Proving Sentence Examples

How could he betray her trust so utterly - for the sole purpose of proving a point to Claudette?

Proving their accuracy is up to the authorities.

Frisch began the long series of works on the birds of Germany with which the literature of ornithology is enriched, by his Vorstellung der Vogel Teutschlands, which was only completed in 1763, and, its coloured plates proving very attractive, was again issued at Berlin in 1817.

Aelius Caesar, who was in a feeble state of health and died on the 1st of January 138, before he had an opportunity of proving his capabilities.

Garden, New York; a fact proving that the show is as popular in America as it is in the United Kingdom, the home of the movement.

The loculi in this lower portion were intact, with inscriptions of the 2nd century still in their places, proving that the niche in which that picture was painted must have been considerably older than the lowering of the floor.

The burden of maintaining it, however, proving too great for the society's means, appeal was made in vain to government for national support, and the station was closed in 1904.

Severus laid such stress on the human infirmities of Christ as proving that His body was like ours, created and corruptible (09ap-rov) that his opponents dubbed him and his followers Phthartolatrae - worshippers of the corruptible.2 The school of Themistius of Alexandria extended the argument to Christ's human soul, which they said was, like ours, limited in knowledge.

A renewal of the crusade proving equally vain, in 1247 Pope Innocent III.

Desirous of proving to himself and others that man could be as independent of this kind as the nest-building bird, Thoreau retired to a hut of his own construction on the pine-slope over against the shores of Walden Pond - a but which he built, furnished and kept in order entirely by the labour of his own hands.

On his return to Berlin he studied art under the sculptor Christian Daniel Rauch and the painter and architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841), proving himself in the end a good draughtsman, a born architect and an excellent landscape gardener.

It has been considered by them as proving that Limulus, in spite of all its special agreements with Scorpio (which, however, have scarcely been appreciated by the writers in question), really belongs to the Crustacean line of descent, whilst Scorpio, by possessing Malpighian tubes, is declared to be unmistakably tied together with the other Arachnida to the tracheate Arthropods, the Hexapods, Diplopods, and Chilopods, which all possess Malpighian tubes.

Scotus extends the number of theological doctrines which are not, according to him, susceptible of philosophical proof, including in this class the creation of the world out of nothing, the immortality of the human soul, and even the existence of an almighty divine cause of the universe (though he admits the possibility of proving an ultimate cause superior to all else).

Albert left behind him two infant daughters only, but his consort was big with child, and, in the event of that child proving to be an heir male, his father's will bequeathed to him the kingdoms of Hungary and Bohemia, under the regency of his mother.

Legendre, in 1783, extended Maclaurin's theorem concerning ellipsoids of revolution to the case of any spheroid of revolution where the attracted point, instead of being limited to the axis or equator, occupied any position in space; and Laplace, in his treatise Theorie du mouvement et de la figure elliptique des planetes (published in 1784), effected a still further generalization by proving, what had been suspected by Legendre, that the theorem was equally true for any confocal ellipsoids.

This process consists in proving that a property involving p is true when p is any positive integer by proving (I) that it is true when p= 1, and (2) that if it is true when p=n, where n is any positive integer, then it is true when p = n+ I.

The treason trial which opened at Zagreb in March 1909 pursued the parallel aims of intimidating the Serbs of Croatia, of splitting the new-found unity of Serb and Croat and of proving to the outside world the existence of a dangerous Pan-Serb movement organized from Belgrade inside the monarchy and amply justifying the countermove of annexation.

But erroneous theories, when they are supported by facts, do little harm, since every one takes a healthy pleasure in proving their falsity " (Darwin).

Within six years the mobilization arrangements were recast, the war against Denmark in 1864 proving an opportune test of the new system.

Thus, much of infection and immunity are proving to be but special cases of digestion, and teleological conceptions of protective processes are modified.

But French help proving dilatory and uncertain, the rebel leaders in Ireland were divided in opinion as to the expediency of taking the field without waiting for foreign aid.

In the flatter parts of the valley occur large beds of loam and rubble, sometimes in terraces parallel with, but several hundred feet above, the river, proving by their disposition and appearance that the valley has been formed by the action of water.

In 1748, however, he got rid of him by proving to the empress that Vorontsov was in the pay of Prussia.

Traces of the former existence of this or of a very closely allied species are found in the PostTertiary deposits of Provence and elsewhere, proving the former much wider extension of the species.

Like the rest of the Megarian school he revelled in verbal quibbles, proving that motion and existence are impossible.

His subsequent defence of the proposed grant, on the ground that it would be improper and unjust to exclude the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland from a " more indiscriminating support " which the state might give to various religious beliefs, was regarded by men of less sensitive conscience as only proving that there had been no adequate cause for his resignation.

But the boy proving too sensitive for the life of a public day school, was sent to Bristol to the private academy of Dr Lant Carpenter, under whom he studied for two years.

It was only towards the end of the 19th century that his voluminous writings began to be properly collected and examined, with the result of proving that there was hardly one department of scientific activity in which he was not far ahead of his time.

Of his lost works the most important was the Historia Gothorum, written with the object of glorifying the Gothic royal house and proving that the Goths and Romans had long been connected by ties of friendship. It was published during the reign of Athalaric, and appears to have brought the history down to the death of Theodoric. His chief authority for Gothic history and legend was Ablavius (Ablabius).

