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A statistical study of the reliability of scale grading
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
Introduction [partial]: The purpose of this paper is to determine the reliability of a series of grades obtained by the use of the Ayres Measuring Scale for Handwriting. In order to make clearer the meaning of the results ...
The most favorable temperatures for the cooking of some typical foods
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
A search through available published material on the subject of the cooking of foods reveals for the most part only recommendations of fairly wide ranges rather than definite limits of temperature for the cooking of specified ...
The fat and lipase content of the liver
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
The object of this thesis is to ascertain if any broad correlation exists between the lipase content of an organ and its state of fat metabolism. The author has chosen the liver as an organ, with its lipase content and fat ...
Some factors influencing the lipase content of the blood
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
From the review of the literature of the lipase content of the blood it appears that no consistent series of determinations have been made through a period of time sufficient to learn under just what conditions the variation ...
The chouteau formation of East Central Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
This thesis describes the Chouteau limestone formations in East Central Missouri. It includes a map and photos as well as a discussion of economic implications.
A vector treatment of the projective properties of plane curves
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
1. Notations. Suppose that we have given a plan curve C, and a point O, not lying in the plane of the curve. If we draw vectors from point O, one to every point of the given curve, we produce a conical surface, the elements ...
The origin of the new monarchy : a study of Edward IV's reign
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
It is the purpose of this thesis to show that the so-called "New Monarchy", commonly ascribed to the Tudor period, had its beginnings when Edward IV - strong in hereditary rights, successful in battle, and relying for ...
Some correlation studies in maize
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
The most common method of selecting seed corn has been for many years to pick the best ears from the crib, no consideration whatever being given to the stalks on which they were borne. Within the last few years, however, ...
The geography of Boone county : historical and economic geography
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
This thesis discusses the geographical concerns of Boone County including its location, agriculture, economic dependencies, transportation capabilities, and people. The authors attempts to show correlation between the ...
Church Federation in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
1. A Divided Church. The 1906 Census Report on Religious Bodies gives the number of Protestant denominations in the United States as 164. We are so accustomed to this divided condition of Christendom, having no experience ...
The English Civil Parish
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
English constitutional history, since the beginning of the political revolution in the seventeenth century, has been the subject of study of every civilized nation. This wide spread interest has resulted in a thorough ...
Variation in the carbohydrate and diastase contents of the tissues after feeding
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
The literature of carbohydrate hydrolysis dates from 1912 when Kirchoff (1) hydrolized starch to sugar with strong acids. Dubunfraut (2) in 1830 got the same result with an extract of malt. The active principle of malt was ...
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 ...
Concretes and abstracts in the Old English epic Beowulf
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
That poem may surely be said to be abstract in character in which the motive is more real than the deed, in which the thoughts of a man's heart are given more dramatic prominence than the facts of his appearance, in which ...
Varietal resistance of oats to Puccinia Coronifera
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
Oats grow best in a cool, rather moist climate, and are most largely produced in the North Temperate Zone. Among the leading countries in the production of this crop are the United States, European Russia, Germany, France, ...
Women in war work, 1914-1918
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1919)
Contrary to the popular belief that women in factories are doing men's work, are the facts which are brought to light as the conditions of work when the factory system was established in the United States of America. It ...
Absorption of gases by charcoal in vacua
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
Work of Dewar and Others. -- That charcoal is a good obsorbent of gases has long been know. The subject was first investigate by Saussure, and a detailed examination of this property of charcoal was made by Hunter (Phil. ...
Transcendentalism of curves and of numbers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
Lindemann's proof that the number e can not be the root of an algebraic equation with algebraic coefficients and algebraic exponents furnishes us with an example of a curve, namely y-e[superscirpt x] which has only one ...
Some biological and chemical effects of sulfur upon plant growth and upon the soil
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
Abstract taken from the concluding paragraph of the Introduction to this thesis: ... The discovery of the fertilizing value of sulfur by accident in the application of sulfur to plants as a fungicide, has led several ...
Some observations on the life history of Strophitus edentulus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
Text is the Introduction to this thesis: Strophitus edentulus is a fresh water mussel which has been said to go through its metamorphosis both as a parasite on fish (Howard 1914) and without parasitism (Lefevre and Curtis ...