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Among his circle of correspondents are those who advocate "a war that was longer and might act as a purgative, sweeping away what was rotten, reducing the number of fertile males among the residuum." Worthless Men by Andrew Cowan – review 2013-02-22T21:45:01Z
The bed looked like the residuum of a lost weekend, yet it also intimated that the bed’s occupant felt herself to be lost, too. Two Beds and the Burdens of Feminism 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z
The statement is quite definitive, calling him “completely recovered, there is not any residuum remained.” F.A.A. Raised Questions About Andreas Lubitz’s Depression Before Germanwings Crash 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z
Immunological memory is the residuum of a successful immune response that in the B cell lineage comprises long-lived plasma cells and long-lived memory B cells. [Special Issue Review] Diversity Among Memory B Cells: Origin, Consequences, and Utility 2013-09-12T17:56:44.660Z
And if that little were carried away the residuum would offer scant attraction. Punch, or the London Charivari, October 28th 1893 2012-04-05T02:00:37.137Z
The modern Irish shillalah, then, is only the residuum of the ancient Irish broad-axe—the broad-axe with its head taken off. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z
They ignore the large residuum which drifts without advice and without supervision into the less favourable openings, and in matters of social reform it is the large residuums that count. Boy Labour and Apprenticeship 2012-03-30T02:00:18.807Z
Now if these, or a considerable proportion of them, had been drawn from the moral residuum of England, a very serious impression would have been made on the ranks of vice and crime. Salvation Syrup; Or, Light On Darkest England 2012-03-14T02:00:28.613Z
Thus everything except a slight residuum is through and through mental, our own product, the expression of what we are and desire to be. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z
There remains a nondescript residuum of charred and apparently worthless substances. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z
The scanty residuum of hostile evidence proves to be Origen and three Codexes,—of which two are cursives. The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels 2012-02-24T03:00:31.020Z
The residuum from the first process is shoveled into perforated iron cylinders, by men standing up to their knees in the steaming mass. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z
In Romanism we have the residuum of the middle-age Church and theology, the lees, after all, or well nigh all the wine was drained away. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, November 1864 2012-02-04T03:00:16.007Z
They were the residuum of some scores, and she had read the contents of each several times over. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z
Good acts tend to this result by the gradual purification in successive incarnations of “Karma,” which may perhaps be described as the residuum of unconquered passions and unexpiated sins after death. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z
Magma, mag′ma, n. any soft doughy mass: the molten mass within the earth's crust: the residuum after expressing the juice from fruits. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z
When heated on a platinum disc, it burns away with a bright flame, leaving no residuum. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z
Both plants are boiled for a considerable time in iron kettles, the yellow deposit or residuum being suffered to remain undisturbed for several days. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z
Most Fijian mothers are heavy smokers, and the residuum of tobacco may well impart a poisonous property to the food. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z
There always remains in consciousness a residuum of the inconceivable, that is, inconceivable since it is illusion and error. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z
Around this some of the cytoplasm condenses, the rest forming a residuum. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z
The daily life of the Spanish gypsy has always been characterized by a squalor and degradation exceeding that of the residuum of any European nation. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z
Third—Pale, limpid oils, obtained by distillation and subsequent chemical treatment from the residuum produced in refining petroleum to obtain the fuel oils. Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair 2011-12-04T03:00:04.777Z
Aniline dyes were first manufactured from the residuum of coal tar in Great Britain. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z
Some residuum of human courage out of the past kept her body loyal—some archaic fashion of the flesh that dominated the newness of the mind. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z
Freed from the restraint of the steadier politicians under Burke and Portland, the residuum under Fox fell into a series of grave mistakes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z
What harm does the little residuum or germ of actuality that I leave in God do? The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z
She still preserved a certain residuum of friends. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z
This lurking element of social power remains an unexplained residuum. Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive 2011-11-19T03:00:28.253Z
Above 300� there is obtained another oil, which is used for lubrication, also the invaluable vaseline, and finally, when the still is allowed to cool, there remains a solid residuum known as paraffin wax. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z
Of this residuum Grey became the moving spirit, for though Fox did not check their activity, he disclaimed the responsibility of their policy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z
One or two are left at Newburgh, another at Poughkeepsie, two or three more at Hudson, one or two at Fishkill, and, finally, the tug arrives with a residuum of some half-dozen vessels at Albany. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z
After allowing fully for all these, there will be found a great residuum of progressive energy, of intellectual strength, and of moral worth in the people of the southern States. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z
Your system created a residuum—a criminal class—as surely as the thresher by sifting out the wheat leaves behind the residuum we call chaff. The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z
Caput, k�p′ut, n. a head.—Caput mortuum, the residuum after distillation: worthless residue. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z
Enraged by the attitude of Pitt, which was grounded on the support of the constituencies as they then stood, the residuum plotted an ill-timed agitation for parliamentary reform. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z
It is highly inflammable, and burns without smoke, or leaving any residuum; and in the act of burning its phlogiston so unites with dephlogisticated air as to make fixed air. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z
There remains also the final test, the residuum of relief, the number of those who will remain permanently upon the charity list of the community. Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z
It was tenacious, and could not be wiped off; and left a light grey residuum on the cloth. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z
There is no class of labourers there without property; no town residuum, and no rural cottagers. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z
He affirms that after analysis has done its utmost there remains an unexplained residuum beyond the reach of the instruments or the methods of positive science. Determinism or Free-Will? 2011-09-10T02:00:27.557Z
Zinc dissolved in diluted vitriolic acid, yields much inflammable air, and has a residuum, which appears to be plumbago, and the liquor forms crystals, called white copperas. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z
The cliffs might have been the dense residuum of the night. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z
It is reached entirely by a process of giving up; Christian notions are dropped one after another, and the God who is believed in is the residuum. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z
Q. What do you consider the remaining residuum? Mr. Punch at the Seaside 2011-08-24T02:00:23.487Z
This residuum of existence of old animals is truly pitiable, and, taking everything into consideration, it is not an enormous dose of happiness we have left them in not sacrificing them when they were young. The Pros and Cons of Vivisection 2011-08-23T02:00:31.033Z
The residuum consists of revived mercury, with some regulus and calx of antimony. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z
“The Rookery;” for all the scum and ruffianism of an exceptionally scummy and ruffianly residuum chose it as their stronghold. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z
To confuse is not to instruct, to mystify is not to enlighten, the repetition of meaningless phrases can leave behind no healthy residuum in the mind. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z
Underneath the lowest of them there is a conservative residuum whom it is impossible to get rid of, whose condition it is appalling to contemplate.  Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.900Z
That is why the contemporary theory of aesthetics holds that form in art 233 absorbs in itself the content, with no residuum. The Reform of Education 2011-07-18T02:00:21.207Z
After agitation in water it loses this property, and the residuum is merely inflammable air, with no great diminution of its bulk. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z
By experiment, I found a portion of the lower arenaceous part almost completely soluble, in the cold, in nitro-sulphuric acid; and the actual residuum was, in part, owing to a defect in trituration. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z
