The Sufistic quatrains of Omar Khayyam in definitive form /

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The cloud kingdom /

Publisher's advertisement on p. [2-3] at end.

The scarlet letter.

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Violin-making, as it was and is : being a historical, practical, and theoretical treatise on the science and art of violin-making, for the use of violin makers, and players, amateur and professional.

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Limestone resources of the coastal plain of South Carolina.

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A collection of late voyages and travels : chiefly translated and abridged from the French and other foreign publications of Niebuhr, Mariti, Beauchamp, &c. &c. The whole forming a body of important and amusing information, concerning the present state of society and manners, of arts and literature, of religion and government, the appearances of nature, and the works of human industry in Persia, Arabia, Turkey, &c. /

Niebuhr's description of Arabia.--Mariti's travels.--M. De Beauchamp's travels in Persia.--Travels of M. De Ferriers Sauveboeuf.

Mother West Wind "how" stories,

Series list on p. [ii].

The Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyām : being a facsimile of the manuscript in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, with a transcript into modern Persian characters, translated, with and introd. and notes, and a bibliography, and some sidelights upon Edward Fitzgerald's poem /

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A catalogue of plants & shells found in the vicinity of Milwaukee on the west side of Lake Michigan /

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Large size in an island-dwelling bird: intraspecific competition and the Dominance Hypothesis

Differences between island- and mainland-dwelling forms provide several classic ecological puzzles. Why, for instance, are island-dwelling passerine birds consistently larger than their mainland counterparts? We examine the 'Dominance hypothesis', based on intraspecific competition, which states that large size in island passerines evolves through selection for success in agonistic encounters. We use the Heron Island population of Capricorn silvereyes (Zosterops lateralis chlorocephalus), a large-bodied island-dwelling race of white-eye (Zosteropidae), to test three assumptions of this hypothesis; that (i) large size is positively associated with high fitness, (ii) large size is associated with dominance, and (iii) the relationship between size and dominance is particularly pronounced under extreme intraspecific competition. Our results supported the first two of these assumptions, but provided mixed evidence on the third. On balance, we suggest that the Dominance Hypothesis is a plausible mechanism for the evolution of large size of island passerines, but urge further empirical tests on the role of intraspecific competition on oceanic islands versus that on mainlands.

Mechanical alloying of MoSi2 with ternary alloying elements. Part 1: Experimental

Phase evolution during the mechanical alloying of Mo and Si elemental powders with a ternary addition of Al, Mg, Ti or Zr was monitored using X-ray diffraction. Rietveld analysis was used to quantify the phase proportions. When Mo and Si are mechanically alloyed in the absence of a ternary element, the tetragonal C11b polymorph of MoSi2 (t-MoSi2) forms by a self-propagating combustion reaction. With additional milling, the tetragonal phase transforms to the hexagonal C40 structure (h-MoSi2). The mechanical alloying of Al, Mg and Ti additions with Mo and Si tend to promote a more rapid transformation of t-MoSi2 to h-MoSi2. In high concentrations, the addition of these ternary elements inhibits the initial combustion reaction, instead promoting the direct formation of h-MoSi2. The addition of Zr tends to stabilise the tetragonal phase.

Mechanical alloying of MoSi2 with ternary alloying elements. Part 2 - computer simulation

A computer model of the mechanical alloying process has been developed to simulate phase formation during the mechanical alloying of Mo and Si elemental powders with a ternary addition of Al, Mg, Ti or Zr. Using the Arhennius equation, the model balances the formation rates of the competing reactions that are observed during milling. These reactions include the formation of tetragonal C11(b) MOSi2 (t-MoSi2) by combustion, the formation of the hexagonal C40 MoSi2 polymorph (h-MoSi2), the transformation of the tetragonal to the hexagonal form, and the recovery of t-MoSi2 from h-MoSi2 and deformed t-MoSi2. The addition of the ternary additions changes the free energy of formation of the associated MoSi2 alloys, i.e. Mo(Si, Al)(2), Mo(Mg, Al)(2), (Mo, Ti)Si-2 (Mo, Zr)Si-2 and (Mo, Fe)Si-2, respectively. Variation of the energy of formation alone is sufficient for the simulation to accurately model the observed phase formation. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.