But his negotiations yielded no definite result; and every other means of obtaining redress and security proving unsuccessful, the Assam Dwars were wrested from the Bhutias, and the British government consented to pay to Bhutan a sum of £l000 per annum as compensation for the resumption of their tenure, during the good behaviour of the Bhutias.

Some recent finds have, indeed, seemed to make inferential reference to the Hebrews, and the marvellous collection of letters of the XVIIIth dynasty found at Tel el-Amarnaletters to which we shall refer later - have the utmost importance as proving a possible early date for the Mosaic accounts.

It remained for the more robust faith of a Schliemann to show that such scepticism was all too faint-hearted, by proving that at such sites as Tiryns, Mycenae and Hissarlik evidences of a very early period of Greek civilization awaited the spade of the excavator.

The principle of proving a mineral field by boring is illustrated by fig.

This derangement being carefully noted, another bore to the outcrop on the same principle is put down for the purpose of proving the seam C; the nature of the strata at first is found to agree with the latter part of that bored through in No.

However, he took an active part in the university's resistance to the Jesuits; for these had established a theological school of their own in Louvain, which was proving a formidable rival to the official faculty of divinity.

The famous experiment with the kite, proving lightning an electrical phenomenon, was performed by Franklin in June 1752.

The Latin doctors by arguments as good as those usually put forth in such controversies have no difficulty in proving that Christ instituted all seven.

Wycliffe began his public career in 1366 by proving that England was not bound to pay tribute to the pope.

After proving that the secular rulers were free and in duty bound to correct the evils of the Church, Luther sketches a plan for preventing money from going to Italy, for reducing the number of idle, begging monks, harmful pilgrimages and excessive holidays.

His efforts are chiefly devoted to proving that the condemnation of the elder Oppianicus was just and in no way the result of the jury having been bribed by Cluentius; only a small portion of the end of the speech deals with the specific charge.

But with the sole exception of proving that the volumes of spheres are in the triplicate ratio of their diameters, a theorem probably due to Eudoxus, no mention is made of its mensuration.

This arrangement proving financially burdensome the islands were in 1873 definitely annexed to Jamaica.

In the middle ages the possession of Jerba was contested by the Normans of Sicily, the Spaniards and the Turks, the Turks proving victorious.

Moreover Casimir's difficulties were materially increased by the necessity of paying for Czech mercenaries, the pos polite ruszenie, or Polish militia, proving utterly useless at the very beginning of the war.

By his will he founded the Boyle lectures, for proving the Christian religion against "notorious infidels, viz.

The articles of impeachment were sent up to the Lords in October, the trial beginning on the 12th of March 1644, but the attempt to bring his conduct under a charge of high treason proving hopeless, an attainder was substituted and sent up to the Lords on the 22nd of November.

These measures proving insufficient, a decree was promulgated on the 30th of April 1793 for the despatch of regular troops; but, in spite of their failure to capture Nantes (where Cathelineau was mortally wounded), the successes of the Vendeans continued.

There is a continuous transition between the Senonian and Danian, proving that the Algerian region did not participate in the immersion which occurred in Provence and in the Corbieres of southern France during the Danian epoch.

Just as the ancient Scriptures were considered to be the Word of God, so that what they contained was necessarily the true and inspired doctrine, so also the New Testament was available for proving the Church's dogma.

Some of them were ultimately dissolved or suppressed through political or ecclesiastical opposition, the Roman Church proving especially hostile.

He is perhaps scarcely consistent in ap proving the concession of temporary monopolies to joint-stock companies undertaking risky enterprises "of which the public is afterwards to reap the benefit."

The latter were at first presided over by Zuloaga, who, proving incompetent, was replaced at the end of 1858 by Pezuela, who early in 1859 gave place to Miguel Miramon, a young, able and unscrupulous soldier who was shortly afterwards accepted as " constitutional " president by his party.

Nova Scotia, British Columbia and the Yukon are still the most productive, but the northern parts of Ontario are proving rich in the precious metals.

The efforts of Roman Catholic scholars have been directed (since Baronius ascribed the forgery to the Greeks) to proving that the fraud was not committed at Rome.

But the parcels, examined by an expert, contained no trace of organic remains, proving how much the Egyptians depended on magic imitations and make-believe.

As a fact, the commanders-in-chief on the East Indies and Cape of Good Hope stations were instructed that in consequence of the great practical difficulty of proving - at ports so remote from the scene of war operations as Aden and Perim - the real destination of contraband of war carried by vessels visiting those parts, directions were to be given to the officers concerned to cease to search such vessels, and to merely report to the commander-in-chief at the Cape the names of ships suspected of carrying contraband, and the date of clearance.

Adopting the definition we should have no difficulty in proving that in a vacuum tube gases may be luminous at very low temperatures, but we are doubtful whether such a conclusion is very helpful towards the elucidation of our problem.

Hegel, he said, had only supplied the logic of negative philosophy; and it must be confessed that the most which could be extracted from the Hegelian dialectic would be some connexion of thoughts without proving any existence of corresponding things.

On his proving unfaithful, the Great Mother slays the nymph with whom he has sinned, whereupon in madness he mutilates himself as a penalty.

The Holy See directed all its energies towards the solution of the problem; in the event of its proving to be insoluble, it would take care that it should remain a festering sore in the body of the monarchy.

So popular has it become that besides being used for massive constructions like breakwaters, dock walls, culverts, and for foundations of buildings, lighthouses and bridges, it is also proving its usefulness to the architect and engineer in many other ways.

In the event of both processes proving satisfactory, the bishopelect is confirmed, preconized, and so far promoted that he is allowed to exercise the rights of jurisdiction in his see.