But summing up all the faults together, and giving full weight to each, we gladly own the masterly residuum that is left. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z
When you have come to the end, you will be sadly disappointed, and will find that all the mystery evaporates, and leaves a dull, commonplace residuum. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z
Allowing for that exaggeration which is common to all such sayings there is still a residuum of truth left. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z
It burns with smoke and soot, and leaves a residuum of a coaly substance. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z
If he had, there was his visit to the theater to be explained, and at the bottom of his soul's crucible there was yet a residuum of doubt on that score. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z
After fertilization, the egg, lying in its cavity in the sponge, undergoes a complete segmentation; that is to say, becomes divided into a number of cells without any residuum remaining. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z
Residual Material.—The next most important consideration after the amount of fluid in the intestines, is the amount of the residuum which the lower bowel has to move. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z
The residuum would be very easily grappled with. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z
The residuum consists of a violet-coloured powder, which, by sublimation, is converted into cinnabar. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z
The army at this time was 46,000 strong, for the most part the residuum of depots, incapable of any serious action. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z
But after making all possible allowances for exaggeration there is an obvious residuum of truth in the reports that come from the Yukon basin. All about the Klondyke gold mines 2011-04-13T02:00:12.887Z
After every feast there would be a residuum of hide and bones which would gradually assume economic value. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z
Even then, of what we consider first-rate in the 19th century, for instance, but a very small residuum can possibly survive. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z
An unexplained residuum of change, perhaps a large one, must be left to the assumed uniform action of those unknown agencies, which occasionally induce strongly-marked and abrupt deviations of structure in our domestic productions. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z
And upon the petty residuum of human interest left to them they focus minds of a Jamesian calibre…. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z
And that residuum indicates something more extraordinary than anything recalled by a backward glance at the facts of 'forty-nine.' All about the Klondyke gold mines 2011-04-13T02:00:12.887Z
To consider the materialistic hypothesis as adequate to account for the residuum or x-quantity of the Fairy-Faith would not even be reasonable, and, incontestably, would not be scientific. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z
Graves, scraps, or cracklings, as they are variously called, the residuum of rough lard or tallow, after expressing the fat, are a good change and an economical food. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy.
"And a certain residuum of what is called sense of duty." The Undying Past
The bulk of these in due course underwent transformation either complete or partial, but there was always a residuum of incongruous and inconsistent elements existing side by side with the essential truths of Christianity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo"
The growth of exact knowledge transforms the truth in philosophy into science, leaving the absolute falsehood as the final residuum. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897
To this residuum, the .0025 part of a perfect gentleman, whom he has not the honor to know personally, our Mr. Smith tenders profound apologies. A Man in the Open
The residuum was not the parallax of which he had originally been in search, for it did not complete a cycle within the year; it was rather a progressive change from year to year. Astronomical Discovery
You don’t find in this residuum any ash whatever, unless the combustion has been mixed with foreign matter.  Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2
When we put on the one side all that belongs to intelligence, and on the other all that belongs to matter, there is a residuum in our ideas which we cannot reduce to either head. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli"
The provinces in Canada were conceded less power than have the states in the American union; the federal government retaining the residuum of power not conceded. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony"
The drug is absorbed more rapidly in some, than in others, so that one person might take two or three times as much as another, and I would find the same residuum. A Modern Wizard
I have been told that they extract forty different substances from beechwood, and then send the exhausted residuum as charcoal to the Paris restaurants. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine
After we had explained everything in the growth of language that can be explained, there remained in the end, as the only inexplicable residuum, what we called roots. Lectures on The Science of Language
"What good is it," he asked, "if seventy-five parts of carbonic acid are in the residuum?" Black Diamonds
The residuum, after extraction of the oil, and the haulm are nutritious cattle foods. Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products
It is still an unsettled question whether, in every case, the evaporation will ultimately cease, leaving a residuum as permanent as any other mass of matter. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere"
Now we have not really explained the residuum by the application of the principle of chances: we have only isolated a problem for explanation. Logic, Inductive and Deductive
If there be a residuum of good sense and proper feeling in her nature, they will assert themselves after a while; if not, all extraneous influences are futile. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part
In general, however, these records of depositions are sources whose residuum of fact it is not difficult to discover. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718
People who are too delicate and courteous ever fully to speak their minds to each other are apt to have stagnant residuums of unpleasant feelings which breed all sorts of gnats and mosquitoes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865
Each remedy, however, let us hope, leaves a certain residuum of usefulness behind it, though failing to fulfil all the hopes raised on its first trial. Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles
The Importance of the Residuum.—The above reasoning does not satisfactorily show what influence the capitalist can use to make the entrepreneur pay over to him the entire amount of the residuum. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy
Its residuum of black fluid had been glutinous ever since Miss Julia had known it; ever since she had written, as a student, that Bounty Commanded Esteem all down one page of a copybook. When Ghost Meets Ghost
He was, in fact, much more satisfactory than Scot; for he explained just what was his residuum of belief. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718
This abates a little of one's wrath at slavery, perhaps, though the residuum is quite sufficient; but it infinitely enhances one's hopes for the race set free. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865
Suppose that, after an experiment, there is a residuum of gas, neither absorbable by alkali nor water, contained in the upper part of the jar AEF, Pl. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries
Effect of Perfect Mobility of Labor and Capital.—Perfect mobility of labor and capital insures that the residuum in the entrepreneur's hands after wages are paid shall all be made over to the capitalist. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy
Rage, malice, and dulness, were the heavy residuum; and now he much resembled that congenial soul whom the ever-witty South compared to the tailor’s goose, which is at once hot and heavy. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors
Even among the softest and snobbiest of boys and masters there will always remain a residuum of male self-respect. Clark's Field
There were thousands of loads of this residuum, in which many hundred tons of pure coal must have been thus wastefully thrown away. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865
The charcoal and fixed earth, &c. which form the substance or residuum, anciently called caput mortuum, remain behind in the retort. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries
In the second figure they are represented as a residuum. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy
On the contrary, even the burnt fat was still considered as fat; the ashes of the fat are the שארית, the residuum of the fat. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2
By the action of these different fluids, the chyme is converted into a fluid of a whitish color, called Chyle, and into residuum. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition)
It is the residuum of Christianity when the mysterious elements have been subtracted. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion
If, on the contrary, the taper be instantly extinguished, we have strong reason to presume that the residuum is chiefly composed of azotic gas. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries
The bread thus retains its sweetness—no waste of its saccharine matter, and no residuum except muriate of soda or common salt. Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery
So impure is this heavy liquid that after evaporation there is a residuum of twenty-eight pounds of solid matter in every hundred. Trail Tales
