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Acid Solutions of Nitryl Chloride Nitrations of Benzene
The suggestion has been made by Wise and Volpe (1) that solutions made from nitryl chloride and concentrated sulfuric acid may contain the nitronium ion. This was based upon the fact that these solutions contain no chlorine. ... -
A Meeting of Minds: Frederick the Great and Voltaire
Primary source material for this paper in addition to Frederick's and Voltaire's respective works was their correspondence which began in 1736 and ended in 1778. The original correspondence was exclusively written in French, ... -
Microfacies of the Middle Ordovician New Market limestone in Rockbridge County, Virginia
Two� sections were measured and their microfacies defined macroscopically at two locations in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Nineteen microfacies are defined on the basis of detailed petrographic study of one section. Most ... -
Changing Perspectives on Thought and Action in Andre? Malraux's Major Novels
Malraux has expressed his ideas concerning thought and action in many forms. He has explored the conflict between thought and action through various characters on both personal and political levels. He has evaluated "pure" ... -
Modesty and excess in the philosophical critique of the idea of public justification
This essay is the outcome of personal reflection on procedural rationality in politics. Finding a rational and universal principle behind a liberal doctrine has been the ambition of many philosophers who have believed in ... -
An Empirical Attack on the Traditional A Priori
Does this mean we should discard the entire methodology of a priori philosophy? If a priori examination requires a propositional conception of knowledge, then I would argue yes. Conceptual analysis is not a completely ... -
Many Shades of One Man: Heroic Personalities in the Works of J. R. R. Tolkien
Tolkien's heroes appeal to the reader because the heroic development of the individual is so apparent; heroes progress in noticeable ways which are easy for the reader to follow and understand. Plus, no heroic figure goes ... -
The Missing Piece of the Puzzle: Utility and the Just Allocation of Health Care Resources
The current American health care system is plagued by three main factors: out of control spending, allocation inequalities and profound scarcity. For example, the United States spend above 14% of its GDP on health care as ... -
The Relationship Between Psychological Androgyny and Performance on Piagetian Spatial Tasks in College Women
Past research has shown that males typically perform better than females on Piagetian spatial tasks. Other studies indicate that when a task is labelled "masculine" or "feminine", subjects tend to perform better in the ... -
The Role of the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala in Feeding and Monitoring Internal State Cues in the Rat
These experiments examined the role of the central nucleus of the amygdala (CN) in rats' ability to use internal and external cues as signals for shock. Half of the animals received Pavlovian discrimination training prior ... -
Some Elements of High Tension Power Transmission
This subject will be treated as follows: First -- A general statement of the conditions which suggest a high tension transmission project, and the circumstances limiting the maximum transmission distance and maximum ... -
Quine and the Enigma of Analyticity, or, What it is Like to Think Like a Quinean
Quine's attack on what he considers to be two defunct dogmas of empiricism -- the notions of analyticity and reductionism -- is based on a misconception of the nature of language. Quine's fascination with the workings of ... -
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 ... -
The Atlanta Campaign, 1864
Despite Hood's contention that Atlanta was untenable, the army under Joseph E. Johnston could have held out for a Iong period of time, as Sherman simply did not have sufficient forces to take Atlanta. At Ieast, he did not ... -
"The New Poetic Power": The Imaginative Poetry of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Traditional interpretors of literature might perceive little justification for discussing the poetry of the English Romanticist Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who lived from 1772-1834, in conjunction with that of the German ... -
An Imperfect Past
I met my family through experience, but I learned my family through stories. As I grew I heard more and more stories, anecdotes dropped along the way, eavesdropping on conversations by the parents, trading information with ... -
The Political Career of Henry St. George Tucker, 1889-1932
The purpose of this paper is to examine the political career of Harry St. George Tucker of Virginia, 1888-1932. Tucker's career was distinguished primarily by its length. It began as Reconstructicn faded and concluded as ... -
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 ...