Clemmie stared at Doctor Pax and nodded her head. 'The Sprigs did it.' 'The Sprigs?' He muffled a laugh as he played along with her little game. 'Yes. I first noticed them last night when I followed them to the library. Not that I saw them write the graffiti in the garden. But they leave chalk everywhere. I follow them around and collect the pieces the leave behind. They left a piece in the nursery so I put it in my pocket before the babies swallowed it. I didn’t want them to choke.' 'That was when
Warmers were popular in Europe during the mid 18th and early 19th centuries. Commonly known as a food warmer or veilleuse, they served as both a nightlight and container to heat food. Warmers typically stood between nine to twelve inches tall, but widths varied based on overall design. Throughout their existence, warmers evolved to accommodate regional differences and changes in use. Depending on the region, warmers included either a covered bowl or separate liner. Around the 19th century, some
examination that would have allowed him to study for a diploma as an electrical engineer at the Eidgenossiche Technische Hochschule in Zurich. After some time he graduated in 1900 as a teacher, teaching mathematics at the Technical High School in Winterthur. Einstein finally landed another temporary job at the patent office in Bern. His title was technical expert third class. He worked in this patent office from 1902 to 1909 holding a temporary post when he was first appointed. By 1904 the position
Moore, J. W. (2007). Silver, ecology, and the origins of the modern world, 1450-1640. Rethinking Environmental History: World-System History and Global Environmental Change, 123-142. In this article, Moore aims to capture the story of how the rise of silver and its integration into the economy in the form of currency can be equated to the simultaneous rise of Capitalism. This took the early form exploitation of European lands establishing a nature-society relationship of domination. Soon afterwards
American National Biography. Ed. Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham. New York: Oxford UP, 2008. Oxford African American Studies Center. Fri Apr 04 05:31:04 EDT 2014. http://www.oxfordaasc.com/article/opr/t0001/e1376 Aaron de Groft Winterthur Portfolio, Vol. 33, No. 4, Race and Ethnicity in American Material Life (Winter, 1998), pp. 249-260
for a school for higher education, Einstein gave up his German citizenship and applied for a Swiss one instead. He was given Swiss citizenship in 1901. Einstein was desperate for work, for a year he was a teacher at a Technical High School in Winterthur and a private school in Schaffhausen, and soon afterward he moved to the Switzerland capital, Bern . Work was till difficult to find in Switzerland and Einstien found him... ... middle of paper ... ...cation would be the photoelectric sensor
his entrance examination in October 1895 but didn't do well enough and was forced to enroll at some substandard schools in the area. He continued his education and left school early to work. Between May 1901 and January 1902 he was teacher in Winterthur and Schaffhausen. Afterwards he moved to the Swiss capital Bern. In order to make his living, he gave private lessons in mathematics and physics. At the end of 1902 Einstein's father died in Milan. On January 6, 1903 he married Mileva Maric. In
obtaining a job, but without success. He did manage to avoid Swiss military service on the grounds that he had flat feet and varicose veins. By mid 1901 he had a temporary job as a teacher, teaching mathematics at the Technical High School in Winterthur.