These long centuries of superstitious beliefs have left behind in society a psychological residuum that is at all times an obstacle and is sometimes fatal to scientific thinking. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development
This new view is probably unconsciously derived from Hegel, and is the residuum left by his philosophy. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion
If the residuum contains nitrous gas, by adding oxygen gas, with which it combines into nitric acid, we can very nearly ascertain its quantity, from the diminution produced by this mixture. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries
Those which are made by a simple effervescence, provided the residuum is not injurious, are best, and shall accordingly be placed first in order. Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery
Our five and one-half per cent of degenerates must therefore be greatly reduced in order to find the residuum of congenitals. The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897
There the charcoal on which the gold has been precipitated is first roasted in furnaces, and the residuum smelted in the usual smelting-pots. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam'
By a mixture of fixed air I have made wholesome the residuum of air generated by putrefaction only, from mice plunged in water. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air
If, again, upon mixing a portion of the residuum with oxygen gas, red fumes are produced, we conclude that it contains nitrous gas. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries
The townsfolk are fairly industrious, that is, when compared with the people of Southern Irish towns, but there is a residuum—a Home Rule residuum. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule
She was carrying a large pail filled with potato-parings and other fragments of culinary residuum. The Hound From The North
Making due allowance for the distortion and exaggeration of ages of testimony, there yet remains a residuum indisputable. Italy, the Magic Land
This reduced the residuum to sixteen, whose names were written on slips of paper, thrown into a pith helmet, and tumbled together. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas
It is almost impossible to disentangle them, and to leave any solid historic residuum. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors
They have shown that, making all possible allowance for error of whatever kind, there still remains in the phenomena of apparitions, clairvoyance, etc., a residuum not explainable on the hypothesis of fraud or chance coincidence. Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters
The residuum, or oil cake, may be sold for cattle feed. The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses
Custom and the folkways, like habit in the individual, may be regarded as a mere residuum of past practices. Introduction to the Science of Sociology
Its owner took his residuum of change from his pocket, and carelessly spent all but a few coppers on professional remuneration and a large bottle of eau-de-Cologne. Somehow Good
One may not really compare or contrast the literary emanations of Tolstoy and Kipling except as to the net human residuum. Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm
The less remarkable people received an inferior garland and a single rose with a few leaves, made up like a button-hole; and a certain unimportant residuum did not receive any decoration at all. India and the Indians
The scientific investigator, while not accepting the fanciful theories of the local observer, will make a mistake if he fails to recognize the residuum of solid fact on which they are built. The Economic Aspect of Geology
The mores, on the other hand, in so far as they contain a rational element, are the accumulations, the residuum, not only of past practices, but of judgments such as find expression in public opinion. Introduction to the Science of Sociology
The residuum is represented by the cast-off raiment of the novice. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts
One learned author has compared such analyses to estimating the historical residuum of the Cinderella legend by subtracting the pumpkin coach and the godmother. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era
Those only could be inferred to be natural which could not possibly be artificial—the residuum, after deducting every characteristic of either sex which can admit of being explained from education or external circumstances. The Subjection of Women
The residuum of truth that remained after these had been sifted out was something like this. Crooked Trails and Straight
It is the residua of these experiences that have persisted and become associated into complexes which are retained as traits of our personality. Introduction to the Science of Sociology
Spirit of turpentine will also answer the purpose, but is less rapid in its action and does not evaporate so completely, leaving a slight residuum of resin. The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII.
Very simple, on the other hand, is the explanation of the existence of that type as a residuum of experience. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory
Subsequently the ordinary tinctures were distilled, and the extracts thus obtained dissolved in the above menstruum, as far as was possible, in most cases the residuum being found to be inert. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say
But the Kilkenny cats of existence as it appears in the pages of Hegel are all-devouring, and leave no residuum. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy
Allowing a wide margin for exaggeration and credulity, there is certainly a residuum of fact. Miracles and Supernatural Religion
Express the residuum, put all the liquid into one vessel, filter and evaporate till reduced to 800 grams, then cool and add the alcohol. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines
None of the experiments cited seemed to me capable of shewing this more clearly than that according to the 10th paragraph, because this residuum, as already mentioned, consists of vitriolated tartar and alkali. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2
Thus in the United States the residuum of power is in the several states, while in Canada it is in the federal union and in the parliament of the Dominion. Wilmot and Tilley
No part of the unclassified residuum has usually been treated with a more contemptuous scientific disregard than the mass of phenomena generally called mystical. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy
This is the accepted principle of International Law, a residuum of the concentrated wisdom of many generations of international legists. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1
All our progress consists in continually pushing the unknowable, in the sense of the unanalysable residuum, a step further back; but that there should be no ultimate unanalysable residuum anywhere is an inconceivable idea. The Hidden Power And Other Papers upon Mental Science
Underneath always an undertone of repulsion and incurable ennui … the dark residuum of immedicable disillusion … that what she had really wanted was love with its final expression eliminated. Black Oxen
As a rule, the correspondents were left in blissful ignorance of what had been cut out of their copy, as well as of the exact nature of the residuum transmitted. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan
What there is of affirmative in this determination is thus the mere residuum left from the negation by others of the negation it originally applied to them. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy
The central religious object, as has been seen, is an attitude of the residuum or totality of things. The Approach to Philosophy
This is that last residuum which defies all our powers of analysis. The Hidden Power And Other Papers upon Mental Science
He felt not only that she was analyzing him, but that the results of the analysis seemed to her to be a very small residuum, of solid matter. Comedies of Courtship
The former are readily combustible, and on the application of heat, catch fire, and are entirely consumed, leaving the inorganic matters in the form of a white residuum or ash. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry
"The great field for new discoveries," said a scientific friend to me the other day, "is always the unclassified residuum." The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy
It affirms itself therefore with a certainty that surpasses any other certainty, because it is supported by each and every other certainty, and even by the residuum of possibility. The Approach to Philosophy
This idea of the unknowable is the root of all materialism; and yet no scientific man, however materialistic his proclivities, treats the unanalysable residuum thus when he meets it in the experiments of his laboratory. The Hidden Power And Other Papers upon Mental Science
When the Rebels evacuated this region, they probably took with them the house-servants, including most of the mixed blood, so that the residuum seems very black. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864
The residuum consists of a gummy mass from which paraffine and petroleum jelly are extracted. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges
To that vague, grand residuum of judicial legislation we are to be remitted for our rights between master and slave, if this is enacted. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861
But the residuum of separate nations was some time in making its appearance. The Story of Rouen
But then, if you explain everything away like that, there is no residuum left. The Green Carnation
Here, too, was obtained, on the melting of the snow, a small residuum, consisting of a black powder containing metallic iron. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II
In the snail and muscle, the residuum of the coral reappears, but refined and ennobled into a part of the animal. Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life.
