A Modern Herculaneum: Story of the New Richmond Tornado. E-book. Formato PDF Anna P. Epley   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

This account of the grievous whirlwind which swept over the little city of New Richmond and ad jacent country, June 12, 1899, is given as a record of the event in its many phases of detail, because of the importance of the results to individuals affected by it, and in the hope that some benefit may result from its Suggestions.

Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan. E-book. Formato PDF Annie Shepley Omori   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Izumi Shikibu's Diary is written with extreme delicacy of treatment. English words and thought seem too downright a medium into which to ren der these evanescent, half-expressed sentences and poems — vague as the misty mountain scenery of her country, with no pronouns at all, and without Verb in?ections. The shy reserve of the lady's writ ten record has induced the use of the third person as the best means of suggesting it.

The Rise and Development of the Liquefaction of Gases. E-book. Formato PDF Willett Lepley Hardin   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

In tracing the development of the methods em ployed in the liquefaction of gases, it is perhaps advisable to divide the work into four periods. The four chapters Of this volume correspond to these periods. The first chapter is concerned with the early history of the subject. In this period some of the earlier observations on the compression of gases, and likewise a few disconnected experiments on the liquefaction of gases, are considered. These investigations are only of historical interest, and hence are only briefly outlined.