3. HIH INSURANCE: A STORY OF CORPORATE COLLAPSE HIH Insurance was once Australia’s second-largest general insurer with net assets amounting 939 Australian Dollar. The company was placed into provisional liquidation with debts amount $3.6 billion to $5.3 billion. Failings in corporate governance, regulation and auditing and along with poor management decisions have been attributed to the cause of the collapse. This analysis will discuss the collapse of the HIH and the activities undertaken which
While Museums changed their approach during this progressive turn, academic historians were not actively involved in the beginning. John Cotton Dana, founder and curator of the Newark Museum, called for a change in focus for all museums in his 1920 book A Plan for a New Museum: The Kind of Museum It Will Profit a City to Maintain. He stated, “A museum is good only in so far as it is of use.” A museum’s value did not lay in beautiful, rare, and objects from long ago and far away places, but in
Munich was Carl von Linde. Diesel was unable to be graduated with his class in July 1879 because he fell ill with typhoid. While waiting for the next examination date, he gained practical engineering experience at the Sulzer Brothers Machine Works in Winterthur, Switzerland. Diesel was graduated in January 1880 with academic honors and returne... ... middle of paper ... ...opened until the following week. She discovered 200,000 German marks in cash and a number of financial statements indicating that
San Francisco's Wildflower : the Palace of Fine Arts. Phoenix Publishing Co., San Francisco 1967. Eggener Keith L., "Maybeck's melancholy: architecture, empathy, empire, and mental illness at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition." Winterthur Portfolio. Winter 1994, p.211-226. James, Julia H. L. Palaces and courts of the exposition Blair Murdock Co. Publisher, San Francisco 1915. Macomber, Ben The jewel city: its planning and achievement John H. William Publisher. San Francisco
UBS has its roots as a Swiss Bank, originating in 1862, when its first major branch, Bank in Winterthur, was established. However, the three core components of the company date back to the second half of the nineteenth century. Union Bank of Switzerland, Swiss Bank Corporation, and Paine Webber or their predecessors were all founded in the 1860s and 1870s. Modern UBS was formed through a merger of the Union Bank of Switzerland and the Swiss Bank Corporation in June 1998. The Swiss Bank Corporation
Williams. Greenwood Press, 1996. Campbell and Hinsey, md, ed. Psychiatric Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 1960. Kupa Frantisek, The Book Lover. Art Collections of Prague Castle, 1900. Vallotton, Felix, The Visit. Kunstmuseum, Winterthur, 1987. Enrico Caruso, Cantique de Noel, 1916.
Iowa State University Press, 1985. Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. "The South End Today." Boston Magazine, October 1965. Johnson, Amy E. "Crooked and Narrow Streets: Photography and Urban Visual Identities in Early Twentieth-Century Boston." Winterthur Portfolio. No. 1 (2013): 35-64. Kilham, Walter H., FAIA. Boston After Bulfinch: An Account of its Architecture 1800-1900. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1946. Stanwood, Edward. Boston Illustrated. Boston: J.R. Osgood, 1873. Smith, Margaret
Comics History of Comics How did comics arise ? Their birth and evolution, illustrated with some examples The comics weren't invented from one day to the next. It was a slow evolution the result of which is the comic-art of today with its many different branches. According to Fuchs & Wolfgang, "history of comics "(11), a first comic or a "mother" of the comics doesn't exist. The whole story began with the pictures that were printed in newspapers and magazines to illustrate something that
chronology of key events, as published by the HIH Royal Commission, will show that the leadership of HIH Insurance has made a series of acquisitions both local and international. As discussed in Wikipedia online (2014), through 1997 and 1998, HIH Winterthur acquired a large number of companies both in Australia and globally, including Colonial Ltd General Insurance's operations in Australia and New Zealand, Solart in Argentina and Great States Insurance Co in the United States. HIH acquired the large
The Biography of Albert Einstein Born in 1879, Albert Einstein is known today for his incredible mathematical ability and… well, his wild hair. But more important than the physical attributes of his cranium, is the fantastic information which it provided. He will probably always be remembered as the greatest mathematical genius of the modern world. Honors he has received for his works include the Nobel Prize, which he was awarded in 1921, the Royal Society Copley Medal, which he was awarded
FOREWORD Frederic Edwin Church was clearly an epic and defining figure among the Hudson River School painters, particularly in his collaborative efforts in developing a sense of national identity for America, but also in fostering tourism through landscape painting, political influence, and entrepreneurialism. By answering the national call for artists and writers to define American landscape, Church took the first steps towards becoming, not only one of America’s greatest painters, but also a successful
Walt Whitman's Influence on Germany Walt Whitman (1819-1892) is considered to be one of the greatest American poets of the nineteenth century. While Edgar Allan Poe may have been more widely read, Whitman had more international writers actively respond to him and his poetry than any other American poet. A century after his death, writers around the world are still in dialogue with him, pondering the questions he posed, arguing with him and elaborating on his insights. People have been attracted