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Taxation and regulation of railways in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1911)
The state of Missouri is officially related to the railways of the State in two very distinct matters; that of taxation and that of regulation of rates of pay and quality of service of the roads. This paper will deal ...
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, ...
Study of the spectroscopic binary [alpha] Andromedae
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
Spectrum analysis may perhaps be said to date from the year 1666 when Sir Isaac Newton discovered that rays of light of different colors are of different refrangibility. Later he discovered that a beam of white light coming ...
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 ...
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 best winter ration for the dairy heifer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
The increasing demand for dairy cows, and cows of greater efficiency has led to a more systematized rearing of the dairy heifer. The need of a winter ration, considering the economic price and amount of food consumed, is ...
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 ...
Tendencies to emphasize practical problems in the teaching of physics in secondary schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1910)
Perhaps no subject in the secondary school curriculum has greater possibilities than the subject of physics. Most of the sciences are more or less dependent upon it. Not a single one can stand alone. Indeed, approximately ...
Early history of money and banking in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1906)
Since money is an instrument of commerce it follows that a history of money that did not take into account the extent and character of exchanges would be lacking in a most essential respect. In a highly developed state of ...
English secondary schools in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1907)
English secondary education was not a product of the Reformation period, but existed and flourished in earlier times. Apparently reading and writing were everywhere common among the people, for we find that the principal ...
Outdoor relief by the counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1909)
In the following pages the results of a somewhat isolated study of outdoor relief are presented. The general value of the study probably lies in the novel view it affords of a public relief system in the earlier stages of ...
The English sonnet from Wyatt to Milton
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1904)
In 1557 there was published in London a little volume hardly known to students of English Literature by the name it then bore, but familiarly known from the name of the publisher as Tottel's Miscellany. This book was a new ...
The essay in Greek literature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1906)
That the essay is a form of literature created by Montaigne, that it was unknown before him, and is distinctively modern, is a theory generally prevalent among the literary public of our time. But it is altogether contrary ...
Effect of temperature, density, and strength of electric current on the spectra of gases
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1901)
Light may be defined as that vibration of the ether which, acting on the organ of sight, produces in us the sensation of vision. But when, on reflection, we realize that the sense of sight is the most useful of all man's ...
Euripides' idea of God and his attitude toward contemporary religion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1901)
What were the ideas which Euripides entertained in regard to the divine government of the universe and an over ruling deity and what attitude did he sustain toward the gods of Greece as commonly accepted in his time? This ...
Disposal of the east side sewage, Columbia, Mo.
(University of Missouri, 1908)
Owing to the location of the main sewer system of Columbia, Missouri, and the topography of the immediate and surrounding country on which the city is located, it is difficult to dispose of the sewage of the east part of ...
Construction and tests of reinforced concrete floor slabs and reinforced concrete floor system
(University of Missouri, 1911)
In the use of reinforced concrete for the construction of buildings, it is of importance that the structure be made as light as is consistent with strength. Especially is this true of concrete floors in concrete or steel ...
The physiological significance of the anatomical changes produced in nerve cells by the action of certain bacterial toxins
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
During the last four years there has been a considerable amount of original investigation in this laboratory of the changes in nerve cells resulting from many forms of stimulation, both normal, and in the sense of being ...
Mental tests of school children
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
The gradation and classification of pupils, the nature of the curriculum and methods of teaching, have long been vital questions for educators. The mental measuring rods for classification and promotion which have been ...
Life and work of George Caleb Bingham
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
Attracted by the artists of the periods of great art activity, we are likely to forget those who have kept the light burning when conditions have been most unfavorable. The wonder is often expressed concerning Bingham that ...