This residuum of Space would then be spoken of as Space, and the Planetary Bodies, along with and including the spaces which they fill, would be spoken of as Matter. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
It was this: After we had explained everything in the growth of language that can be explained, there remained in the end, as the only inexplicable residuum, what we called roots. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
Or are we kindled, you and I, to be One rose of wonderment upon the tree Of perfect life, and is our possible seed But the residuum of the ecstasy? Look! We Have Come Through!
Before we pass on to the task before us, let me make two suggestions for the help of those who would endeavour to find this spiritual residuum. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus
In the insect class this residuum has refined itself. Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life.
In the case which is before the Court, generally speaking, truth lurks somewhere about the facts, and the elimination of all error will show it in the residuum. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I
Then again, as the supply of recruits becomes exhausted, it must always be remembered that we are dealing with a residuum. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 19, 1916
Rejected with scorn as being corrupt and dangerous, there remained of these doctrines only such residuum as might be found in the independent thought of artists, who were more difficult to control. Chinese Painters A Critical Study
One must indeed be thoroughly familiar with Roman literature and antiquities to overcome these difficulties, to discover the spiritual residuum in the Roman character beneath all its hardness and utilitarianism. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus
But the residuum was less Jewish than Teutonic. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield
When boiled away, the lye leaves a residuum, which, in color and general appearance, resembles brown sugar. The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879
I lacked that self-confidence that readily finds employment, and again I found myself mixing with the spineless residuum of the employment bureau. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance
With the residuum of those instruments he would again set out, using them as his capital wherewith to form the basis of future transactions among the peasantry and others. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators
Some residuum of jealous self-distrust, left over from his primitive beginnings, and causing him to look on every prosperous man as on a potential foe? The Brentons
In a small residuum of cases diœcious plants or flowers are regarded as male and female, but with no real comprehension of the sexual nature of the flowers. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield
In a few minutes more the sea water had boiled quite away, leaving a white residuum, which Martin scraped carefully off into a cocoa-nut cup. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers
Some residuum of such malice and cruelty there must be, even in the supremest work of art, else the eternal contradictions upon which life depends would be destroyed. The Complex Vision
“Perhaps not: the residuum is, you see, Byres, what is left.” The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook
At this great elevation, 7500 feet, evaporation does its work rapidly all over the valley, but it is in Tezcuco that the residuum of the waters is deposited. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited
A solution of the artificial rubber in benzine left on evaporation a residue which agreed in all characteristics with the residuum of the best Para rubber similarly dissolved and evaporated. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898
Is it reasonable, on the slender residuum of evidence, to insist that St. Mark has ascribed to Isaiah words confessedly written by Malachi? The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels
These residua are all black and glossy like common pitch, which differs from them only in having been less acted upon by fire, and thence in being softer. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists
Roughly speaking, the task and the man absorbed each other without residuum. Memories and Studies
"The residuum of the Northumberlands," said Claudius, "one of the most genealogical and antique families in England." Stories of Comedy
Even after making a liberal allowance for the prejudice naturally supervening from their rivalry there is left a residuum of condemnation abundantly sufficient to ruin a more vigorous reputation than Crawford has left behind him. John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series
This process of evaporation leaves behind it a strong residuum in which all characteristic elements are held as in a saturated solution. A History of American Christianity
The former, however, is now seldom to be met with, the varieties employed on the palette being the residua of various resinous and bituminous matters, distilled for the sake of their essential oils. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists
He renounced even the doctrine that there was a residuum of truth in her claim of great relationships, since, existent or not, he cared equally little for her ramifications. The Tragic Muse
My object has been to extract what was odd and simple and most characteristic, in short, what was most human, and there is enough residuum for a horde of other miners. A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions
In North Africa the residuum was a remarkable propensity to visions, holy dreams, and the like. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)
This solution they boiled down and the residuum was saltpeter or gunpowder, without which no settlement in Kentucky could exist. The Young Trailers A Story of Early Kentucky
Each fluid ounce of the fresh juice contains about forty-four grains of citric acid, with gum, sugar, and a residuum, which yields, when incinerated, potash, lime, and phosphoric acid. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
Sunlight has scattered the spectres of the night,—they have fled, leaving behind them only the matter-of-fact residuum of heavy Turkish counter-attacks against our fresh-won ground. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I
Yet amongst the most sceptical and “enlightened” of moderns there is generally a large residuum of tradition. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan
"True," said Mr. Grapewine, and he fell to devouring the residuum of his meal, a very savory mixture, which he swallowed with an amazing relish. In the Yule-Log Glow, Book II Christmas Tales from 'Round the World
And hence arose the reflection that the ordinary carbonic acid gas, which is always the residuum of respiration, might, from weakness, settle in the lungs, and thus become the cause of disease and death. Theory of Circulation by Respiration Synopsis of its Principles and History
There is still, with all the resource of modern medical science, a residuum of hopeless and obscure cases which baffle the physician. Modern Religious Cults and Movements
In Professor Stuart's crucible, many a solid text evaporated, and left no residuum of proof. Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter
The vast majority of our acts, he argues, are determined, but there remains a residuum of free choices. Damn! A Book of Calumny
The process consists in the employment of a substance called albo-carbon, which is the solid residuum of creosote. Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures
People who have rejected dogmatic religion, and retained only a residuum of religious sentimentalism, find a special field in the discussion of the rights of the poor and the duties of the rich. What Social Classes Owe to Each Other
