But during the second half of the century its fortunes reached a low point and when in 1897 Cyrus H. K. Curtis purchased it -- `` paper, type, and all '' -- for $1,000 it was a 16-page weekly filled with unsigned fiction and initialed miscellany, and with only some 2,000 subscribers.

There appeared to be no difference in the distribution of anti-A and anti-B activity in group O serum, though in two group O donors ( J. F. and E. M. ) only one type of agglutinin was found in the regions of low anionic binding capacity ( Figs. 1 and 2 ).

Although a large number of coatings systems, particularly at low thicknesses fail cohesively by the cutting mechanism, frequently a second type of cohesive failure may also take place.

Gun specifically refers to a type of cannon that fires projectiles at high speeds, and usually at relatively low angles ; they have been used in warships, and as field artillery.

Either type of frog would appear biochemically inactive ( i. e. not living ) during dormant periods to anyone lacking a sensitive means of detecting low levels of metabolism.

The simple groups of low 2-rank are mostly groups of Lie type of small rank over fields of odd characteristic, together with five alternating and seven characteristic 2 type and nine sporadic groups.

Despite its many ( serious ) limitations, including extremely low volume, it has considerable expressive power, the player being able to control attack, duration, volume, and even provide certain subtle effects of swelling of tone and a type of vibrato unique to the clavichord.

PEF holds potential as a type of low temperature alternative pasteurization process for sterilizing food products.

This varies with the type of plant and tissue exposed to low temperatures.

For alpha particles and low energy beta particles the " end window " type of GM tube is used as these particles have a limited range even in free air and are easily stopped by a solid material.

This type of gin is sometimes aged in wooden barrels, retains varying degrees of flavour from the grain as a result of its distillation method and may be bottled with a strength as low as 30 % ABV.

This term does not necessarily mean a low level of education, just that the midwife either chose not to become certified or licensed, or there was no certification available for her type of education ( as was the fact before the Certified Professional Midwife ( CPM ) credential was available ).

Jet engines are generally used in cruise missiles, most commonly of the turbojet type, due to its relative simplicity and low frontal area.

Chambered tombs of the Maeshowe " type " are characterized by a long, low entrance passageway leading to a square or rectangular chamber from which there is access to a number of side cells.

The type of neutrons generated are of relatively low kinetic energy ( KE ), typically less than 0. 5 eV.

A second island type formed of coral is the uplifted coral platform, which is usually slightly larger than the low coral islands.

* Wood stain is a type of paint that is very " thin ," that is, low in viscosity, and formulated so that the pigment penetrates the surface rather than remaining in a film on the surface.

Another type of pizza cheese is low-moisture part-skim mozzarella with a low galactose content, per some consumers ' preference for cheese on pizza to have low or moderate browning.

* Rotary woofer, a type of loudspeaker capable of producing very low frequency sound

To this end the glass is of a special low iron type that allows 90 % of the ultraviolet light in sunlight to pass.

* Residual type: Where positive symptoms are present at a low intensity only.

* SLD glass, a type of glass with low dispersion

The most common type is the B trumpet, but low F, C, D, E, E, G and A trumpets are also available.

She suggests this explains the low numbers of black women who participated in the feminist movement in the 1970s, pointing to Louis Harris ' Virginia Slims poll done in 1972 for Philip Morris that she says showed 62 percent of black women supported " efforts to change women's status " and 67 percent " sympathized with the women's rights movement ", compared with 45 and 35 percent of white women ( also Steinem, 1972 ).

Guitar solos and low guitar tunings are rare in black metal.

Low-cost production quality was typical for early black metal artists with low budgets, where recordings would often be done in their homes or basements.

Worker at carbon black plant in Sunray, Texas ( photo by John Vachon, 1942 ) Pure carbon has extremely low toxicity to humans and can be handled and even ingested safely in the form of graphite or charcoal.

* High contrast ratio ( over 15, 000: 1 ), excellent color, fairly wide color range ( gamut ) and low black level.

The site's consensus states " This classic low budget horror film combines just the right amount of gore and black humor, giving The Evil Dead an equal amount of thrills and laughs.

Silver coins or cutlery that are exposed to high sulfur foods such as eggs or the low levels of sulfur species in the air develop a layer of black Silver sulfide.

For instance, power grades of black powder, unsuitable for use in firearms but adequate for blasting rock in quarrying operations, is called blasting powder rather than gunpowder with standard proportions of 70 % nitrate, 14 % charcoal, and 16 % sulfur ; blasting powder may be made with the cheaper sodium nitrate substituted for potassium nitrate and proportions may be as low as 40 % nitrate, 30 % charcoal, and 30 % sulfur.

However, because of its low brisance, black powder causes fewer fractures and results in more usable stone compared to other explosives, making black powder useful for blasting monumental stone such as granite and marble.

Black powder has a low energy density compared to modern " smokeless " powders, and thus to achieve high energy loadings, large amounts of black powder are needed with heavy projectiles.

Most of these uses of kerosene created thick black smoke because of the low temperature of combustion.

Sabo's CATACLYSM achieves a machinima verite style through displaying and recapturing the machinima video with a low resolution black and white hand-held video camera to produce a shaky camera effect.

Melancholia ( from Greek-melancholia, " sadness ", literally black bile ), also lugubriousness, from the Latin lugere, to mourn ; moroseness, from the Latin morosus, self-willed, fastidious habit ; wistfulness, from old English wist: intent, or saturnine, ( see Saturn ), in contemporary usage, is a mood disorder of non-specific depression, characterized by low levels of both enthusiasm and eagerness for activity.

Theoretically a black body emits electromagnetic radiation over the entire spectrum from very low frequency radio waves to x-rays.

Attached to the children's programming section, he thought he could do better with the relatively low budgets of the then black and white television productions.

The initial run of titles was printed at low cost with black ink on various colored papers to distinguish the various titles ( the main rules were on pink paper, the kung-fu rules were on yellow, and so on ).

" The strip's humor style — quite contemporary, in contrast to its medieval setting — ranges from broad and low to pure black ", according to Don Markstein's Toonopedia.

Moreover, unlike the literary escaped slave Jim, antebellum slaves used the artifice of self-deprecation ( known as " Uncle Toms "), in pandering to societal racist assumptions about the black man's low intelligence, by advantageously using the word nigger to escape the violence inherent to slavery.

However, according to Debretts, " cummerbands or low cut black evening waistcoats are rarely worn nowadays ".

Despite being officially freed of slavery, many black Jamaicans were left with no option but to work in the jobs they had previously carried out as slaves, at very low wages.

As this tendency coincides with the period that he was less popular among the wealthy, some historians have suggested that a reason for his predilection for black and white pigment was the low price of these colors as compared with the costly lakes and carmines.

VHS tapes have approximately 3 MHz of video bandwidth and 400 kHz of chroma bandwidth, which is achieved at a relatively low tape speed by the use of helical scan recording of a frequency modulated luminance ( black and white ) signal, with a down-converted " color under " chroma ( color ) signal recorded directly at the baseband.

The rich black soil and relatively low water table make this a fertile agricultural region.