Howards End by E. M. Forster CHAPTER 15 The sisters went out to dinner full of their adventure, and when they were both full of the same subject, there were few dinner-parties that could stand up...
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER BY MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) P R E F A C E MOST of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest those...
Dovetails grooves in the bearing backing can lead to ridges in the surface of the Babbitt when the bearing heats up. The coefficient of expansion for Babbitt is about twice that of steel or iron. The...
CHAPTER XXIII I HE was busy, from March to June. He kept himself from the bewilderment of thinking. His wife and the neighbors were generous. Every evening he played bridge or attended the movies, and...
-CHAPTER XXVII FROM JOY TO DEATH For ten days the hordes of Thark and their wild allies were feasted and entertained, and, then, loaded with costly presents and escorted by ten thousand soldiers of...
CHAPTER XIII TOWED BY A MULE "Bless my gizzard! Is it anything serious?" asked Mr. Damon. "Will it blow up, or anything like that?" "No," replied...
This is one of the smallest paintings in the whole of the collection but it is one of my favourites. It is painted by a guy called Petrus Christus who was working in Bruges towards the end of the 15th...