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...society. Atomic pictures are not his only passport to professional prestige. In various oil-and-water experiments he has earned the gratitude of oilmen. By pouring oil on water and letting the oil layer spread out to the thickness of one molecule he has been able to measure the exact size of the molecule and calculate the force with which it clings to the water...
...clamored for the specific rights of his own territory? How are the great arguments pro and con the freeing of the slaves to be expressed through the medium of sight? Obviously, such qualities as sight cannot reproduce must perforce be omitted from such a history. In science, where an exact process is performed before the camera, such a course is reasonable and commendable. Equally, when in the field of art, a picture must be reproduced to show to the many, the system works, since the visual is the only quality to be taken into consideration. But in the field...
...could be determined, however, the quake was about 4000 miles distant, and was estimated to have arisen in Mexico. This is the second disturbance within a month in that country, a severe shock having been recorded on March 22. The exact location of the disturbance will be known in a week, when records of seismographs throughout the country have been compared in Washington. The double quake was probably caused by two strata of rock slipping simultaneously...
...history of Crawley is extremely interesting from many standpoints," Professor Gras explained yesterday. "One can trace its economic and social life through centuries. I have photostats of records gathered from strong boxes of peasants, in the city hall, and in London of the exact activities of the hamlet since the year 1208. These unbroken records are very seldom found of English villages. In my study I want to emphasize, however, not only the remote past but its present condition...
...make it easy. Henry Farman, air pioneer, and half a dozen French army pilots tested instruments that can be used in darkest night or fog, because they make sight unnecessary. Where the pilot has confidence that a clear field lies below, he can trust the new instruments to register exact distances from the ground...