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- Tags: 1910s
EINSTEIN EXPOUNDS HIS NEW THEORY; It Discards Absolute Time and Space, Recognizing Them Only as Related to Moving Systems. IMPROVES ON NEWTON Whose Approximations Hold for Most Motions, but Not Those of the Highest Velocity. INSPIRED AS NEWTON WAS But by
'EINSTEIN EXPOUNDS HIS NEW THEORY; It Discards Absolute Time and Space, Recognizing Them Only as Related to Moving Systems. IMPROVES ON NEWTON Whose Approximations Hold for Most Motions, but Not Those of the Highest Velocity. INSPIRED AS NEWTON WAS But by', New York Times
War inventions that came too late
'War inventions that came too late', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1914-1918; 1919; 1919-11-1; Asphyxiating and poisonous; Balloon gases; Caterpillar tractors; Design and Invention; Drone aircraft; Engineering; Gases; Helium; Inventions; Stockbridge, Frank Parker; Technology; United States; War use; World War I
The choice of a mate
'The choice of a mate', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1919; 1919-8-1; Gender and Sexuality; Lewis, Mayone; Married people; Mate selection; Other; Single women; United States
A nature-lover passes
'A nature-lover passes', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1919; 1919-8-1; Biology; Henderson, Daniel
The real conquest of the air�a laboratory problem
'The real conquest of the air�a laboratory problem', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1919; 1919-8-1; Aeronautics; Aeronautics and Aerospace; Aerospace engineering; Airplanes; Design and construction; Engineering; Fuel; Safety measures; Speed, Buckner; United States
Solving the problem of the Arctic
'Solving the problem of the Arctic', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1919; 1919-8-1; Arctic regions; Banks Island (N.W.T.); Cairns; Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-1918); Discovery and exploration; Earth Sciences; Francis Leopold; Geography; Ice; Parry Islands (Nunavut); Prince Patrick Island (Parry Islands); Sir M�Clintock; Sled dogs; Stefansson, Vilhjalmur; Survival skills; Vilhjalmur
American capitals of industry
'American capitals of industry', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1919; 1919-7-1; Automobile industry and trade; Buffalo (N.Y.); Cincinnati (Ohio); Cities and towns; Cleveland; Cleveland (Ohio); Detroit; Detroit (Mich.); Drawbridges; Engineering; Ferriss, Hugh; Indianapolis (Ind.); Iron industry and trade; Manufacturing industries; Mechanical Engineering; Michigan; Mills and mill-work
Prophets and pattern-followers
'Prophets and pattern-followers', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1919; 1919-7-1; Creative ability in business; Creative ability in technology; Design and Invention; Engineering; Rubber industry and trade; Strategic planning; Technological innovations; Telephone supplies industry; United States; Updegraff, Robert R. (Robert Rawls)
Across Mongolia by motor-car
'Across Mongolia by motor-car', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1919; 1919-6-1; Andrews, Roy Chapman; Automobile travel; Dalai Lama XIII; Dalai lamas; Description and travel; Design and construction; Engineering; Gobi Desert; Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China); Hunting; Mechanical Engineering; Mongolia; Mongols; Social life and customs; Thub-bstan-rgya-mtsho; Trans-Siberian Railway; Ulaanbaata
A new form of matter
'A new form of matter', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1919; 1919-5-1; Beresford, J. D. (John Davys); Forteana; Materialization; Parapsychology; Parapsychology and science
Solving the problem of the Arctic
'Solving the problem of the Arctic', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1919; 1919-5-1; Arctic regions; Behavior; Building; Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-1918); Cold weather clothing; Discovery and exploration; Earth Sciences; Geography; Ice and snow; Ole Andreasen; Polar bear; Sealing; Stefansson, Vilhjalmur; Storker Storkersen; Survival skills; Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Through Sheffield smoke
'Through Sheffield smoke', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1919; 1919-5-1; Bernard Shaw; Description and travel; Earth Sciences; England; Geography; Industrial relations; Labor laws and legislation; Labour Party (Great Britain); Reconstruction (1914-1939); Sheffield; Sheffield (England); Social conditions; Vorse, Mary Heaton
The chemists of the future
'The chemists of the future', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1919; 1919-4-1; Aims and objectives; Chemistry; Chemists; Conduct of life; Education; Hendrick, Ellwood; Humanistic; Intellectual life; Science; Study and teaching; United States
