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The Washington and Lee University Price Index
Past expenditure patterns for Washington and Lee (fiscal years 1978-1981) are described through the use of price indexes. The expenditures included are a representative sample of total spending at Washington and Lee. The ... -
Thesis in Chemistry [Double Cesium and Rubidium Salts of Lead Tetrabromide]
Salts in which lead is quadrivalent are comparatively unstable and usually they readily pass over into the corresponding compounds in which the lead is divalent. Salts of Hexa-chloroplumbic acid 2Hcl. Pb cl4 are known and ... -
Thesis on Concrete
The three investigations made are: 1. Effect of surface area on strength of concrete. 2. Consistency test: ie. Variable water ratio. 3. Density test. [From introductory section] -
Thesis on Gypsum
The subject of this thesis is to try to prove that dead burnt gypsum will set if it has a nucleui to set around and for this nucleui to be furnished with a given % of either gypsum or plaster of Paris. To confirm the ... -
A Thesis on the Potash Contained in Leaves
We see then that in 100 pounds of leaves there is .16 pounds of potash. Further, 100 pounds of leaves, thoroughly dry, will constitute a volume of about 21 bushels. Hence in the large volume of 21 bushels of leaves there ... -
Thesis: On Double Sulphates of Copper and Cadmium
The object of this work was to investigate the possibility of a double sulphate of coppper and cadmium, and to obtain such, a solution of each was mixed with the other in different ratios and allowed to evaporate spontaneously, ... -
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Through Reason to Imagination: The Intellectual Development of C. S. Lewis (1922-1960)
Lewis' literary transformation is, too, complete. The Oxford youth who intended to fashion a philosophic New Look simply because he was "against government" surrendered not only his will but also his reason to the depths ... -
Toward the Synthesis of Tricyclic Octanes
I began my research as a continuation of the summer research of Miss Julie Kugel of Northwestern University. She worked under a National Science Foundation grant. She had begun work on synthesizing Tricyclo (2.1.l.0 24) ... -
Treatise on Highway Construction and Maintenance
In this discussion I shall endeavor to discuss the problem of highway construction in a general way, but especially the construction of a modern highway in a country which has a natural deposit of gray limestone such as ... -
Triumph and Tradition in Veronese's Venice: Political Propaganda in the Doge's Palace
Works such as the Triumph of Venice seem only ornate, skillfully painted images of allegory and overblown state glory. Yet upon further inspection, the relationship of this work to the Paradise connects the power of the ... -
The Uhlan Chancellor, Franz von Papen and the End of the Weimar Republic
What is the verdict n von Papen? History has yet to pronounce it, but historians of the past generation have not judged his case sympathetically. Todcy and for some time to come students who examine it will ask, above all, ... -
Ulysses and "Among school children": Encountering, and Encounters in, Joyce and Yeats
Conclusions seem best when tentative, and it is with that frame of mind that I now try to "wrap up" this project. These two essays on Joyce and Yeats do not overlap perfectly, but there are some areas of reasonable concord. ... -
Understanding Museums: How Design and Hanging Affect the Viewer
A popular mythology exists which claims the museum as a neutral, objective place for viewing art. Contrary to that myth, however, the museum is, by its very nature, anything but objective. It tells stories. Museum staff ... -
Unilateral Lesions of the Hippocampus Result in Circling Behavior: Effects on the Dopamine System
Rotational behavior, induced by unilateral lesions of a number of brain regions has long been studied as a model of various dopamine- (DA) related diseases. The hippocampal formation is interconnected with many of the ... -
The United States Foreign Relations with Vichy Government, 1940-1942
To attempt to find clear cut distinctions within the Vichy policy of the United States is almost impossible. There are contradictions and "double-edged swords" lurking behind almost every development. The policy was not ... -
Unity Through Resonance: A Study of the Function of Imagery in Browning's The Ring and the Book
This paper will direct itself to answering the question, How does imagery unify The Ring and the Book? The answer lies in the repeated use of images having the same subject. . . . Anne Stevenson, in another context, ... -
Unofficial Dollarization and Market Integration: The Case of Latin America
This study examines the relationship between unofficial dollarization and goods market integration in the context of dollarizing Latin American nations and the United States. While a breadth of research focuses on the ... -
Unspeakable Visions: The Innovative Poetry and Prose of Gerard Manley Hopkins and Jack Kerouac
Throughout the experiences and poetry and prose of Gerard Manley Hopkins and Jack Kerouac, the careful reader will see that both of the writers strove to extend the limits of their chosen art form. They worked carefully ...