It is always, however, a matter of fact for the jury, and the onus of proving the death lies on the party who asserts it.

Later, in 1849, titanium engaged his attention, and, proving that what had up to that time passed as the metal was really a cyanonitride, he showed how the true metal was to be obtained.

Experiments on the combustion of diamond were made by Smithson Tennant (1797) and Sir Humphry Davy (1816), with the object of proving that it is pure carbon; they showed that burnt in oxygen it yields exactly the same amount of carbon dioxide as that produced by burning the same weight of carbon.

Raymund Rhupen died in 1221; and after the event Bohemund reigned in Antioch and Tripoli till his death, proving himself a determined enemy of the Hospitallers, and thereby incurring excommunication in 1230.

Happily, Johnson soon had an opportunity of proving most signally that his failure was not to be ascribed to intellectual decay.

It has been needful to cite so much of the evidence proving that our Homilies and Recognitions are both recensions of a common basis, at first known as the Circuits of Peter and later by titles connecting it rather with Clement, its ostensible author, because it affords data also for the historical problems touching (a) the contents and origin of the primary Clementine work, and (b) the conditions under which our extant recensions of it arose.

In the local museum are four Mycenaean vases, one found in the island and another on the adjacent island of Mazzorbo, proving direct intercourse with the Aegean Sea in prehistoric times.

The fluvio-marine deposits of the Upper Eocene and Oligocene formations contain an interesting mammalian fauna, proving that the African continent formed a centre of radiation for the mammalia in early Tertiary times.

Rameses in his brief reign of two years planned and began the great colonnaded hall of Karnak, proving that he was a man of great ideas, though probably too old to carry them out; this task he left to his son Seti I., who reigned one year with his father and on the latters death was ready at once to subdue the Bedouin Shasu, who had invaded Palestine and withheld all tribute.

This person, proving incompetent, was deposed by a revolution of the Mamelukes on the 4th of December 1467, when the Atabeg Timurbogha was proclaimed with the title Malik al-Zahir, In a months time, however, there was another palace revolution, and the new Atabeg Kait Bey or Kaietbai (January 3tst, 1468) was proclaimed sultan, the dethroned Timurbogha being, however, permitted to go free whither he pleased.

Alexander's grandiose imagination was, however, more strongly attracted by the great questions of European politics than by attempts at domestic reform which, on the whole, wounded his pride by proving to him the narrow limits of absolute power.

In 1817 he commenced his studies at Leiden University, proving a brilliant scholar, and twice obtaining a gold medal for his prize essays.

If we reject the infinite regress and the circle in proof (circulus in probando) which resolves itself ultimately into proving A by B and B by A, 7 we are confronted by the need for principles of two kinds, those which condition all search scientific for truth, and those which are the peculiar or proper principles.

There are, moreover, numerous passages in the sacred books of the East, especially those of the Buddhists, which warn the student against the assumption that "magical" performances of any kind are to be regarded as proving the truth of the performer's teaching; and indeed it must be owned in justice to the theosophists that similar warnings are to be found scattered throughout their writings; while even Madame Blavatsky herself was wont to expatiate on the folly of accepting her "phenomena" as the mark of spiritual truth.

All three alike strove to disengage their minds from classical as well as ecclesiastical authority, proving that the emancipation of the will had been accomplished.

They are mainly noticeable as proving that certain coteries in Spain were willing to accept the Italian Renaissance.

The Pliocene is of marine origin, and rests unconformably upon all the older beds, including the Post-oligocene igneous rocks, thus proving that the final folding and the last volcanic outbursts were approximately of Miocene age.

This bracing of the vital feeling takes place by means of imaginative appeal to the great forces man perceives stirring within him and about him, such appeal proving effective doubtless by reason of the psychological law that to conceive strongly is XXIII.

Two years later, on the death of Cuvier, he obtained the chair of comparative anatomy, which he continued to occupy for the space of eighteen years, proving himself no unworthy successor to his great teacher.

Until 1899 all the customs were farmed out (1898-1899 for 300,000),, but in March of that year the farm system was abolished in the two provinces of Azerbaijan and Kermgnshh, and, the experiment there proving successful, in all other provinces in the following year.

But these works, while proving Scaliger's right to the foremost place among his contemporaries as Latin scholar and critic, did not go beyond mere scholarship. It was reserved for his edition of Manilius (1579), and his De emendatione temporum (1583), to revolutionize all the received ideas of ancient chronology - to show that ancient history is not confined to that of the Greeks and Romans, but also comprises that of the Persians, the Babylonians and the Egyptians, hitherto neglected as absolutely worthless, and that of the Jews, hitherto treated as a thing apart, and that the historical narratives and fragments of each of these, and their several systems of chronology, must be critically compared, if any true and general conclusions are to be reached.

He also showed that the bactericidal action takes place in the absence of food materials, thus proving that it is not merely a poisoning effect of the altered medium.

The former is legendary work, partly in verse, on the life of Gotama, the historical Buddha; and the latter, also partly in verse, is devoted to proving the essential identity of the Great and the Little Vehicles, and the equal authenticity of both as doctrines enunciated by the master himself.

One may divine in all this an intention to "justify the ways of God" to the Jew, by proving that God in His faithfulness to His ancient people had given them the first opportunity of salvation through Christ, but that now their national privilege had been rightly forfeited.

But he altered this patronymic, for the sake of euphony, to Petrarca, proving by this slight change his emancipation from usages which, had he dwelt at Florence, would most probably have been imposed on him.