On the beliefs and convictions of guinea-pigs
'On the beliefs and convictions of guinea-pigs', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1919; 1919-4-1; Behavior; Biology; Guinea pigs; Guinea pigs as pets; Human-animal relationships; Humor; Philosophy of nature; Portor, Laura Spencer; United States; Zoology
Voices of the universe
'Voices of the universe', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1919; 1919-4-1; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Atmospherics; Interstellar communication; Physics; Speed, Buckner; United States; Wireless communication systems
Solving the problem of the Arctic
'Solving the problem of the Arctic', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1919; 1919-4-1; Absence and presumption of death; Arctic regions; Bob Bartlett; Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-1918); Discovery and exploration; Earth Sciences; Geography; Karluk (Ship); Robert E. (Robert Edwin) Peary; Stefansson, Vilhjalmur; Survival skills; Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Huns of the air
'Huns of the air', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1919; 1919-1-1; Behavior; Beneficial birds; Berkshire Hills; Biology; Bird pests; Bird watching; Birds of prey; Eastern screech owl; Eaton, Walter Prichard; Goshawk; Great horned owl; Hawks; Massachusetts; Nature study; Ornithology; Owls; Peregrine falcon; Red-tailed hawk; Shrikes; Snowy owl; United States; Zoology
The first and only cruise of the �Caoutchouc�
'The first and only cruise of the �Caoutchouc�', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1919; 1919-1-1; Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Moitoret, Anthony F.
The majestic movies
'The majestic movies', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1919; 1919-1-1; Engineering; Motion picture acting; Motion picture actors and actresses; Motion picture audiences; Motion pictures; Rhodes, Harrison; Social aspects; Telecommunications; United States
Conservation in the nursery
'Conservation in the nursery', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1914-1918; 1918; 1918-10-1; Children and war; Economic aspects; Herbert Hoover; Humor; Medicine; Mythology; Reproduction and Development; Storks; Twins; United States; World War I
The Chicago of China
'The Chicago of China', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1918; 1918-10-1; China; Civilization; Commerce; Cost and standard of living; Engineering; Hankow; Hankow (China); Iron industry and trade; manufacturing; Production; Social conditions; Steel industry and trade; Weyl, Walter E. (Walter Edward)
A poet of the air
'A poet of the air', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1914-1918; 1918; 1918-10-1; Aerial operations; Aeronautics and Aerospace; Air pilots; American; Correspondence; Engineering; France; Jack Morris Wright; Military; Mothers and sons; United States; World War I; Wright, Jack Morris
The effect of environment
'The effect of environment', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1918; 1918-9-1; Biology; Entomology; Girls; House cleaning; Housefly; Humor; Maiden aunts; Quotations; United States; Zoology
Ginger of the amb�lance
'Ginger of the amb�lance', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1918; 1918-9-1; Barnard, Floy Tolbert; Engineering; Mechanical Engineering
On the disappointments and vicissitudes of mice
'On the disappointments and vicissitudes of mice', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1918; 1918-9-1; Behavior; Biology; Human-animal relationships; Humor; Mice; Philosophy of nature; Portor, Laura Spencer; United States; Zoology
Too sensitive for science
'Too sensitive for science', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1918; 1918-9-1; Bodies; Children�s questions and answers; Humor; Medicine; Physiology; Ribs; Study and teaching; Tickling; United States
Reducing the waste of war
'Reducing the waste of war', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1914-1918; 1918; 1918-9-1; Economic aspects; Engineering; etc.); France; manufacturing; Production; Salvage (Waste; Supplies and stores; United StatesArmy; Wilhelm, Donald George; World War I
A poet of the air
'A poet of the air', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1914-1918; 1918; 1918-9-1; Aerial operations; Aeronautics and Aerospace; Air pilots; American; Correspondence; Engineering; France; Jack Morris Wright; Military; Mothers and sons; United States; World War I; Wright, Jack Morris