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Roger Sherman: Countryman I

Countryman IRoger ShermanThursday, November 14, 1787To the People of Connecticut. You are now called on to make important alterations in your government, by ratifying the new federal…

Geometry: And the Rest

And the RestGeometryThe Unit Circle and TrigonometryThe Tangent RatioThe Sine RatioThe Cosine RatioAnd the RestHow Does This Relate to the Unit Circle? There are three other trigonometric ratios…

Geometry: When Is a Parallelogram a Rectangle?

When Is a Parallelogram a Rectangle?GeometryProofs About QuadrilateralsWhen Is a Quadrilateral a Parallelogram?When Is a Parallelogram a Rectangle?When Is a Parallelogram a Rhombus?When Is a…

Chemistry: Titrations

TitrationsChemistryAcids and BasesWhat Are Acids and Bases?Properties of Acids and BasesThe pH ScaleTitrationsBuffers I found a bottle in the stockroom of my lab about a year ago. When I opened it…

Chemistry: What's an Ionic Compound?

What's an Ionic Compound?ChemistryIonic CompoundsWhat's an Ionic Compound?How Ionic Compounds Are FormedProperties of Ionic CompoundsWhat's in a Name? Ionic Nomenclature We talked about the octet…

Aboriginal Australia

History and culture of Australia's indigenous peoples by Ricco Villanueva Siasoco Djakapurra Munyarryun plays the didgeridoo in the "Sea of Hands" display in Sydney in 1998. The display was in…

Brewer's: Champerty

(Latin, campi partitio, division of the land) is a bargain with some person who undertakes at his own cost to recover property on condition of receiving a share thereof if he succeeds. “…

Brewer's: Remember

The last injunction of Charles I., on the scaffold, to Bishop Juxon. A probable solution of this mysterious word is given in Notes and Queries (February 24th, 1894, p. 144). The substance…