By one set of tests this residuum is unexpectedly small. Modern Religious Cults and Movements
Thus in place of limestone, which would otherwise form, we have only a claylike residuum, such as is obtained when we dissolve lime rocks in acids. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography
The more the matter is examined the more the residuum of free will shrinks and shrinks, until in the end it is almost impossible to find it. Damn! A Book of Calumny
The residuum in the retort may be applied to various useful purposes. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
The residuum is constantly recruited from the "comfortable" classes, and, out of thousands of cases, I never knew half-a-dozen in which the cause was not drink. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary
That residuum was very much larger fifty years ago than it is now. Modern Religious Cults and Movements
Women had been dealt with first, the residuum were men; the general charge against these was pocket-picking. King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties
And it has become a very fair question to ask—What is the residuum of permanent effect from these great books of his, which have been permeating English thought for half a century and more? Studies in Early Victorian Literature
But with a sense of more human dutifulness, Perry recalled his residuum of perception. Tales of the Chesapeake
Doubtless he held that the mob, or, as we more decorously say, the residuum, were in some sense the enemies of true freedom. Sir Walter Scott (English Men of Letters Series)
It is the common human emotion, the root of the personal equation, the battling residuum in the last analysis of social chemistry. The Spinster Book
It has been said, and it is often repeated, that if you strip a Spaniard of his virtues, the residuum will be a Portuguese. Spanish Life in Town and Country
His best work will of course be a mere residuum of his sixty books, as is the best of nearly all prolific writers. Studies in Early Victorian Literature
When closely examined, this great difficulty of many words with but one common sound melts rapidly away, until there is but a fairly small residuum with which the student has to contend. China and the Chinese
All these, on examination, leave but a worthless residuum; but the prophecies of the Rector of Ars and of Léon Sonrel are more curious and worthy of a moment's attention. The Wrack of the Storm
Charcoal is made by burning wood under such conditions as eliminate the water and hydrogen and leave the carbon as a residuum which we call charcoal. Scientific American Supplement, No. 312, December 24, 1881
Here also magnificent scenery, splendid weather, and moderate charges combined to bias my judgment; but the residuum, after all due allowance made for these factors, still, after five years, assures me of most unusual excellence. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin
The value of the languages then resolves itself, as has been often remarked, into a residuum. Practical Essays
After these purposes were served there was a large residuum left. Essays in Liberalism Being the Lectures and Papers Which Were Delivered at the Liberal Summer School at Oxford, 1922
In claiming the Upper Adige, Italy does not forget that the highest valleys are inhabited by 180,000 Germans, a residuum from the immigration in the Middle Ages. The New Frontiers of Freedom from the Alps to the Ægean
At dinner Bessie heard more bitter sentiments against her sex than she had ever heard in her life before, and wondered whether they were the residuum of his disappointed passion. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax
It cannot be possible that generations of dealing with immature minds should have left no residuum of effective practice. Craftsmanship in Teaching
In the same way, by repeated treatment of petroleum residuum with amyl alcohol, a substance of melting point 59� C. can be obtained, which cannot be distinguished from ordinary paraffine. Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889
That residuum could only be required for one purpose—to protect the country in question from foreign aggression. Essays in Liberalism Being the Lectures and Papers Which Were Delivered at the Liberal Summer School at Oxford, 1922
Although much of the anti-Deistical literature perished with the occasion which called it forth, there is yet a residuum which will be immortal. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century
And upon the table stood a small stone pitcher, containing a residuum of whisky punch, now grown cold. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader
Could we subtract the members one by one, there would be no intangible residuum after all the people and their lives had been taken away. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope
The perfectly dried matter is best treated in exactly the same way as a residuum in water analysis. Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887
The residuum of the truth, or at any rate the important conviction of the ancient writers, which remains after their stories are sifted, is the Scythic character of the Parthian people. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.
When these are stripped off and the residuum is compressed into a book, we have that which is at once intensely real and painfully unfamiliar. Humanly Speaking
All other methods for the restoration and elevation of mankind are compelled to recognise that there is an obstinate residuum that will not and cannot be reached by their efforts. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII
Every age has had its own living Folk Lore, and, beside this, a residuum of waning lore, regarded as superstitious, and so it is at the present day. Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century
The turbid water which passes through is allowed to stand so that the suspended matter may settle, and after decanting the clear supernatant water, the residuum is again thrown on to the filter. Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887
That is the only experience capable of giving an idea of what happens when a fairly-fitted house is handed over to the tender mercies of a selection from the British "residuum." Side Lights
He used his coal-scraper to fill the sieve, and shook the fine powdery lime into one heap, and gently tilted the coarse residuum upon another, after searching it carefully over. Nicky-Nan, Reservist
The ethereal portions sublimed and formed the heavens; the heavier residuum became the present earth. The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji
And if they could, what sort of a residuum of a United Kingdom government would be left over? Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union
It is a common thing to ignite the residuum, and to put the loss down, if any, to water. Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887
Make all needful deductions, and there remains a vast residuum of moral beauty and grandeur, interwoven with three centuries of our history. Thomas Henry Huxley A Character Sketch
Take of these elements all that are fusible, Melt them all down in a pipkin or crucible, Set them to simmer and take off the scum, And a Heavy Dragoon is the residuum! Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs
And the residuum of it all was a little Baby held to a woman's breast in a miserable hovel in the most forlorn and detested corner of the world. A Little Book for Christmas
There exists in England, in respect of all things Irish, a monstrous residuum of prejudice. The Open Secret of Ireland
The undigested starch continues to stimulate gastric secretion, and the acid residuum causes pain, heartburn and flatulence. The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition
The residuum is preserved under the leaves of the pine-apple shrub, till it becomes hot by fermentation. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.
