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§ 9 Of the Universal Colour Bill But meanwhile the intellectual Arts were fast decaying. The Art of Sight Recognition, being no longer needed, was no longer practised; and the studies of Geometry, Sta...
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§ 8 Of the Ancient Practice of Painting If my Readers have followed me with any attention up to this point, they will not be surprised to hear that life is somewhat dull in Flatland. I do not, of cour...
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§ 7 Concerning Irregular Figures Throughout the previous pages I have been assuming—what perhaps should have been laid down at the beginning as a distinct and fundamental proposition—that every human ...
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§ 6 Of Recognition by Sight I am about to appear very inconsistent. In the previous sections I have said that all figures in Flatland present the appearance of a straight line; and it was added or imp...
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§ 5 Of our Methods of Recognizing one another You, who are blessed with shade as well as light, you, who are gifted with two eyes, endowed with a knowledge of perspective, and charmed with the enjoyme...
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§ 4 Concerning the Women If our highly pointed Triangles of the Soldier class are formidable, it may be readily inferred that far more formidable are our Women. For, if a Soldier is a wedge, a Woman i...
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§ 3 Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland The greatest length or breadth of a full grown inhabitant of Flatland may be estimated at about eleven of your inches. Twelve inches may be regarded as a max...
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§ 2 Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland As with you, so also with us, there are four points of the compass North, South, East, and West. There being no sun nor other heavenly bodies, it is impossibl...
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§ 1 Of the Nature of Flatland I call our world Flatland, not because we call it so, but to make its nature clearer to you, my happy readers, who are privileged to live in Space. Imagine a vast sheet o...
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FLATLAND PART I THIS WORLD “Be patient, for the world is broad and wide.”
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Contents PART I. THIS WORLD Section 1 Of the Nature of Flatland Section 2 Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland Section 3 Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland Section 4 Concerning the Women Section ...
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To The Inhabitance of S PACE IN G ENERAL And H.C. IN P ARTICULAR This Work is Dedicated By a Humble Native of Flatland In the Hope that Even as he was Initiated into the Mysteries Of T HREE Dimensions...
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The Project Gutenberg eBook of Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no ...
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SCION a b c d e Totals S A 4 6 4 5 0 19 T B 3 2 8 4 0 17 O C 0 3 8 9 5 25 C D 1 2 3 1 1 8 K E 2 2 7 9 2 22 TOTALS 10 15 30 28 8 91 Discussion After Dr. McKay's Paper Dr. MacDaniels: "A good scion on c...
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Name Quarts [2] (with husks) Pints, nuts (without husks) Size of nut No. per pint Barcelona 11 8 101 Bixby (1) 11 9 130 Bixby (2) 22 12 148 Daviana (1) 10 6 94 Daviana (2) 11 7 90 Du Chilly (1) 20 11 ...
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The Project Gutenberg eBook of Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most...
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*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1930-1931, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...
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Part II LIST OF ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY WITH AN INDEX TO AUTHORS AND TITLES AND AN INTRODUCTORY NOTE INTRODUCTORY NOTE The importance of conducting ethnological research amo...