This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.
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| 28109 | I am often asked the question, How are all of these homespun and home- woven things to be disposed of? |
| 38973 | What have we to fear? |
| 20282 | KNOWING WHAT TAKES PLACE.--How are we to know if we have given a piece of steel the very best possible treatment? |
| 20282 | The question has been asked by many engineers, why is the comparatively low scleroscope hardness specified for gears? |
| 32414 | but you must be eating fire, and I know not what-- what have you got there, I say?" |
| 46449 | HOERNLE, A. F.--Who was the Inventor of Rag Paper? |
| 33287 | ''How can I,''cried I,''with those peasants at work right in front?'' |
| 33287 | Why should not the same rule apply directly to the rifle? |
| 33287 | why do n''t you fire, sir?'' |
| 17730 | Turning to other branches of art, what traces do we find of the transfer to them of textile features? |
| 17730 | We do not need to look a second time to discover a striking likeness to the textile system, and we ask, Is it also derived from a textile source? |
| 38301 | 25s yarn weigh? |
| 38301 | EXAMPLES-- If 1 yard of Card Sliver weighs 55 Grains, what Hank is it? |
| 28058 | As Ruskin says of it in his_ The Ethics of the Dust_, when Mary asks"and what is it made of?" |
| 28058 | If, however, you catch him off his guard by suggesting, perhaps,"Did you ever see a diamond with a polished girdle? |
| 28058 | Would it not be fitting on account of its occurrence in several localities in the United States, for Americans to use more tourmaline in their jewels? |
| 44501 | Be ready, however, to assist at the right moment and never turn a deaf ear to the persistent question,"Why"? |
| 44501 | The important test is,"Is it something that the child can use to make things for himself, for others and for the home?" |
| 47816 | If the tax is to be upheld at all, why not make it equal by the establishment of one uniform rate for all trades alike? |
| 47816 | Where is it? |
| 39780 | Mr. Rogers expatiated upon the marvelous beauty of the"tile,"and his customer put the question:"Mr. Rogers, is this a genuine beaver hat?" |
| 39780 | Who can realize the sad feelings of the_ last_ of such a noble band? |
| 35510 | But would it not be ever so much better if the dirt were kept out? |
| 35510 | In how many factories is provision made for this? |
| 35510 | Is it any wonder then that tackiness was found to develop when the rubber was dry? |
| 29586 | = Drawing Frames.=--It is a very common thing for a new beginner in the study of cotton spinning to ask-- what is the use of the drawing frame? |
| 29586 | And now comes the important question: Was cotton indigenous to India in these very early times? |
| 29586 | But the reader is probably asking, what is a gin like? |
| 29586 | Why make the back pair revolve at a greater rate? |
| 29586 | and was it carried and afterwards planted in Egypt, Africa, and America? |
| 7969 | What difficulties are to be encountered in applying the electric arc to welding? |
| 7969 | What is the comparative application of the electric arc and the oxy- acetylene method and others of a similar nature? |
| 7969 | What is the function of the arc welding machine itself? |
| 7969 | What is the strength of the weld in comparison with the original piece? |
| 38953 | How are we to procure such teachings? |
| 38953 | How will it be in the coming years? |
| 38953 | What has been done with them? |
| 45775 | ''Have you finished the swing yet?'' |
| 45775 | ( Not one mentions a little boy; is he expected to mend his own?) |
| 45775 | Roger Bacon(? |
| 45775 | There was considerable difference of opinion on the question,"Has it done you any good?" |
| 45775 | To the last question,"Will it be of any use to you when you are grown up?" |
| 46376 | Gas? |
| 46376 | How and over what unless wire were used? |
| 46376 | Who has not seen men in the streets dragging huge pipes of lead through the open manholes from big wooden spools? |
| 46376 | Wireless? |
| 46376 | You could telephone the office? |
| 46376 | [ Sidenote: COULD THOSE SLENDER TOWERS CARRY THE GREAT LOAD?] |
| 26598 | At what temperature must the condenser be maintained to produce a given humidity? |
| 26598 | How is the moisture distinguished? |