Take of these elements all that are fusible, Melt them all down in a pipkin or crucible, Set them to simmer and take off the scum, And a Heavy Dragoon is the residuum! Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs
If you answer the question in the negative, you are in this predicament: all the love and 'the fine feelings' remain with the infinitesimal residuum of the cultured and professionally 'refined.' Prose Fancies
Everyone leads the Life of Reason in so far as he finds a steady light behind the world's glitter and a clear residuum of joy beneath pleasure or success. The Life of Reason
The dead vision of the North had left in their spirits a residuum of its mysticism. The Silent Places
A second, and afterwards a third quality of oil is obtained, by moistening the residuum, breaking the kernel, &c., and increasing the pressure. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.
That some of the effects were palpably fraudulent, and that, fraud apart, there remained a residuum of phenomena not easy to explain, were all irritating facts. Robert Browning
Does that residuum actually incarnate all the love, devotion, honour, and other noble qualities in man? Prose Fancies
In the year 1836 the anti-slavery leaven or residuum for instance, was sufficiently potent to preserve the statutes of the free States, free from repressive laws directed against the Abolitionists. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist
It has burned, leaving a white ash or residuum, and here also we find that the metal has a certain amount of action upon water. The Chemical History of a Candle
Estimates of the required time to dispose of this residuum at the same rate of sale varied from 400 or 500 to 900 years. A History of Trade Unionism in the United States
A neighboring squire, whose grandfather had married a Rockville, was allowed to secure the title, on condition that the rest carried off the residuum of the estate. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850
To that residuum of caste, when it becomes the residuum, one could not object. New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments
How Vaseline is Purified.—The residuum from which vaseline is made is placed in settling tanks heated by steam, in order to keep their contents in a liquid state. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889
He read the letter and 384 showed the sample of powder,—adding that he had burned some of it and it did not seem a good article; there was too much residuum. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him
Social science has something to do, before—or at least simultaneously with—reaching down to the depths where all the wrongs and blunders and mismanagements of life have precipitated their foul residuum. Real Folks
All very marked dialectic peculiarities were discarded one by one, until the residuum became a very homogeneous, uniform and correct mode of conventional speech. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876
And when every thing of that sort has been excluded, the residuum, in every case, as every one must see, will be deism or infidelity. Secret Societies
Brown or Smith is not dealing with your personality as a whole, but with a residuum. A Librarian's Open Shelf
Each State represents yet a great residuum of power. Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
Possibly the people of Colorado are satisfied with the residuum; but some outsiders regard all Rocky Mountain shambles with a feeling of horror. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation
There was something almost as interesting here as a meditation on the mystic Nirvana or a discourse on that persistent residuum of all myths—Maya, delusion. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876
If more absurdity than good sense is talked about natural affection, still there is a residuum of fact underneath the folly; and Leam's words had struck down to that small residuum in her father's heart. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876
The wandering mind is captured; the inane residuum is abolished by union with the rest to form a normal, intelligent whole. A Librarian's Open Shelf
The residuum was somehow and in some vague way intelligible to the ante-political man; but it must have been uncertain, wavering, and unfit to be depended upon. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3
After he has been given the benefit of all the doubt which 070can be suggested concerning the questions which he disposed of, the preponderance of expert authority shows a residuum of substantial certainty against him. Abraham Lincoln, Volume II
The Comprachicos were rather a fellowship than a tribe; rather a residuum than a fellowship. The Man Who Laughs
A residuum of the untamable will always exist, inaccessible to education or "moral suasion," and amenable only to force. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876
The residuum of the distillation of milk-brandy, which is sharp, and has a smell like wine lees, is applied to various uses. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 477, February 19, 1831
This light residuum of ashes, being filled with air rarefied by combustion, will suddenly rise to a distance of two or three yards. Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885
The question cannot but arise as to the residuum of fact in these narrations, and it keeps on arising. The Making of Religion
"Which is nothing," returned Coronado, aware that his uncle was insolvent in reality, and that his estate when settled would not show the residuum of a dollar. Overland
This old residuum, this new material, is not yet capable of art. Heart of Man
But this clearance was never more than partial, and the residuum ever consisted in the main of musical instruments. True Tilda
Out of such residuum of poetry, when the poesy has exhaled, we make our spiritual food! The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible
The residuum in the nuns' hands was one stiff-necked little heretic, named, in part, Clotilde. The Grandissimes
His ebbed anger had left a residuum of stubbornness. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919
In that rapidly-resolving soil the transformation of dust into dust is too perfect to leave a trace of residuum. Hygeia, a City of Health
It is well, however, to place the closed apparatus in water, in order that the residua that have entered the threads of the screw may become detached, and that the apparatus may be opened easily. Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885
These differences in the proportions of volatile substances, of fixed residua, and of density in the coke obtained seem to be in harmony with the primitive organic nature of the carbonized tissues. Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885
Then taking on board the residuum of war, arms needing repair, wounded men, they would begin their return trip. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel
The pipe was cracked, and the residuum of the Food of the Gods escaped through the crack into a little puddle amidst clumps of rushes, just in time for the spring awakening. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth
Take of these elements all that is fusible, Melt 'em all down in a pipkin or crucible, Set 'em to simmer and take off the scum, And a Woman of Charm is the residuum! Are Women People? A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times
Handful after handful he washed, shifting and teasing it about in the pan, and then he cast it out, always leaving some very small residuum. John Caldigate
Some form it regularly; as, asylums, compendiums, craniums, emporiums, encomiums, forums, frustums, lustrums, mausoleums, museums, pendulums, nostrums, rostrums, residuums, vacuums. The Grammar of English Grammars
The fauna of the abyssal depths where the lack of light makes all vegetation impossible, is largely carnivorous, the weak inhabitants usually devouring the residuum and dead animals that come down from the surface. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel
We have tried the butter made our way, and there was scarcely any residuum. Our Farm of Four Acres and the Money we Made by it
All erratic and enterprising tendencies in him have been checked by them and brought at last to nothing; and so he emerges a mere residuum of decent minor dispositions. An Englishman Looks at the World
Common resin is the residuum of the process for obtaining the essential oil. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 343, November 29, 1828
The residuum of her pilgrimages was three addresses where she might call about the middle of next week, in person or by telephone, to learn the advertiser's decision. Mary Wollaston
