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...minute, positively charged nucleus, neutralized by a number of negative electrons which surround it. The nucleus has always a definite number of positive charges upon it, varying from one (hydrogen) to 92 (uranium). Outside the nucleus are the negative electrons, varying in number in the same way. The outermost layer of these are the valence electrons, which mingle with those of other atoms in the process of combination. So far as physical science has gone, there have appeared but two fundamental entities, positive and negative electrons?the building stones of the universe...
...question of a Democratic candidate there was a conspicuously unprecedented silence. Of all possibilities only Lawyer John W. Davis was present. Odds against various Democratic candidates were quoted by a "well-known layer of bets" (in Washington) as follows...
...carrying capacity of the New York-Azores line of the Western Union Telegraph Co. 300% over similar cables. Officials of the Company believe it will revolutionize the cable industry. A trial cable, laid in deep water off Bermuda, withstood severe tests. In the new type of cable a thin layer of permalloy surrounds the copper core, under the gutta percha and wire coating on the outside...
...Under a layer of volcanic lava in the state of Colima, Mexico, James Philomon, Scotch mining engineer, discovered an ancient city estimated to be at least 4,000 years old. The Mexican Government has sent an expedition to investigate...
...Committee's report has suggested how the college can raise the calibre of its students: but it does not involve a change in the aim of their study. There is an alternative. Instead of setting the college apart by a cross-stratum, taking off the upper layer of scholars, a division might be made vertically. America needs now more than ever, a place for the pure liberal arts, the education that does not prepare for any calling in life except living. For the men who choose that education, who are willing to give the rest of the world a four...