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.

The effect is that the platform returns from an off-level position at a rapid rate until it is nearly level, at which point the platform is controlled by a proportional servo with low enough frequency response so that the noise has little effect on the leveling process.

The city exported meat, wool, wine, fruit and wheat by the time Grey left in 1845, contrasting with a low point in 1842 when one-third of Adelaide houses were abandoned.

The Book of Amos is set in a time when the people of Israel have reached a low point in their devotion to the God of Israel-the people have become greedy and have stopped following and adhering to their values.

While over the far side of the Moon, the Command / Service Module's Service Propulsion System engine burned for six minutes and fifteen seconds, braking the spacecraft into an orbit around the Moon with a low point ( pericynthion ) of 58. 3 and a high point ( apocynthion ) of 170. 4 nautical miles ( 108. 0 and 315. 6 km, respectively ).

The turrets carried four. 50 inch ( 12. 7 mm ) machine guns, which were designed to be adjusted to converge at the single point where enemy aircraft were expected to appear at low altitude in conduction of strafing runs directed at large infantry and field artillery units.

They can cause flooding and damage in neighbourhoods, as the water flows over the surface towards a low point.

At a pre-determined point on the missile's trajectory, the payload separates from the missile and deploys a parachute to permit splashdown and water entry at a low speed and with minimum detectable noise.

The relatively low melting point of brass ( 900 to 940 ° C, 1652 to 1724 ° F, depending on composition ) and its flow characteristics make it a relatively easy material to cast.

In the popular understanding of Jonah, the fish is interpreted to be the low point of the story.

From its low point in the Djourab, the basin then rises to the plateaus and peaks of the Tibesti Mountains in the north.

Other historical accounts from 1711, 1825 and 1839, however, point out that the island had a low grassy or suffrutescent ( partially woody ) flora during those periods ( Sachet, 1962 ).

Like zinc, it prefers oxidation state + 2 in most of its compounds and like mercury it shows a low melting point compared to transition metals.

It is surrounded by mostly low mountains such as the Sudetes with its part Krkonoše, containing the highest point in the country, the Sněžka at.

In addition, the metal has a rather low boiling point,, the lowest of all metals other than mercury.

Abusive incidents occurred following a drunk American General making comments about Chiang's regime, and a low point in Sino-American relations followed the rape of a Chinese university student by American marines shortly after World War II.

Others point to the low rates of pay and restrictive working practices of some employers.

Earnhardt hit the low point of his year when he blacked out early in the Mountain Dew Southern 500 at Darlington in September, causing him to hit the wall.

Commonly, these azeotropes are referred to as a low boiling azeotrope because the boiling point of the azeotrope is lower than the boiling point of either pure component.

For example, the density of water increases between its melting point at 0 ° C and 4 ° C ; similar behavior is observed in silicon at low temperatures.

This system is particularly useful for basslines that have a repeating pedal point such as a low D, because once the note is locked in place with the mechanical " finger ," the lowest string sounds a different note when played open ( e. g., a low D ).

Similar to the desert, the peninsula contains mountains in its southern sector that are a geological extension of the Red Sea Hills, the low range along the Red Sea coast that includes Mount Catherine ( Jabal Katrinah ), the country's highest point, at 2, 642 m above sea-level.

Most cable systems are required by their franchise agreement to offer some channels, including local broadcast stations, educational, and community access channels ( PEG ), for a low rate ; this is called " Basic Cable ".

In many parts of the world, a " heath " or " heathland " is an environment characterised by an open dwarf-shrub community found on low quality acidic soils, generally dominated by plants in the Ericaceae.

With purely a health emphasis, T ' ai chi classes have become popular in hospitals, clinics, community and senior centers in the last twenty years or so, as baby boomers age and the art's reputation as a low stress training for seniors became better known.

This is especially common in community card high-low split games such as Omaha hold ' em, where one player has the high hand and two or more players have tied low hands.

Heliox has been used medically since the 1930s, and although the medical community adopted it initially to alleviate symptoms of upper airway obstruction, its range of medical uses has since expanded greatly, mostly because of the low density of the gas.

Once a flourishing small community with a lighthouse, the island was destroyed by coastal erosion and now exists as a shoal that is exposed at low tide.

The low point was reached in the early 1970s, when only around 110 people were living in the community.

A researcher questioned by the LA Times said that the report had not clarified whether bubble fusion was real or not, but that the low quality of the papers and the doubts cast by the report had made him lose all the credibility that he formerly had among the scientific community.

A political reformer, he was a Bourbon Democrat who worked closely with the New York City business community, led the fight against the corruption of Tammany Hall, and fought to keep taxes low.

Orchardists of any size may believe their own sanitation practices to be superior to that of community mills, as some patrons of community mills may make cider from low quality fruit ( windfall apples, or apples with worms ).

There are only indirect clues regarding the population structure under the Menteşe and the parts played in it by Turkish migration from inland regions and by local conversions, but the first Ottoman Empire census records indicate, in a situation not atypical for the region as a whole, a large Muslim ( practically exclusively Turkish ) majority reaching as high as 99 % and a non-Muslim minority ( practically exclusively Greek supplemented with a small Jewish community in Milas ) as low as one per cent.

West Ham and Plaistow New Deal for Communities (" NDC "), part of a government programme designed to tackle social exclusion, community safety, unemployment and low educational attainment in areas of severe need throughout the country, was awarded £ 54. 6M to bring about improvements to the local area over a 10 year period to 2010, with the intention of improving the quality of life and providing more opportunities for residents in the West Ham and Plaistow area.

The community features industrial park sites ( two of which are designated as shovel ready by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation ), advanced communications technology, low overall operating costs, superior quality of life and favorable business climate that have served to attract companies of various sizes to its business ranks.

The region is particularly windy, dry and cold, and the headlands are covered in a low ground-hugging heathland community of plants.

Unfortunately from the point of view of the adults in the community, marriage rates among communally raised children were equally low.

Immokalee is home to WCIW-LP, a low power community radio station owned and operated by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.

While existing primarily as a retirement and second home vacation community, Bonita Springs is home to a growing number of businesses due to low business taxes, an abundance of inexpensive commercial office space, and a growing community of educated professionals.

Though the income of the village itself may seem low, the community as a whole — comprising the membership of St. John's Ev.

* The primary local radio stations are WLJE 105. 5 FM " Indiana 105 ", which broadcasts country music, WAKE 1500 AM, which plays adult standards, and WVLP 98. 3 FM " ValpoRadio ", a non-profit, low power FM community radio station.

Vidalia serves as the parish seat for Concordia Parish and offers availability and affordability of labor ; established transportation network ; state incentive program ; excellent quality of life ; outstanding school system ; low crime rate ; low property taxes ; active chamber and civic organizations ; many churches of all denominations and is a suburban community to historic Natchez, Mississippi.