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Pressure, Resistance, and Stability of EarthPressure, Resistance, and Stability of Earth - American Society of Civil Engineers: Transactions, Paper No. 1174, Volume LXX, December 1910In the final discussion of the writer's paper, "The Bracing of Trenches and Tunnels, With Practical Formulas for Earth Pressures,"[B] certain minor experiments were noted...
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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 425Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 425 - Volume 17, New Series, February 21, 1852At six, on a bright morning, the 1st of September 1851, we left the quay of Trieste in the steamer for Venice. We were in no particular mood upon the subject. If...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-08Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-08By an order of the Food Controller rice has been freed from all restrictions as regards use. This drastic attempt to stem the prevailing craze for matrimony has not come a moment too soon. The Daily Mail...
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Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular LecturesWit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures In offering this book to the public no claim is made to literary merit or originality of thought. It is published with the same purpose its contents were spoken from the...
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Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885Within the past few years, however, the opinion has been gaining ground that the oil is stored in the sandrock itself in the minute spaces between the small grains of sand, not entirely filled by cementing material,...
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Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884Puerta del Sol, or Gate of the Sun, Madrid, is the most famous and favorite public square in the Spanish city of Madrid. It was the eastern portal of the old city. From this square radiate several...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 25th, 1920Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 25th, 1920"What we have got to do," says Lord Rothermere, "is to keep calm and mind our own business, instead of worrying about the affairs of every other nation." It seems only fair to point out...
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A Catechism of Familiar Things;A Catechism of Familiar Things; - Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. This book, a reprint of a successful English publication, has been so enlarged as to be to all intents and purposes new. It has been carefully revised by...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-01Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-01A Newcastle miner who was stated to be earning a pound a day has been fined ten pounds for neglecting his children. The idea of waiting till September 20th and letting Mr. Smillie neglect them does not...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 18th, 1920Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 18th, 1920"A few hours in Cork," says a Daily Mail correspondent, "will convince anyone that a civil war is near." A civil war, it should be explained, is one in which the civilians are at war...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 7th, 1920Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 7th, 1920About a month ago we lost our dog. I can't describe him, although I have tried from time to time; but Elaine, my wife, said I should not speak in that fashion of a dumb...
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The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2On last Thursday evening the Casual Club was gathered about a corner table in Sherry's. The great room was beautiful, the music brilliant, the setting and table appointments magnificent, and the dinner all that might be asked. There came...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-29Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-29The secret of industrial peace, says a sporting paper, is more entertainment for the masses. We have often wondered what our workers do to while away the time between strikes. "The cost of living for working-class families,"...
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Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888At a moment when the entire world has its eyes fixed upon the invalid of the Villa Zurio, it appears to us to be of interest to publish the portrait of his son, Prince William. The military...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-06-30Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-06-30Fewer births are recorded in Ireland during the past seven months. No surprise can be felt, for we cannot imagine anybody being born in Ireland on purpose just now. A London firm are now manufacturing what they...
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Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 FREE For 30 Days. Wishing to introduce our CRAYON PORTRAITS and at the same time extend our business and make new customers, we have decided to make this Special Offer: Send us a...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 4th, 1920Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 4th, 1920A drought is reported from India and Eastern Africa. Considering the amount of water which has recently escaped from clouds over here it is not surprising to find that they are feeling the pinch in...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28A Mile End man writes to The Daily Express to say that one of his ducks laid four eggs in one day. It seems about the most sensible thing the bird could have done with them. As...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 Reader! Were you ever in a Texian prairie? Probably not. I have been; and this was how it happened. When a very young man, I found myself one fine morning possessor of a Texas...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 14th, 1920Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 14th, 1920"Militarism has created a dragon whose fangs will never properly be drawn," announces a writer in a Sunday paper. This charge against Mr. Winston Churchill's dentist is, in our opinion, most unkind. The report that...
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