Every oceanic creature is able to extract from the water the residuum from certain metals dissolved into particles so incalculably tiny that no chemical process could ever capture them. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel
Since the third potency is never lacking, all is organic; that which appears to us as inorganic matter is only the residuum left over from organization, that which could become neither plant nor animal. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time
Take of these elements all that is fusible, Melt 'em all down in a pipkin or crucible, Set 'em to simmer and take off the scum, And a Heavy Dragoon is the residuum! Songs of a Savoyard
Sifting out in this way unworthy formulations, she can leave a residuum of conceptions that at least are possible. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature
I saw again the shapeless features of the man in the Tube station, the residuum of shrinking mortality behind his disguises. Mr. Standfast
VI.—It is objected that we should be left with a considerable residuum of half-witted, helpless people. In Darkest England and the Way Out
These sentiments are atavistic residuum of the instincts of the primitive man, which the fear of punishment obliges the isolated and responsible individual to curb. The Crowd; study of the popular mind
Take of these elements all that is fusible - Melt 'em all down in a pipkin or crucible - Set 'em to simmer and take off the scum, And a Heavy Dragoon is the residuum! Songs of a Savoyard
Assured that his explanation was true, Bradley corrected his observations for aberration, but he found that there still remained a residuum which was evidently not a parallax, for it did not exhibit an annual cycle. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28
The residuum was next digested in one pint of water, filtered, and again evaporated to six ounces. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia
But after the horses and the rabbits and poultry have been served, there will remain a residuum of eatable matter, which can only be profitably disposed of to the voracious and necessary pig. In Darkest England and the Way Out
If you ever ate a cherry, and did not make two bites of it, you must have perceived it—right in the centre of the luscious morsel, a large earthy residuum left on the tongue. Excursions
When he had made provision for the born agriculturist and the born tradesman, there still remained a residuum of poorer citizens whose inclination and habits prompted them to neither calling. A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate
However, where all is dark to me the astute Sheldon may see daylight, so I'll observe the letter of my bond, and check off the residuum of the ancient mariner's prosiness. Birds of Prey
May it not be a residuum of criticisms and of negations from which arises merely the necessity to posit a generic intuitive activity? Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic
Now, what is the existing machinery by which Society, whether through the organisation of the State, or by individual endeavour, attempts to deal with the submerged residuum? In Darkest England and the Way Out
Before the filter is taken apart, the residuum may be exhausted by washing it either with water or steam, or by pressure. Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884
At worst, something of which this is the sole representative residuum, wrought an effect on me which embodies its cause thus, as I search for it in the past. Wilfrid Cumbermede
In children these motor residua may persist as characteristic features of inflection, accent, or manners; automatisms may become morbid in stammering or stuttering, or they may be seen in gait, handwriting, tics or tweaks, etc. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene
He still believed, as we cannot believe now, that there was a residuum 203of good in the Senate sufficient to blossom forth into new powers of honest government. The Life of Cicero Volume One
Here the same phase of distillation is reached as in the coke residuum of the petroleum stills. Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882
It was curious, but they left no residuum except a little ashes, which were not strong enough to make a lye to cure a lame finger. Prue and I
It will not recognize the inequalities of worth, of merit, and of experience; in a word, it ignores individual labor, and it will end in the triumph of platitude and the residuum. Amiel's Journal
A careful analysis of these leaves no perceptible residuum of salt, and we are tempted to believe that the passion itself was not much more real than the pastoral accessories of pipe and crook. Among My Books Second Series
The residua of distillation remain almost entirely in the reservoir, O, from whence they are easily removed. Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882
The evolved products ultimately represent the entire organic portion of the wood—the mineral matter, or ash, being the only residuum. Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882
It lulls to sleep the residuum of disinterested malice in the soul. Youth and Egolatry
In charging the generating chambers of water-feed machines clean all residuum carefully from the containers and remove it at once from the building. Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power
The residuum of justice thus meted out to his clients—if they were not successful before in maintaining their contention—would not affect these honorable gentlemen appreciably. Together
"Many a method," says Mr. Leaf, "has been proposed which, up to a certain point, seemed irresistible, but there has always been a residuum which returned to plague the inventor." Homer and His Age
In some cases, however, these masses of jet-like substance are plainly the residuum of excrementitious matter voided by fishes or reptiles. Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882
Recharging Generator.—Turn the agitator handle rapidly for several revolutions, and then open the residuum valve, having five or six pounds gas pressure on the machine. Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon
Mrs. Peyton was shrewd enough to allow for the accidents of environment; what she wished to get at was the residuum of character beneath Miss Verney's shifting surface. Sanctuary
Again he says, "The more things we try to explain, the better we realize that we live in a world of unexplained residua." Studies in the Life of the Christian
The "residuum" is the element which cannot be fitted into any such hypothesis. Homer and His Age
There was, of course, a large residuum too hopelessly perverted, too congenitally deformed, to have the power of leading a good life, however assisted. Equality
The desirability of discharging the residuum with some gas pressure is because the pressure facilitates the discharge and at the same time keeps the generator full of gas, preventing air mixture to a great extent. Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon
The relation between her step-parents had then a mysterious residuum; this was the first time she really had reflected that except as regards herself it was not a relationship. What Maisie Knew
We have also seen that astronomers regard the zodiacal light as a residuum of matter enveloping the sun, and which was probably at one time denser than it is now.  Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
On evaporation it leaves a very small residuum of carbonate of lime, and perhaps a little nitrate of potash. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2
Many valuable products may be got from the coal by subjecting it to this treatment; and the residuum will be more valuable than before for the production of steam. A Catechism of the Steam Engine
But still there remains a not inconsiderable residuum of cases in which Matthew and Luke are in combination and Mark at variance. The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion'
It was generally felt, to begin with, that they were awfully good-looking—they had really not been analysed to a deeper residuum. What Maisie Knew
When this settled down, it left a strong and permanent residuum of public indignation and contempt directed against Philip, the more cordially, perhaps, because he was no longer a rich man. Dawn
The new nobles rapidly drew aloof from the residuum of the plebs, and, in the true parvenu spirit, aped and outdid the arrogance of the old patricians. The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History
This was the fruit of his miserable attempt at self-aggrandizement; this was the residuum of his glories. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers
We used at last to sift the flour through linen, and the residuum was a surprise and revelation. With Kelly to Chitral