Various lines of reasoning unite in proving that the Mesozoic rocks of the south rest upon a mass of Palaeozoic rocks, which lies at no very great depth beneath the surface of the anticlinal axis running from the Bristol Channel to the Strait of Dover.

The recent political mission to Seistan under Sir Henry M c Mahon (1904-1905) added much information respecting the ancient and modern channels of the lower Helmund, proving that river to have been constantly shifting its bed over a vast area, changing the level of the country by silt deposits, and in conjunction with the terrific action of Seistan winds actually altering its configuration.

The adoption by one language of words originally belonging to another, proving as it does the fact of intercourse between two races, and even to some extent indicating the results of such intercourse, affords a valuable clue through obscure regions of the history of civilization.

Evidence of this class, proving the derivation of modern civilization, not only from ancient barbarism, but beyond this, from primeval savagery, is immensely plentiful, especially in rites and ceremonies, where the survival of ancient habits is peculiarly favoured.

He then set out for Hungary in order to combat the insurgents in that country; but his means proving insufficient, he effected nothing of importance.

The success of his teaching was signal, though for a time he had to quit the field, the strain proving too great for his physical strength.

The prognosis of sulphuric acid poisoning is bad, 60 to 70% of the cases proving fatal.

Similar remains have been met with in the caves of Wales, and in England as far north as Derbyshire (Cresswell), proving that over the whole of southern and middle England men, in precisely the same stage of rude civilization, hunted the rhinoceros, the mammoth and other extinct animals.

Agassiz; but it was the researches of Johannes Miller (1840-1850) that formed the groundwork of scientific conceptions of the group, proving it one of the great phyla of the animal kingdom.

As far back as 1777-1799 the Georgsstollen was cut through the mountains from the east of Klausthal westward to Grund, a distance of 4 m.; but this proving insufficient, another sewer, the Ernst-Auguststollen, no less than 14 m.

And even when the presentations before the mind are so clear that assent to their truth cannot be refused, the possibility of assenting still rests with the will, which can refuse to attend to any presentation, or can refuse assent with the sole motive of proving its freedom.

The imminence of death often intensifies instead of diminishing a man's desire for the welfare of those he loves, as a crucial experiment proving the disinterestedness of love.

The fifth trope points out the impossibility of proving the sensible by the intelligible inasmuch as it remains to establish the intelligible in its turn by the sensible.

The Roman Catholic gentry and lawyers, headed by Sir Patrick Barnewall, succeeded in proving the flagrant illegality of these mandates, and the government had to yield.

There are two children's hospitals, the climate proving peculiarly beneficial in the treatment of scrofulous affections.

Its reimposition, officially supported for the sake of necessary revenue in war-time, and cordially welcomed by the Unionist party, had justified itself, as they contended, in spite of the criticisms of the Opposition (who raised the cry of the "dear loaf"), by proving during the year to have had no general or direct effect on the price of bread.

Alfalfa, stock raising and dairying, afforestation, " dry-farming " and irrigation are, however, proving that the West can maintain prosperity by not relying upon ordinary agriculture.

When attacked it seeks to escape either by rolling itself into a ball, its erect spines proving a formidable barrier to its capture, or by burrowing into the sand, which its powerful limbs enable it to do with great celerity.

These experiments distinctly point to the conclusion, although without absolutely proving it, that in such cases the coefficient of kinetic friction gradually increases as the velocity becomes extremely small, and passes without discontinuity into that of static friction.

These conditions were very painful to him, for Savoy was the hereditary home of his family, and he was greatly attached to Princess Clothilde and disliked the idea of marrying her to a man who gave little promise of proving a good husband.

Each night the system was configured slightly differently, proving highly adaptable.

The new songs ' mix of styles is proving sufficiently adaptive to win him burgeoning audiences around the world.

On the contrary they both have cast iron alibis proving they could not have been at either location.

Firstly, I am responsible for most of the instrument trials we use as the final proving of new anti fouling technologies.

The bar bistro on the first floor is operational and is proving to be very popular.

He had no interest in apportioning blame or proving that anyone was at fault.

The Department of Health's response is a timid bleat, proving once again the great influence of the Pharmas over Government.

The human genome sequence is proving a boon to researchers investigating disorders of the skeleton.

There has been no other drug in the history of veterinary cardiology that has undergone such extensive controlled clinical trials proving its value.

Proving the correctness of these structural congruences is the task I hope to finish in the near future.

The psychology of testing will be discussed; detecting faults versus proving correct.

By 1812 only one volume of Willan's Cutaneous Diseases had appeared as the colored engravings were proving prohibitively costly.

We're endeavoring to source alternative products but some lines are proving very difficult to replace, for example Tofutti vegan cream cheese.

Given the negotiations for Turkey's entry into the European Union, MEPs ' intervention is proving crucial in securing Mr Tarhan's safety.

You freeze the dough after the first proving and continue the second process after the dough has thoroughly defrosted.

A year later Friedrich Loffler isolated and grew it, proving that it caused diphtheria by injecting it into various animals.

Pwllheli is also set for a busy Easter, with self-catering accommodation proving very popular.

In France, Louis was proving his own despotic ways by revoking the edict of Nantes which had allowed the Huguenots some toleration.

What more can I say, other than that the experience of writing up my thesis is proving quite enjoyable.

Actually, tomorrow is proving to be a rather eventful day.

The only sure way of proving the existence of oil is to drill for it.

