Germany puts the clock back

"The story of the collapse of German democracy through the Reichstag elections of November 6."--Foreword.

Radiological emergency response : information for the public and the media.

Eleven commercial nuclear reactors used to generate electricity are currently operating at six sites in Illinois; no other state has as many nuclear reactors. In addition, there are two major research facilities in Illinois operated by the US Department of Energy (Argonne National Laboratory and FermiLab), uranium processing facilities at Metropolis and in nearby Paducah, Kentucky, several manufacturers of radiopharmaceuticals and other radioactive materials, thousands of radiation-producing machines used in medicine and industry, and a network of major arterial highways and rail lines over which radioactive material shipments move on a regular basis. Protecting the health and safety of Illinois citizens and the environment from the potentially harmful effects of ionizing radiation is a key function of IEMA'S Division of Nuclear Safety (DNS). That role is fulfilled through programs that monitor nuclear facilities around the clock, ensure the proper operation of radiation-producing equipment and the use of radioactive materials, and measure radioactivity in the environment to ensure no threats to public health exist.

Selected stories;

v. 1. Ball-of-Suet ; A family affair ; The artist's model ; The letters ; Cemetery sirens ; The dying peasant ; A madman's journal ; Checkmate! ; The shepherd's leap ; A husband's confession ; Madame Parisse ; The wedding night ; Father and son ; The false jewels ; The umbrella! ; The clock ; The dowry ; The lancer's wife ; Prisoners of war ; Woman's love ; The devil's visit ; Was it a dream? ; Simon's papa ; The diamond necklace ; Duchoux ; Timbuctoo ; Denis -- v. 2. The horla ; Monsieur Parent ; Miss Harriet ; Mad! ; Mademoiselle Pearl ; The farmer's wife ; A coward ; Mount Olivet ; The flight of years ; The old maid ; The Tellier house ; The parricide ; The fortune of war ; Humble happiness ; The mysterious groom ; The open door ; Wife and mistress ; The fathers ; The mountain inn ; Madame Husson's rosier ; An unfortunate resemblance -- v. 3. The Sunday outings of a bourgeois ; Little Louise Rocque ; A voice from the deep ; The father ; Magnetism ; The wrong house ; Moiron ; Monsieur Bombard's little game ; Madame Baptiste ; The Parisian accent ; A fashionable woman ; Mademoiselle Cocotte ; Who knows? ; Boitelle ; Uncle Jules ; The hand ; A lock of hair ; On the river ; My Uncle Sosthenes ; An artist ; Father Toine ; The viaticum ; True forgiveness ; A twelfth-night supper ; Father Matthew's saints ; A bit of string ; The minuet ; The relics ; A farm girl's story -- v. 4. The legacy ; Two little soldiers ; A state affair ; Old Amable ; Mademoiselle Fifi ; The ghost ; Useless beauty ; The fishing-hole ; The Rondoli family ; Châli ; The odalisque ; The wicked Mohammed ; Marroca ; Allouma ; A strange meeting ; Feminine wiles ; A strange night in Paris ; All over!

Interior of Physiological Laboratory

On verso: Dr. W.P. Lombard standing on the left of the clock. Apparatus in foreground is one of the kymographs which Dr. Lombard brought from Germany' (Dr. John Bean 4/21/75). Could be as late as 1895 (Dr. H.W. Davenport 4/ 18/75).

Catalogue of the very select and valuable library of William Roscoe, Esq. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Winstanley at his rooms in Marble Street, Liverpool, on Monday the 19th of August, and thirteen following days (Sundays excepted) : the sale to begin at eleven o'clock precisely.

Includes index of 15th century printers.

World Beats : Beat Generation Writing and the Worlding of U.S. Literature /

A study of the Beat-era writers in a global context. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.

Laying of the cornerstone of Gregory Hall University of Illinois. Saturday morning June tenth nineteen thirty-nine eleven o'clock.

Mode of access: Internet.

A candle clock, recto, folio from Kitab fi ma`arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari

1 ft. 1/8 in.x 8 5/8 in.; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Automata by al-Jazari, The face of a water clock with Zodiac signs, folio from the Kitab fi ma'arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (the book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari

1 ft. 13/32 in.x 8 5/8 in.; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

verso: text and illustration: The water clock of the drummers from Kitab fi ma'arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari)

ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

The Elephant Clock", from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazar

11 13/16 in.x 7 3/4 in.; ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Catalogue of the collection of Greek coins in gold, silver, electrum and bronze, of a late collector ... which will be sold by auction, by messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge ... on Monday, the 28th day of May, 1900, and three following days, at one o'clock precisely.

Mode of access: Internet.

Catalogue of the private library of the late Mr. A.A. Smets, Savannah, Ga. : comprising one of the most valuable and extensive collections of books ever offered to the American public : containing very rare and elegant editions of early printed works, ranging from the XV. century : also, many early manuscripts and missals, with gorgeous illuminations : a large assortment of modern illustrated works, standard biographies, travels, histories, etc., etc., of the best editions : the whole to be sold by auction, at the Clinton Hall Book Salerooms and Art Galleries, Leavitt, Strebeigh & Co., auctioneers, Monday, May 25th, and following days, commencing at 4 o'clock P.M. each day.

"A southern library. A statement read before the New England historical and genealogical society ... Oct. 5, 1859" (4 p., bound at end of copy 1) relates to the present library.

Freedom is my beat.

Mode of access: Internet.

The works of Charles Dickens,

Title-pages in red and black.