The Operations of Nature

In this small extract from his book Consolations in Travel, British chemist and inventor Sir Humphry Davy describes the natural forces that shape the world that we live in. I transcribed it in Centennial Gregg for the blog. Attachment: the-operations-of-nature.pdf 

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Our 7-Mile Dive to Bottom – Part 1

The Mariana Trench, located in the western Pacific Ocean, is the deepest oceanic trench on Earth. Measuring about 1,580 miles in length and 43 miles in width, its maximum known depth is 36,037 feet (about 7 miles), located at the southern end of a small valley in its floor known as the Challenger Deep. If…

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Page from a 1947 Diary

I thought you might enjoy this single page from a 1947 diary written by a woman who is full of angst, confusion, and pain. At this point in her life, she is having an affair with a married man. He is a devout practicing Catholic. The writer has decided to become Catholic as well. She…

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Animal Companions

Jane Loudon was a 19th century British author who was a pioneer in what later became science fiction, and also wrote about gardening, botany, and horticulture. In this excerpt from her book The Young Naturalists’ Journey, or the Travels of Agnes Merton and Her Mama, one of the characters of the book, Mr. Trelawney, reads…

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batteries

I was going over some writing exercise in the anniversary manual to regain some “lost” outlines and principles.  In para 226(4) when writing batteries I wrote   . But when checking the correct form afterwards I saw that battery is and so presumably batteries is . I think I’ll stick to my outline because (1) it…

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