Aside from the distinctive BP branding on the forecourt and Spar shop fascia, locally sourced products are proving a big hit with shoppers.

For example, models involving chaotic dynamics are proving particularly fruitful.

However, legal pitfalls are proving to be hurdles for jurisdictions attempting to regulate the industry.

Many local bands are taking their contemporary Celtic sound to foreign shores where it's proving infectious.

From this you will see that they are proving inflexible on the matter of the cost of the license.

The boy was then inoculated with smallpox in July, which did not develop thus proving Jenner's argument.

However, the maternal instinct clearly shone through with women proving more generous with their prize money.

To add insult to injury, the scheme is proving a recipe for windfall profits.

There was also a problem of proving intent of direct incitement where people denied that their intention had been to incite people.

Discussions on the Commission's proposal have reached a new low of shamefulness with the current EU Presidency, Spain, proving particularly intransigent.

She also wears a crop top bearing the Beatles logo, proving her stylist, at least, appreciates irony.

Suppose somebody suggests an approach to an unsolved problem that involves proving an intermediate lemma.

This successful service has 400 parents, proving a real lifeline.

Our Services Self assessment The term ' self assessment ' is proving to be one of the great misnomers of all time.

However, by the Monday after the Run the gear shift was proving quite obstructive.

Maybe Colchester police demanding costly security measures is proving off-putting.

It's proving very popular around our office as a revitalizing morning pick-me-up.

Proving that a career in a male orientated industry is possible are two young women apprentice plumbers.

Russian courses in London are proving popular among businessmen wishing to deal with the former USSR.

The control of Internet usage is proving problematic in many areas.

He knew that he wanted to work with asbestos, but the cost of the compulsory training course was proving financially prohibitive.

A whole series of parties are proving by their activity that a new, truly proletarian party can be built.

Calpe & the areas bordering it are proving to be prime real estate.

The National Marine Aquarium's Scylla diving reef is still proving very popular nearly a year and a half after it was sunk.

The speeds were also proving restrictive compared to what broadband could offer.

This means that rather than the employe proving there has been discrimination, the employer has to demonstrate s/he has not violated the law.

In terms of operating profit margins Miller ranks sixth, proving it can compete with the majors.

I've managed to shift some but there's still a circle about four inches in diameter that's proving very stubborn.

A pioneering program to help stop young people falling into a life of crime is proving a success.

Place adverts in shop windows and local papers, consider a leaflet drop which is proving very successful at the moment.

We are proving that a local store, serving the local community, can succeed in an environment dominated by the supermarkets.

However, proving they are intelligent, they can develop a sweet tooth just like kids!

We develop a theory of semantic tableaux for BI, thereby providing an elegant basis for efficient theorem proving tools for BI.

There is a lot out there relating to what is proving to be a very thorny subject.

Two games proving even tougher to crack than chess are bridge and Go.

Many birds were in full voice with Chiffchaff and Blackcap proving particularly tuneful.

Ugaritic words which also appear in the bible follows, proving what?

The Conservatives et al are not only proving themselves to be rabidly ridiculous, but also rather unprofessional.

However, all the main players in this market have now withdrawn their products because they were proving unprofitable.

But the new era of digital services is proving much more unruly.

Ryan Farquhar on the MSS Discovery Kawasaki was the early leader, but retired as the bike was proving unstable at high speeds.

This is a tactic which is proving wearisome, yet amounts to nothing less than the deliberate deception of the electorate.

This year only persons proving they are 18 or over will be given wristbands that allow them to be served at the onsite bars.

Others are unequally yoked to unbelievers, every day proving how unequal the yoke is.

His ideas and experiments on the nature of minerals and other substances are voluminously set forth in his Physica Subterranea (Frankfort, 1669); an edition of this, published at Leipzig in 1703, contains two supplements (Experimentum chymicum novum and Demonstratio Philosophica), proving the truth and possibility of transmuting metals, Experimentum novum ac curiosum de minera arenaria perpetua, the paper on timepieces already mentioned and also Specimen Becherianum, a summary of his doctrines by Stahl, who in the preface acknowledges indebtedness to him in the words Becheriana sunt quae profero.

Lenfant, also a French officer, succeeded in reaching the lake (which he circumnavigated) via the Benue, proving the existence of water communication between the Shari and the Niger.

As he maintains that probability may and ought to be our guide in life, he is content with proving in the first chapter of the Analogy that " a future life is probable from similar changes (as death) already undergone in ourselves and in others, and from our present powers, which are likely to continue unless death destroy them."

In 1905 only ten persons in every thousand married were unable to sign their names, thus proving that the number of illiterate adults of Australian birth is very small.

The members and sympathizers of the party of reform who styled themselves " Young Turks," working largely from the European centres and from the different points in the Turkish Empire to which the sultan had exiled them for the purpose of repression - their relentless persecution by the sultan thus proving to be his own undoing - spread a powerful propaganda throughout the Turkish Empire against the old regime, in the face of that persecution and of the open and characteristic scepticism, and indeed of the hostile action, of some of the European powers.

By the 12th of July, de Silva, the Spanish ambassador, reports on the authority of the French ambassador that du Croc, French envoy to Scotland, avers that Mary's Scottish enemies have autograph letters of hers proving her guilt, and himself possesses copies.

This energy, therefore, comes under a different category from the energy for which the law of equipartition was proved, for in proving this law conservation of ' Very significant confirmation of this conjecture is obtained from a study of the specific heats of the elements in the solid state.

