The Technical World Magazine, Volume 17Technical World Company, 1912 |
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... raise wheat at a profit because " the market " was against it . Lubin wondered what " the market " might be , and why it prevented California from raising wheat that millions of people needed . He set out to answer the riddle . Other ...
... raise wheat at a profit because " the market " was against it . Lubin wondered what " the market " might be , and why it prevented California from raising wheat that millions of people needed . He set out to answer the riddle . Other ...
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... raised . Before the pieces were half finished a lake burst out from the upper glacier and the river rose twenty feet in an hour . Here was a ticklish test - and the bridge stood . On account of the floating ice no tem- porary bridge was ...
... raised . Before the pieces were half finished a lake burst out from the upper glacier and the river rose twenty feet in an hour . Here was a ticklish test - and the bridge stood . On account of the floating ice no tem- porary bridge was ...
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... raised several feet above the delta level . Today that whole stretch of forty miles is an hour's pleasant run over a roadbed that equals almost any in the East and through a country that fairly smiles at you . But it did not smile to ...
... raised several feet above the delta level . Today that whole stretch of forty miles is an hour's pleasant run over a roadbed that equals almost any in the East and through a country that fairly smiles at you . But it did not smile to ...
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... raised to one - half million dollars . Out of their operations , the four partners in the Burr concern are esti- mated to have made fifteen million dol- lars , and they had just entered upon an advertising campaign which would have cost ...
... raised to one - half million dollars . Out of their operations , the four partners in the Burr concern are esti- mated to have made fifteen million dol- lars , and they had just entered upon an advertising campaign which would have cost ...
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... raise the floor of Bering Sea until it emerges high and dry , joining the Americas with Asia , the Occident with the Orient , man's newest conquest with the cradle of his race . Nor is this possibility so remote , for the western ...
... raise the floor of Bering Sea until it emerges high and dry , joining the Americas with Asia , the Occident with the Orient , man's newest conquest with the cradle of his race . Nor is this possibility so remote , for the western ...
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Page 440 - I do the very best I know how — the very best I can ; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.
Page 198 - Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain tops that freeze, Bow themselves, when he did sing: To his music plants and flowers Ever sprung ; as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring. Every thing that heard him play, Even the billows of the sea, Hung their heads, and then lay by. In sweet music is such art, Killing care and grief of heart Fall asleep, or hearing, die.
Page 191 - SPRING, the sweet spring, is the year's pleasant king; Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring, Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing: Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo! The palm and may make country houses gay, Lambs frisk and play, the shepherds pipe all day, And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay: Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!
Page 328 - No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you, that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
Page 157 - Go to your work and be strong, halting not in your ways, Baulking the end half-won for an instant dole of praise. Stand to your work and be wise — certain of sword and pen, Who are neither children nor Gods, but men in a world of men ! THE FIRST CHANTEY.
Page 191 - Spring, the sweet Spring, is the year's pleasant king ; Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring. Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing. Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we. to-witta-woo ! The palm and May make country houses gay.
Page 337 - What are they moving the church for?" "Well, stranger, I'm the mayor of these diggin's, an' I'm fer law enforcement. We've got an ordinance what says no saloon shall be nearer than three hundred feet from a church. I give "em three days to move the church.
Page 454 - In such declarations all of the food substances used for coating should be mentioned. Any coloring matter or other substances that may be employed to change the tint of the rice should be declared on the label. The question of the wholesomeness of paraffin, talc, or other non-food substances used is to be construed in such a way as to protect the health of those most susceptible to their influences. Rice is a diet often prescribed for those suffering from impaired digestion. The use of paraffin in...
Page 213 - A colored man was brought before a police judge charged with stealing chickens. He pleaded guilty and received sentence, when the judge asked how it was he managed to lift those chickens right under the window of the owner's house when there was a dog in the yard. "Hit wouldn't be no use, jedge." said the man, "to try to 'splain dis thing to yo'. Ef you was to try it you like as not would get yer hide full of shot an get no chickens, nuther.
Page 99 - A somewhat unpatriotic little son of Italy, twelve years old, came to his teacher in the public school and asked if he could not have his name changed. "Why do you wish to change your name?" the teacher asked. "I want to be an American. I live in America now. I no longer want to be a Dago." "What American name would you like to have?" "I have it here," he said, handing the teacher a dirty scrap of paper on which was written — Patrick Dennis McCarty.