Take from an old comedy its oaths and its grossness, and nothing is left but a residuum of boisterous inanity. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 37, December 10, 1870
Anything sensual in friendship passes away, and leaves a residuum of self-reproach, or undermines esteem. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity
A never-ending stream of peculiar cases flowed through the office, each leaving behind it some residuum of golden dust, however small. Tutt and Mr. Tutt
Now the way they solved their riddle was by delegating and giving over jealously specified sovereign powers and doing all that was possible to retain the residuum. In the Fourth Year Anticipations of a World Peace
There is ever, even after the best explanations, a residuum of the unexplained. The Majesty of Calmness; individual problems and posibilities
Amongst the pressed men, again, desertion and death made for the survival of the fittest, and in this residuum there was not wanting a certain savour. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore
When the Rebels evacuated this region they probably took with them the house-servants, including most of the mixed blood, so that the residuum seems very black. Army Life in a Black Regiment
Still, with every abatement there remains a residuum of fact, which I think both curious and useful. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe
Again, though he liked Bright, I don't think he ever quite forgave him for talking about the "residuum." The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography
He retains for ever and inalienably, after all his delegations to society and the law, a residuum of power for his own. The Law of the Land
The residuum was often "mere carrion," totally unfit for human consumption. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore
So much dead already, all passion, so many capacities for enjoyment, why care for this miserable residuum, this poor empty I? More Pages from a Journal
But the characteristic mood and attitude, the permanent residuum and condition of these responses, can be portrayed; and this constitutes personality or character. The Principles of Aesthetics
As the English playgoer does not ask for intelligible situations, he is satisfied with the residuum. Without Prejudice
Every discovery and, indeed, every change of any sort is immoral, as tending to unsettle men’s minds, and hence their custom and hence their morals, which are the net residuum of their “mores” or customs.  The Note-Books of Samuel Butler
A moral residuum will therefore prefer to see the remainder of his life in his own person, than in that of his descendants, and will act accordingly.  Life and Habit
There was, however, a residuum of truth in all her marvels. His Sombre Rivals
Finally, the meaning of a word may not remain a mere idea, but may grow out into one or more of the concrete images of which it is the residuum. The Principles of Aesthetics
The dramatist's uneasy striving to account for the behaviour of his personages only renders the latent character of the residuum more glaring. Without Prejudice
There is no life without a taint of death and no death that is not instinct with a residuum of past life and with germs of the new that is to succeed it.  The Note-Books of Samuel Butler
This is the scholastic realism, the residuum of a bad metaphysic, which deforms the system of Comte. The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi
The defeated army, as was invariably the case in Mexico, dissolved and disappeared, leaving only a residuum of small bands of guerrillas. Maximilian in Mexico A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Intervention 1862-1867
This residuum of the moral experience of the individual is one ingredient in what we call his conscience. Problems of Conduct
These mixed screws are small screws of paper in which grocers put up all sorts of damaged odds and ends, broken sugar-plums, fragments of crystallised chestnuts—all the doubtful residuum of their jars of sweets. The Fat and the Thin
Sometimes these mills take the whole grist and leave the rocks bare; but usually they leave a residuum in which life strikes its roots. Time and Change
It is clear that the entire country is at times inundated, and that as every thing now bears the appearance of long-continued drought, the swamps and stagnant waters are the residuum. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales
The residuum is then scraped out, and after the addition of a certain proportion of quicklime the whole is thrown away. The Fiend's Delight
The residuum was somehow, and in some vague way, intelligible to the ante-political man, but it must have been uncertain, wavering, and unfit to be depended upon. Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the principles of "natural selection" and "inheritance" to political society
Here is the great trench in which the refuse of the dressing-ward, all the residuum of infection, steams and rots. The New Book of Martyrs
The soil!—the residuum of the rocks, the ashes of the mountains. Time and Change
We each, conscience-bound, put up the tips of our fingers to the glasses as soon as Mary had filled them with froth, and solemnly drank the toast in the eighth of an inch residuum. The Red Planet
In the first place, local organization as it existed at this time was the residuum of several successive systems of custom and law, and contained survivals from the nomenclature of each. American Nation: a history — Volume 1: European Background of American History, 1300-1600
Observe the black floating residuum; it is carbon, lead, etc. An Introduction to Chemical Science
President Harding replied with his customary tact that if England wanted the Philippines, he would think it what he would term a residuum of normalcy to give them away. My Discovery of England
They provoked the residuum of conscience in the citizenry and the determination that honesty should rule in public business and politics as well as in private transactions. The Boss and the Machine; a chronicle of the politicians and party organization
In its experiments there has always remained, in the last analysis, a residuum it could not resolve. Essays — First Series
The froth of enthusiasm and of fine words nevertheless leaves in the heart a residuum of active benevolence, trustfulness, and even happiness, or, at least, expansiveness and freedom. The Ancient Regime
What we call dying is only dying to the balance, or residuum. Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino
It may my poor boy, come through pain; and if what I think is correct you will even in due time be grateful to the pain which left such golden residuum.’  The Man
After reading the letter he showed the sample of powder, and remarked that he had burned some of it, and did not believe it was a good article—here was too much residuum. Lincoln's Yarns and Stories: a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller
It may be he was only asking, like Esau, if there was no residuum of blessing for him also; but perhaps he too was puzzled what to conclude about the boy. Sir Gibbie
An unexplained residuum of change must be left to the assumed uniform action of those unknown agencies, which occasionally induce strongly marked and abrupt deviations of structure in our domestic productions. The Descent of Man
Something remains as a residuum of the commonplace itself, if one strikes out every commonplace in the expression. The Education of Henry Adams
We judge the quality and value of that life by the residuum. The Crown of Thorns : a token for the sorrowing
Mr. A. C. Pigou has said that the aged poor, and the residuum which compose the “submerged tenth,” constitute 71 per cent, of the population of London.  The People of the Abyss
To us there seems to be no residuum of this long piece of dialectics. Parmenides
We are not concerned to determine what is the residuum of truth which remains for ourselves. Charmides
This cannot be the archetype according to which God made the world, and is in reality, whether in Plato or in Kant, a mere negative residuum of human thought. Timaeus
All the same there would be left, in any case, a large residuum of taboos which could only be judged as senseless, and the mere rubbish of the savage mind. Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning
This eventual residuum exemplifies the Franciscan notion of pure substance, for it is a thing delightfully devoid of any attributes whatever. The Soul of the Far East
Who could expect to find coal in the bowels of Gallia,—coal, which is the residuum of ancient forests mineralized by the lapse of ages? Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space
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