| 26598 | How much water has been evaporated per cubic foot of space? |
| 26598 | How much water would be condensed if the temperature were lowered to 70 °? |
| 26598 | In the above example what is the humidity at 60 °? |
| 26598 | What is its form? |
| 26598 | What is the meaning of the peculiar surface conditions which even in air- dried wood appear to indicate incipient"case- hardening"? |
| 26598 | What moisture conditions obtain in a stick of air- dried wood? |
| 26598 | is found to contain 64 per cent humidity; what will be its relative humidity if heated to 150 ° Fahr.? |
| 9954 | Besides, why did Levesley communicate the idea to Gillott in preference to Skinner, with whom he had business relations? |
| 9954 | But has any such pen come down to us? |
| 9954 | If so, could a detailed description of it be obtained? |
| 9954 | Is there any record of the use of metallic pens at any period anterior to the fourteenth century? |
| 9954 | Now, who was this"tall, quiet, respectable man?" |
| 9954 | This interesting fact does not contribute anything toward solving the question, Who was the first manufacturer of steel pens by mechanical appliances? |
| 9954 | This is very emphatic; but how far may it be taken as an unprejudiced statement of facts? |
| 9954 | What weapon? |
| 9954 | What well? |
| 6464 | Is not the presence or absence of these conditions the best indication that any system of management is either well or badly applied? |
| 6464 | Is not this a good thing for the laborer and helper? |
| 6464 | Shall it be fixed for a first- class man, and if not, then at what point between the first- class and the average? |
| 6464 | These men, however, were faced with a new but very simple and straightforward proposition, namely, am I a first- class laborer or not? |
| 12694 | Chauncey,he says,"do n''t you know there are a thousand troubles and difficulties?" |
| 12694 | Is he? |
| 12694 | No,he says,"what is it?" |
| 12694 | I have heard men ask the question,"why ca n''t clocks be made in Europe on such a scale, where labor is so cheap?" |
| 12694 | What would a boy 17 years old now think to travel thirty miles in a hot summer''s day, with a heavy load of joiners''tools on his back? |
| 12694 | When they met him one of them asked him"if he had heard the news?" |
| 12694 | Where will they be in a few years? |
| 12694 | You may say why not oil the back pivots? |
| 12694 | says Mr. Mills,"I am sorry for you-- poor fatherless children, what will become of you?" |
| 14600 | # Filling Calculation#--? |
| 14600 | # Warp Calculation#--? |
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| 14600 | 1000×256×100[ Page 77]# Filling Calculation#--? |
| 14600 | 1000×256×100[ Page 89]# Filling Calculation#--? |
| 14600 | 1000×256×100[ Page 93]# Filling Calculation#--? |
| 14600 | 1000×256×100[ Page 99]? |
| 14600 | 840×50×100# Filling Calculation#--? |
| 41925 | , andHow can you tell what land belongs to the United States and what to the State? |
| 41925 | ,How can you tell one tract of land from another tract? |
| 41925 | 136"White Pine-- What of Our Future Supply?" |
| 41925 | At this instant Mr. Winston called out,"What is the matter----?" |
| 41925 | Does It Pay to Rest on Sunday? |
| 41925 | Does It Pay to Rest on Sunday? |
| 41925 | How was this to be accomplished? |
| 41925 | What is the matter of you?" |
| 41925 | White Pine-- What of Our Future Supply? |
| 41925 | White Pine-- What of Our Future Supply? |
| 41925 | [ Illustration:"White Pine-- What of Our Future Supply?" |
| 35001 | & Co. wc|Watch& clock| Album| Mineral| Neutral||||[ A]C. L. Co. w| Watch| Perfect| Mixed|Neutral&----? |
| 35001 | Breguet, a very famous horologist, and D''Arcet, an equally celebrated chemist, worked together at this problem and what was the result? |
| 35001 | Do you use the same grade of oil on all parts of your----? |
| 35001 | If not, what is your practice? |
| 35001 | Some watchmakers(?) |
| 35001 | What amount of oil do you use annually? |
| 35001 | What has been your experience with mixed oils? |
| 35001 | What oil do you use? |
| 35001 | What oils have you tried? |
| 35001 | s| Lubricating|Solid alboline| Mineral| Paraffine||||[ B][C]Sp| Lubricating|----? |
| 35001 | s| McKesson& Robbins| Philadelphia, Pa.||||[ B][C]Sp|----? |
| 35001 | | Animal| Sperm, whale||||[ B][C]Ol| Lubricating|----? |
| 35001 | |----? |
