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An essay on the foundations of geometry1. Geometry, throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, remained, in the war against empiricism, an impregnable fortress of the idealists. Those who heldas was generally held on the Continentthat certain knowledge, independent of experience, was possible about the...

Man a MachineThe French text presented in this volume is taken from that of a Leyden edition of 1748, in other words, from that of an edition published in the year and in the place of issue of the first edition. The title page...

Neighborhood StoriesWhen I die, said Calliope Marsh, dont you get anybody thats always treated me like a dog and put them on the front seat. Make em sit back. Then she looked at me, her rare and somewhat abashed smile on her face. Birds...

Tête-d'Or: A play in three acts O day! Having felt, like the touch of water upon the head, The desire to be alone and to weep where none could find me, Laughing I walked where the fragrance of the riotous garden spread Its honeyed...

A History of Inland Transport and Communication in EnglandDesigned as the introductory volume of a series of booksby various writersdealing with our "National Industries," the present work aims at telling the story of inland transport and communication from the earliest times to the present...

The Province of Midwives in the Practice of their Art - Instructing them in the timely knowledge of such difficulties as require the assistance of Men, for the preservation of Mother and Child; very necessary for the perusal of all the sex interested in...

Half Hours with the Lower Animals - Protozoans, Sponges, Corals, Shells, Insects, and CrustaceansAt the present day education is not complete without definite courses of nature study. We are living in an age of strenuous business life and activity, where the best equipped students...

The Wire Devils TWO switch lights twinkled; one at the east, and one at the west end of the siding. For the rest all was blackness. Half way between the switch lights, snuggled close against the single-tracked main line, the station, little more than...

Gesammelte SchulhumoreskenDie vorliegende Sammlung vereinigt zum erstenmal Ernst Ecksteins smtliche Schulhumoresken in einem Band. Einige davon, wie Der Besuch im Karzer, Samuel Heinzerlings Tagebuch, Schulhumor u. a., sind als Einzelbnde erschienen und haben in vielen Tausenden von Exemplaren Verbreitung gefunden; andere sind aus dem...

German Atrocities: A Record of Shameless DeedsIT was a little over a month after the declaration of war that reports of great events began to crowd in upon us. Much had happened in that short space of time. The enormous forces of the Kaiser...

A Guide to the Exhibition Illustrating Greek and Roman LifeIn this Exhibition an attempt has been made to bring together a number of miscellaneous antiquities which formed a part of the collections of the Department, in such a method as illustrates the purpose for...

Mikael SperanskiEsill olevan kuvauksen Mikael Speranskista on professori M.G. Schybergson julaissut "Finsk Tidskriftiss" vuosina 1893 ja 1894. Sittemmin on filos. kand. Ernst Neovius akatemiallisessa vitskirjassaan "Suomen raha-asiain jrjestmisest Porvoon valtiopivi lhinn seuraavina vuosina" esittnyt Speranskin ja maamme vlisist kosketuskohdista listietoja, joihin pyydetn asianharrastajaa viitata....

History of the Forty-second regiment infantry, Massachusetts volunteers, 1862, 1863, 1864This history of the regiment was undertaken by me at the special request of several officers who knew I had written, soon after the term of service expired, considerable matter relating thereto, for my...

The Captain of the GuardMany of the scenes and episodes which are delineated in the following story are taken from the annals of Scotland. Those which belong to romance I leave the reader to discover. My wish has been to portray the state of...

Corinne; or, ItalyWhatever defects may exist in my attempt at rendering "Corinne" into English, be it remembered, that we have many words for one meaningin French there are several significations for the same word. Repetition, an elegance in French, is a barbarism in English....

Setä FransHn istui seljin tuohon ulkopuolella meluavaan ihmisjoukkoon, joka liikuskeli siell edestakaisin. Heidn puheensa humua hn nhtvsti ei kuullut ensinkn. Tuskin hn kuuli musikkiakaan, joka parhaillaan soitteli Chopinin fantasiaa. Hn kietaisi silloin tllin pitsireunaisen shaalinsa tiviimmksi ymprilleen, hetkeksikn kntmtt ptns. Jotain tuossa olennossa oli...

Historie van het huis van Adriaan: Eene grappige vertellingDit is de dochter van Hillegond, die melkte de koe van zeshonderd pond, die omhoog smeet den hond, die wegjoeg de kat, die pakte de rat, die at van het graan, dat lag in het huis...

Soldering, Brazing and WeldingThis handbook, which explains in detail a variety of processes common to general metalworking, has been written by a number of thoroughly practical men, by whom it was contributed in another form to Work, the illustrated weekly journal of handicrafts and...

The Backwoods Boy; or, The Boyhood and Manhood of Abraham LincolnI venture to say that among our public men there is not one whose life can be studied with more interest and profit by American youth than that of Abraham Lincoln. It is not...

Life of Joseph Brant—Thayendanegea (Vol. I.) - Including the Border Wars of the American Revolution and Sketches of the Indian Campaigns of Generals Harmar, St. Clair, and Wayne; And Other Matters Connected with the Indian Relations of the United States and Great Britain, from...