The girder held its position with both joints severed, proving that, as should be the case, there was no stress in the boom where the bending moment changes sign.

Buzurg Khan delivered himself up to indolence and debauchery, but Yakub Beg, with singular energy and perseverance, made himself master of Yangi Shahr, Yangi-Hissar, Yarkand and other towns, and eventually became sole master of the country, Buzurg Khan proving himself totally unfitted for the post of ruler.

But the Poles proving obstinate, and Austria simultaneously displaying a disquieting interest in the welfare of the Republic, Prussia, on 1 I Pol.

On the other hand, the upstart Latin emperors, far from proving submissive and humble tools, assumed with the purple the habits and pretensions of the sovereigns they had dispossessed.

Steel concrete is even more difficult to generalize about, as its use is comparatively new, but even in the matter of first cost it is proving a serious rival to timber and to plate steel work, in floors, bridges and tanks, and to brickwork and plain concrete in structures such as culverts and retaining walls, towers and domes.

He points to the fact that the imminence of death often intensifies instead of diminishing a man's desire for the welfare of those he loves, as a crucial experiment proving the disinterestedness of love; adding, as confirmatory evidence, that the sympathy and admiration commonly felt for self-sacrifice depends on the belief that it is something different from refined self-seeking.

I (see above) having many middle terms; it is really a series of syllogisms (a polysyllogism), each one proving a premise of another, the intermediate conclusions being suppressed.

This was an odd way of proving something, for, as every one can readily see, it proved nothing.

Because military accomplishments were one way to do that, the military attracted the most ambitious young men eager to prove themselves—and "proving themselves" meant battle.

Indeed, when some friend is trying to speak to Miss Keller, and the attempt is not proving successful, Miss Sullivan usually helps by spelling the lost words into Miss Keller's hand.

In dark winter mornings, or in short winter afternoons, I sometimes heard a pack of hounds threading all the woods with hounding cry and yelp, unable to resist the instinct of the chase, and the note of the hunting-horn at intervals, proving that man was in the rear.

Another who wished to gain some advantage would attract the Emperor's attention by loudly advocating the very thing the Emperor had hinted at the day before, and would dispute and shout at the council, beating his breast and challenging those who did not agree with him to duels, thereby proving that he was prepared to sacrifice himself for the common good.

Though he concealed the fact under a show of irritation and contempt, he was evidently in despair that the sole remaining chance of verifying his theory by a huge experiment and proving its soundness to the whole world was slipping away from him.

Pierre smiled, Natasha began to laugh, but Nicholas knitted his brows still more and began proving to Pierre that there was no prospect of any great change and that all the danger he spoke of existed only in his imagination.

When I told him that duty and the oath were above everything, he started proving goodness knows what!

The National Marine Aquarium 's Scylla diving reef is still proving very popular nearly a year and a half after it was sunk.

The burden on nursing staff in the Hospital for Small Animals was proving problematic, which could not be resolved through renegotiating the agreement.

In addition to strengthening family ties, the net is also proving to help establish new friendships and renew existing ones through e-mail.

The sleek modern styling of the Angelica Suite is proving very popular - especially with the addition of a whirlpool feature !

However, proving they are intelligent, they can develop a sweet tooth just like kids !

The tench are also responding to float tactics with small boilies, soft pellet and corn proving best baits.

Using tactics is not a novel idea, particularly in the area of theorem proving.

Translated into chinese grow during the proving that strong.

Advance through treasonous waters proving its capacity to order and data of the group and to analyze patterns.

A list of Ugaritic words which also appear in the bible follows, proving what?

The operation continued for another four months, with trench warfare proving a wretched existence.

If you do visit the mall and provide a valid I.D. proving you live over 50 miles away, you will receive a coupon book giving you even more savings.

Theoretically, the FIP vaccine possesses a live virus that will not replicate, but research is proving otherwise.

Always insist on documentation proving the agreed upon settlement amount.

Then mail it, along with the check, and a copy of your driver's license, passport, Mexican Consular ID or non-driver ID, plus a document proving your address to Citibank New Cardmember Services, P.O. Box 6264, Sioux Falls, SD 57117.

Being prepared to show the Court that you meet the criteria for spousal support and proving that you are in financial need may greatly improve your chances.

Some RV and marine kits start at just over $300, proving that almost anyone can find a solar kit to fit their budget.

Best of all, scientific experiments are now proving that it may benefit health, especially in reducing blood glucose levels, reducing cholesterol, and killing dangerous bacteria.

Paintings found on Egyptian tombs show people being massaged, proving that as long ago as the Egyptians, people used this simple treatment to relieve stress and pain.

The current style is a mixture of trends from the 70s, 80s, and 90s, proving that everything always comes back around.

This inspired me to collect all the scientific studies proving the superiority of a raw food diet.

Researchers at the University of Kuopio have published multiple studies proving raw power.

There are so many studies and so much research proving the toxicity of cooked food and the benefits of raw that can't be put in a small article.

Having a wedding without the whirr of helicopters flying overhead or paparazzi hiding in the bushes is proving to be quite the challenge for couples who are in the public eye.

Proving he is indeed an American Idol, Taylor Hicks' debut single, "Do I Make You Proud" debuted at number one on the Billboard Pop Charts.

People magazine named her their "Most Beautiful" celebrity for 2011, proving that her looks are improving with age.

Proving that celebrities don't have to be young and pencil-thin to be considered hot, actress Salma Hayek topped an e-Poll list of sexiest celebrities in 2007 at the age of 40, and she was pregnant at the time to boot!

