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...Flavius Asturius (fifth century), Areobindus (sixth century), the fifth century Byzantine diptych of an archangel in the British Museum, the front cover of the Psalter of Charles the Bald (ninth century), the South Kensington plate of Mary between Isaiah and Melchisedek (ninth century), a tenth century Holy Water vessel from Milan Cathedral, the Tutilo panel of the Book of Gospels from St. Gall, the Quedlinburg reliquary ascribed to King Henry the Fowler (tenth century), the comb of St. Heribert of Cologne (tenth to 11th century...
...These jars were furnished with covers, to protect the contents. The brine was collected from saline springs, placed in the jars, and allowed to stand until sediment had formed. The clear brine was then poured into great pans and evaporated over a fire. The forms of both types of vessel were perfectly adapted to the use to which they were...
...encourage the construction of the higher type of vessel suitable for naval auxiliaries of which we are so sorely in need, Senator Ransdell proposes "to allow the Shipping Board to create within the shortest period possible, out of the sale of its assets, at the world's market prices, a fund of $125,000,000, and to loan this money to American shipbuilders at not less than two per cent interest...
...crippled team which Coach Wachter will start. Captain McLeish is still out as a result of a twisted ankle received in the Brown game, while Fitts broke a blood vessel in his leg just before the contest with...
...other businesses. As regards the second evil--high operating expenses--the usual proposal is to offset them by some form of ship subsidy. But experience testifies that a subsidy has never accomplished its purpose--except in England, where it was employed solely to encourage the building of large, fast vessels, such as the Olympic, which would be of use as naval auxiliaries in time of war. Most often it results in the loss of efficiency and initiative on the part of ship owners and captains; it thus begets the need for a larger subsidy, until finally the entire operating cost...