| 35001 | |----? |
| 35001 | || Watch Co.||Guyjers? |
| 35001 | ||||[ B][C]Ol|----? |
| 17021 | A model of this kind is far more attractive than if the entire train were shown, the mystery of"What makes it go?" |
| 17021 | How many could explain the difference between the"real"and"apparent"lift? |
| 17021 | How? |
| 17021 | It is no more than natural we should inquire, why? |
| 17021 | The question is frequently asked,"How can I profitably employ myself in spare time?" |
| 17021 | The reader may say to this, why not close the banking? |
| 17021 | The remedy, of course, lies in warming up the pallet arms and pushing the stone in a trifle,"But how much?" |
| 17021 | What are the consequences of this slight change? |
| 17021 | What is the use of our knowing that in theory an escape- wheel tooth should have one and one- half degrees drop, when in reality it has three degrees? |
| 17021 | Why? |
| 37239 | Shall I take off his head for your Highness? |
| 37239 | What have you done with it? |
| 37239 | And Marie Antoinette? |
| 37239 | And why? |
| 37239 | Can this be the reason, moreover, of his total silence regarding the purchase of the Blue Diamond? |
| 37239 | Could this perchance have been the Regent? |
| 37239 | Did he give it to Don Miguel his second son? |
| 37239 | Runjeet, for the first time speaking, asked,"At what price do you value it?" |
| 37239 | Was there anything found in the pocket? |
| 37239 | Where was it? |
| 37239 | Where was the boy? |
| 37239 | Where was the waistcoat? |
| 37239 | Where was the waistcoat?--in the tub? |
| 37239 | Who would buy it? |
| 37239 | is thus described by a contemporary:"He wore a robe of crimson velvet furred with ermine, his jacket of raised gold, the placard( tabard?) |
| 37239 | or was it a crown jewel and as such did it devolve upon Don Pedro the eldest along with the kingdom of Portugal? |
| 17740 | A question frequently asked is:"Why will dead wool not felt?" |
| 17740 | Borax, soda crystals, and ammonia are all used to dissolve shellac, and it may be asked: Which of these is least injurious to wool? |
| 17740 | But I said"generally,"and so the question is suggested-- Will filtration of any kind remove matters in solution? |
| 17740 | But it may be asked,"How does that highest and best method of classifying the dyestuffs affect the users, the dyers, in their processes?" |
| 17740 | Can we then use"red liquor"( acetate of alumina), acetate of iron, copperas, etc.? |
| 17740 | How are we to distinguish a pure and monochromatic orange colour from a colour produced by a mixture of red and yellow? |
| 17740 | How is their action modified by the presence of dilute sulphuric acid in the wool? |
| 17740 | How is this?" |
| 17740 | In short, how are we to distinguish whether colours are homogeneous or mixed? |
| 17740 | It may be asked,"But what does the production of ammonia prove?" |
| 17740 | Silk contains nitrogen, like wool, but does it contain sulphur? |
| 17740 | The question now arises,"Why does the water freeze in the Carré machine?" |
| 17740 | What are these water constituents, hydrogen and oxygen? |
| 17740 | Why does it appear scarlet? |
| 17740 | _ Effect of Dissolved Salts on the Boiling of Water._--Let us inquire what this effect is? |
| 17740 | _ Mordanting or Fixing Acid( Phenolic) Colours._--But what has all this to do with mordanting? |
| 17740 | and why? |
| 44838 | 41--Musical Watch, Repeating Hours and Quarters] Do you know that you do not read a public clock by the figures, but by the position of the hands? |
| 44838 | As you register at the hotel you ask,--dinner? |
| 44838 | But can you tell whether we are 8 years and 8 months into the 20th century or 9 years and 8 months? |
| 44838 | Do n''t you see that if his clock had been set right he would have found it necessary to leave at half past five? |
| 44838 | Having now found a uniform motion easily observed and of convenient period, why not adopt it as our time unit? |
| 44838 | How about the date line? |
| 44838 | How can there be any_ hour_ when a new day is only 30 minutes old? |
| 44838 | How can this be so, since there is nothing more than 24 o''clock? |
| 44838 | How did he thread the holes for these screws? |
| 44838 | Now tell me what difference it would make if the answer had been 13 o''clock? |
| 44838 | Now we come to the day and find that it is about the right practical length-- but what kind of a day? |
