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...beta rays (electrons, negatively charged particles) rat-tat-tat-ing against the atoms of elements might conceivably change those elements into new and precious forms. Mercury might yet become gold, as alchemists dreamed. Theoretically the procedure is simple. An atom of mercury contains at its centre, 198 protons (positively charged particles) and 118 electrons. Around that nucleus swirl 80 more electrons. These complete the mercury balance of 198 electrons against 198 protons. An atom of gold contains 197 protons and 118 electrons in its nucleus and 79 more electrons shooting around them. If it becomes possible for the beta particles...
These dogs are, as the case may be, worthless or precious beyond monetary considerations. Not so the dogs who get around to dog shows. There, every dog has a price; as he wins more prizes his value increases, his stud fees or her puppies are worth more money. With this speculative element in the sport, breeding pedigreed dogs becomes a business. Talavera Margaret, for instance, the winner of the show, was when very young sold by her breeder for $15. Later, he rebought her and sold her for $1,250, a fraction of her present value. The prizes offered...
...famous knees, she may adorn the front page of the Mirror. She may return with the count whose title proved a misnomer at Monte Carlo. She may be hailed as the leading emotionalist of the stage, for all the world loves a lovable Lorelei especially if her diction is precious and her ankles thin. But though the world play suppliant at her feet, yet all this is as nothing if the keystone of her career has not been dropped into place. If the joyful tidings have not been shared in the corridors of Sever, if the word has not been...
White elephants are a symbol for useless beauty, for that which is at the same time precious and without value. In the Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal, last week, the Central Furniture Co. of Louisville inserted a full-page advertisement of a sale. Around the edge of the page, in the corners of the page, through the middle of the page, were pictures of elephants, elephants, elephants, silhouetted in white against a black background. In all there were 21 small white elephants, one large white elephant. Under each small frisky pachyderm was noted some item included in the sale, as "Jumbo...
...John Dryden. Were it not for the fact that Congreve and to turn to the opposite pole, Bunyan are also included in the reading list the course would be just what one would expect from the author of "The Hind and the Panther." Few undergraduates have reached that precious stage where Dryden delights rather than bores...