Word: orgueil
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Meteorite connoisseurs have long known that rare meteorites called carbonaceous chondrites contain carbon compounds found in living organisms. Drs. Claus and Nagy got small samples of five chondrites, crushed them in water or glycerol on glass slides and examined them under the microscope. In three samples from two meteorites (Orgueil, which fell in 1864, and Ivuna in 1938) they found large numbers of "organized elements" that do not resemble any known mineral form. Their guarded conclusion: the organized elements may be microfossils that came to earth aboard the meteorite...
...Bonnett, Jr., 3G., respectively. Honorable mention is granted to the following photographs: "Sand Dunes," H. W. Eliot '02; "Beside the Saco," G. L. Getchell 3G.; "Sunset on the Atlantic," T. M. Fisher '05; "At Long Range," M. D. Miller 1M.; "Lake Sunapee in Winter," H. S. Welsh '04; "Mont Orgueil," G. O. Carpenter '02; "In Holland," H. P. Williams '02; "A Pyramid," Mr. W. C. Lane; "Lonesome," W. A. Rorer B.I.; "Home of the Muskrat," H. R. Colson...
...work of great power. It will carry the ordinary reader into a world entirely new to him. In addition to the titles I gave last year I ought also to add: Erckmann-Chatrian, L'Ami Fritz; Droz, Les Etangs; Mery, La Guerre de Nizam; and Sue, L'Orgueil...
| 1 |