| 44838 | Now, is n''t it remarkable that our 24-hour day is purely artificial, and that nothing in nature corresponds to it? |
| 44838 | Secondly, why do the Japanese use no 1, 2, 3 on their dials? |
| 44838 | Test yourself,--is this the year 1909, of which only 8 months have passed; or is it 1909 and 8 months more? |
| 44838 | Thirdly, why this reading of the hours backwards? |
| 44838 | What are the uses of jars 2 and 3, since the water simply enters them and drips out again? |
| 44838 | What is the meaning of the financial almanac in which the days are numbered from 1 to 365 or 366? |
| 44838 | Why did we nurse this confusion till it has become almost intolerable? |
| 44838 | Why not commence work a few minutes earlier each fortnight while days are lengthening and the reverse when they are shortening? |
| 44838 | Why? |
| 44838 | You ask, how about ships? |
| 44838 | you wish to know if the observer is likely to make a mistake? |
| 45883 | ''And who ambles Time withal?'' |
| 45883 | ''I prithee,''asks Orlando,''who doth he trot withal?'' |
| 45883 | ''Who doth he gallop withal?'' |
| 45883 | ''Who shall contend with Time-- unvanquished Time, The conqueror of conquerors, and lord Of desolation?'' |
| 45883 | ''Who stays Time still withal?'' |
| 45883 | It is only by such investigations that he will be enabled to give anything like a proper answer to the question''What is Time?'' |
| 45883 | When will that great event take place? |
| 45883 | in old writers is often merely equivalent to the inquiry,''What hour was last struck by bell?'' |
| 45883 | | if so, on what size or| weight bell? |
| 45883 | |-------------------------------+------------------------------ If to be Illuminated? |
| 45883 | |-------------------------------+------------------------------ Is the Clock to strike? |
| 45883 | |-------------------------------+------------------------------ Of what material is| Dial to be? |
| 45883 | |-------------------------------+------------------------------ Their Diameter? |
| 45883 | |-------------------------------+------------------------------ Their Elevation, or distance| from the ground? |
| 45883 | |-------------------------------+------------------------------ What number of feet| can be obtained for descent| of weights? |
| 4759 | 2 What use were the natives making of it? |
| 4759 | 20. Who first thought of growing rubber trees on plantations? |
| 4759 | 3. Who was the first white man to go up the Amazon? |
| 4759 | 5. Who was the first European monarch to use rubber? |
| 4759 | A REVIEW AND QUESTIONS 1. Who was the first white man to see rubber? |
| 4759 | CHAPTER 1 THE DISCOVERY If you were asked,"What did Columbus discover in 1492?" |
| 4759 | How are the seeds spread? |
| 4759 | How are trees tapped? |
| 4759 | How did rubber first come to the United States? |
| 4759 | How did rubber get its name? |
| 4759 | How is it"cured"on the plantation? |
| 4759 | How is rubber"cured"in the jungle? |
| 4759 | How were the rubber seeds taken from Brazil? |
| 4759 | In what part of the tree is this liquid found? |
| 4759 | Name and describe the liquid in which rubber is found? |
| 4759 | Of what nationality were the explorers who were sent to find out about rubber? |
| 4759 | On what tropical island was the first plantation started? |
| 4759 | What climate is needed for rubber trees? |
| 4759 | What countries are the principal producers of rubber? |
| 4759 | What famous men fought in court over the patents? |
| 4759 | What has a beetle to do with rubber? |
| 4759 | What is meant by the Rubber Belt around the world? |
| 4759 | What is the yearly output of the plantations? |
| 4759 | What is"vulcanizing"? |
| 4759 | What was the curious coincidence in the growth of the plantation industry? |
| 4759 | When are trees ready to be tapped? |
| 4759 | Where are rubber plantations found to- day? |
| 4759 | Which country formerly supplied all the rubber used in the world? |
| 4759 | Why are some raincoats called mackintoshes? |
| 4759 | Why did he think it was better to grow them on plantations? |
| 4759 | Why is Charles Goodyear called"the father of the rubber industry"? |
| 4759 | Why is rubber manufacturing peculiarly an American industry? |
| 4759 | Why is the worker on a plantation better off than one who lives in the jungle? |