Tammy Trenta fought a good fight on The Apprentice 5, proving that an effective business person does not have to be cut-throat or vicious.

Puerto Rican beauty Jennifer Lopez, nicknamed J.Lo, has earned the respect of fans from across the globe by proving that she's got what it takes to conquer the world.

In mid-February, pictures of Barba began circulating, with some of the photos proving to be more objectionable than others.

For The Apprentice, the number of viewers from season one to season six dropped by an estimated 14 million viewers, proving that people tired of seeing the same thing over and over.

The public thrives on that type of gossip and loves to cluck their tongues at celebrities who fall to the pressures of daily living, proving they're no different than anyone else.

Cowell worked his way up the ladder quickly, and it wasn't long before he was scouting out the hottest talent in the country for EMI and proving his phenomenal ability to spot stars in the making.

Proving her multifaceted talent, Applegate is also a stage actress who has performed in a number of productions, including a stint on Broadway in 2006's Sweet Charity.

In 2005, a marriage certificate surfaced, allegedly proving that Kelly married then 15-year old protégé Aaliyah.

Proving that she has both beauty and brains, Trump is a graduate of Georgetown University and the Wharton School of Business.

Back in 2001, rumor had it that Sapir was shopping an alleged video tape to various tabloid television outlets "proving" that Tom Cruise was gay.

The lawsuit was settled out of court with the only stipulation known that Sapir had to publicly state that Tom Cruise was not gay and the alleged tape "proving" Cruise's homosexuality did not exist.

Proving he was more than just a funny guy, Jamie Foxx earned the Best Actor Oscar in 2004 for his spot-on portrayal of legendary songwriter and singer Ray Charles in the box office hit Ray.

Proving all good things come with a price, Sandra Bullock's Oscar Curse saw her winning the biggest accolade in her career one night, and days later finding out she was facing the ultimate betrayal from her husband, Jesse James.

Custom Typing is a online typing program commonly used by schools and businesses proving keyboard instruction.

This site allows you to finalize your application by proving you really are who you say you are.

These programs make it easier for students to connect their Villanova education to the real world by proving a helping hand during a major transitional phase.

Their only fault is in not proving really hardy, except in warm localities in the southern counties.

Their fourth record, the self-titled 3 Doors Down, debuted at number one on the Billboard charts, proving that 3 Doors Down is hotter than ever.

The first litter of narcoleptic dogs was born in 1976, positively proving that narcolepsy could be passed down in families.

This is proving to be a marvelous concept that encourages young children everywhere to reach for, and keep on, their glasses.

Once reserved for boaters and fishermen, polarized lenses are proving to be a necessity in a wide range of activities.

This dispelled the myth that video games were only the territory of couch potatoes, proving that a home gaming console can also get people into shape!

Long after Sega stopped making games, you can still find homemade animated clips and programs (VMU Football) proving that Sega has one of the most loyal followings of any company.

Experienced programmers can often create small games quickly, proving that practice does indeed make perfect.

Battle it out with bounty hunters in the same room or from all around the world, proving your worth as the absolute best at what you do.

Weapons can be fired while you're driving, proving that gangsters are almost as dexterous as Olympic gymnasts.

New Canadian video game companies start up almost every year, proving that the Canadian video game market is booming.

In addition, tazarotene (Tazorac), a drug approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1997, is proving to be effective for mild-to-moderate plaque psoriasis.

Tests to look for special immune cells (antibodies) that are directed specifically against CMV are useful in proving that a person has been infected with CMV.

Paneled and chunking hair color techniques add visual appeal, while rich and decadent permanent color choices can create a whole new look, proving that just a small change can make a big impact, regardless of your hair length.

Quickly making a fashion comeback, brunettes are proving that blondes don't always have the most fun.

So, it seems that parents are certainly proving themselves quite competent when they choose to take their children's education into their own hands, and with a bit of preparation, you can do the same.

Proving that you are not responsible for being unemployed will probably be the most challenging aspect of completing an application for unemployment benefits.

Proving your successful landlord status involves producing complete tax returns and Schedule E's for the past two years.

An inspection or appraisal proving the mobile home is livable and up to the standards of the lender.

Birth control pills are chock full of hormones, so researchers are interested in either proving for sure that these hormones cause, or don't cause, an increased cancer risk.

This protects you by proving that you did ask for leave.

The Jessica Simpson bikini collection and her other fashion ventures are slowly proving that not only does this fashion maven have the looks of a goddess, but the business savvy skills of a CEO executive.

The price is just right at $34.99, proving that you don't have to spend a lot to get a lot.

There's limited scientific research proving phenylalanine supplements work to boost mood, but many in the holistic or supplement industry believe they do and recommend them for this purpose.

These cases of vitamin C used intravenously for cancer therapy resulted in proving that the vitamin was, in fact, toxic to many of the cancer cells in the patients yet didn't damage healthy cells.

Crew, proving that she's a smart shopper who doesn't have to break the bank to look like a million bucks.

You will have to have the receipt proving that you purchased the item at that particular store.

Oftentimes, you can obtain a discount by proving that another retailer will sell the same item for less.

Proving the best Christmas decoration is the one you make yourself, creative people make their own wreaths, ornaments, garland, stockings and anything else they can think of.

In reality, the idea that an engagement ring should be such an expensive piece of jewelry is the modern interpretation of a bride price, or the gentleman proving that he is financially able to care for his future wife.

