium
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
The quantitative determination of the small amounts of radium present in the atmosphere, spring waters, minerals and rocks involves two steps: (1) The quantitative separation of the radium emanation in a known weight of ...
A Study of the effect of liming an acid soil on the growth of certain legumes and non-legumes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
A number of investigators have found that applications of lime to an acid soil have in many cases resulted in a depression of crop yields. This effect has been observed especially in connection with pot cultures where ...