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Brewer's: Eureka

or rather Heureka (I have found it out). The exclamation of Archimedes, the Syracusan philosopher, when he discovered how to test the purity of Hiero's crown. The tale is, that Hiero…

The Federalist Papers: Federalist No. 34

by AlexanderHamilton, JamesMadison and JohnJayFederalist No. 33Federalist No. 35Federalist No. 34 The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation) To the People of…

Federalist No. 34

No 33 No 35 The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation) From the New York Packet.Friday, January 4, 1788.Hamilton To the People of the State…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: April 5, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark April 4, 1806April 6, 1806April 5, 1806 Saturday April 5th 1806. This morning was so cloudy that I could not obtain any lunar observations with a…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Charles I Scene 3

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Scene 2: A Chamber in Whitehall. Scene 4: Scene 3: The Star Chamber [1] Laud, Juxon, Strafford, and others, as judges. Prynne as a prisoner, and then Bastwick. LAUD…

Brewer's: Coins

BRITISH Iron rings were used for money by the ancient Britons, and Segonax, a petty king under Cassivelân, is the first whose head was impressed on the coin. Gold, silver, and copper…