Congressional Record

Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1012
Release: 1907
Genre: Law
ISBN:

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Forty Years of 'Spy,'

Forty Years of 'Spy,'
Author: Sir Leslie Ward
Publisher: Castrovilli Giuseppe
Total Pages: 530
Release: 1915
Genre: Artists
ISBN:

The author reflects on the notable people he met during his career as a caricaturist and portrait artist, including his work for Vanity Fair. Using the pseudonym "Spy," he published over 1300 portraits in the magazine.

The Autobiography of John Shaw Neilson

The Autobiography of John Shaw Neilson
Author: John Shaw Neilson
Publisher: National Library Australia
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1978
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0642991162

Neilson (1872-1942) was the son of a small settler and contract labourer in Western Victoria, and led the same kind of life as his father, helping his family work a number of disastrous selections and adding to their income by seasonal jobs at fencing, fruit picking, quarrying and woodcutting. His mother and two of his sisters died young, and he and his brothers suffered from chronic ailments attributable to poor diet and constant anxiety.

Femininity, Mathematics and Science, 1880–1914

Femininity, Mathematics and Science, 1880–1914
Author: C. Jones
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2009-10-15
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0230246656

Through the prism of gender, this text explores the contrasting cultures and practice of mathematics and science and asks how they impacted on women. Claire Jones assesses nineteenth-century ideas about women's intellect, femininity and masculinity, and assesses how these attitudes shaped women's experiences as students and practitioners.