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...Jets called soffioni from boiling pools have been harnessed by sinking iron tubes to a depth of from 200 to 500 feet. At the surface the steam has a pressure of two atmospheres, and there is evidence of enormous untapped supplies. The system is the idea of Prince Ginori Conti, engineer...
Professor Lefranc advanced another interesting theory, that Moliere wrote "Don Juan" as an attack on his former patron, the Prince de Conti, who had lately gone over to the church party and had inveighed against. "Le Tartuffe" from that point of view. This great blow to Moliere was revenged by the faithful portrayal of the Prince in the figure of the libertine, Don Juan...
...knew in an instant that the artist had obtained his models from the Memorial steward, which, perhaps, explained very well why the painting was not a success. The prominent artists represented in the exhibition were William Willard, B. Champney, and Charles Sprague Pearce. Others were Pallik, Beta, S. Conti, and J. M. Gaugengigl. A painting by the last entitled, "It is good," was valued...