If she removed the ring while he was gone, it would fall into its separate bands, proving she had been unfaithful to him.

Even big name designers have gotten in on the act, proving that there is definitely a market for this unusual style.

Opinions on No Child Left Behind (NCLB) vary substantially among parents and teachers, proving that this legislation is one of the most controversial topics in education today.

While some might wonder why you like horror movies, you'll always know that part of the fun is proving you can make it through a film this frightening!

For every confirmed ghost caught on film, you'll find one hundred faked images, thus proving that seeing isn't always a good reason for believing.

Many would argue that it is far more difficult to disprove something's existence as opposed to proving it does indeed exist, but nonetheless this particular legend has been captivating people for many years.

Proving that wide width shoes can be just as fashionable as any other size is Newport News.

Proving that safety and style aren't mutually exclusive, the playful Emily shoe is sporty and strong all at once.

She's also quickly proving herself quite the fashion maven, showing up at Nickelodeon's Teen Choice Awards in a sparkling Stella McCartney dress and satin magenta peep-toe heels.

While the price point of tattoo starter kits vary, an entry level model can be purchased for less than a few hundred dollars, proving the investment worthy if you intend on honing your unique skill into a profitable career.

They also serve as inspiration to children and parents affected by ASD by proving that the disorder comes with great assets as well as challenges.

What saved Santa was the United States Postal Service delivery of thousands of letters to Santa at the courthouse, proving proof of his identity.

Bauer, MD. Currently, there are no long-term studies proving its 100 percent safety.

However, there are few human studies proving that any herb or any combination of herbs, affect weight permanently.

The list goes on, proving just how flexible this plan really is.

When you think lingerie, the word "Canada" might not be the first thing to spring to mind, but Canadian lingerie designers are proving that maybe it should be.

Victoria's Secret, for instance, offers a yearly sale proving deep discounts on full-figured bras.

Proving their products aren't made solely for at-home use, the Cuddl Duds company offers Comfortech Active apparel for the outdoor enthusiast.

Aubade is refined; the styles are crafty and subtle, proving that lingerie doesn't have to be flagrant in order to catch a man's attention.

Having been around for over 20 years now, Texas have always known what they wanted and they stopped at nothing to get it, proving even now that they still have the magic.

As part of the main character's ploy to make robbers think his house was occupied, cardboard silhouettes "dance" to the song as Christmas lights twinkle, proving anyone can get caught up in its infectious beat.

Different stories have been tossed back and forth throughout the years, each one proving vastly different from the others.

Proving there is no such thing as bad publicity, the album shot up the charts.

Viewers soaked up the drama, proving there was a niche for the reality docu-drama.

Eventually, his sister steps up and takes the test, proving once and for all who Sophia's father is.

Hydroderm's web site mentions clinical trials proving that the wrinkle-reducing cream works.

This is why podcasting is proving itself as one of the most effective tools in education today.

Sure you can claim several of the aforementioned deductions, but you might not want to do so without documentation proving your eligibility to them.

Others, however, have to be earned through dedication to learning about and proving that you thoroughly understand a topic.

While they focus on Automotive Internet Marketing, their client list includes food and clothing companies - proving that the company has taken their area of specialized expertise and applied it to others.

He washed and bellied up to the table, proving his statement as he delved into the food.

The only thing she had been proving lately was that she could successfully avoid him.

But I'm not sure there's any accurate way of proving that one way or the other.

I was sure he was making a mistake about the priesthood and I thought I was proving it.

Proving you can make this dairy profitable, or enjoying your work?

In the second he not only enlarges his matter and gives multiplied applications of his ideas, but also follows the synthetic method, first expounding the laws he had discovered and then proving them by the facts to which they are applied.

Next year he returned to take part in the second rising, but, this proving no more successful than the first, he again took refuge in Scotland.

This report led to the passing of a number of acts which, proving ineffectual, were followed by the Factories and Shops Act of 1896, passed by the ministry of Mr (afterwards Sir Alexander) Peacock.

The visit was marked by the greatest cordiality, Count Robilants fears of inopportune pressure with regard to Irredentism proving groundless.

This kind of writ allowed a man to refer the question of his guilt or innocence to the verdict of his neighbours instead of proving his innocence by the duel.

The entocodon is usually formed, proving the medusoid nature of the bud, but in sporosacs the entocodon may be rudimentary or absent altogether.

Cuvier on anatomical, and Von Baer on embryological grounds, made the further step of proving that, even in this limited sense, animals cannot be arranged in a single series, but that there are several distinct plans of organization to be observed among them, no one of which, in its highest and most complicated modification, leads to any of the others.

Harnack, Julicher and McGiffert, however, agree with Lightfoot, Weiss, Zahn (and early tradition) in holding that the letter is wholly Pauline - a position which is proving more and more acceptable to contemporary scholarship.

The site proving unfavourable, the colony was transferred to Twentyseven Mile Bluff, on the Mobile River, in 1702, and later to Mobile (1710).

A remarkable &c, expedition by Baron Toll in 1892 through the regions watered by the Lena, resulted in the collection of material which Afghan- will greatly help to elucidate some of the problems which beset the geological history of the world, proving inter alia the primeval existence of a boreal zone of the Jurassic sea round the North Pole.

Owen com municated a detailed description of them to the Philosophical Transactions (1863, pp. 33-47), proving their bird-like nature, and referring them to the genus Archaeopteryx of Hermann von Meyer, hitherto known only by the impression of a single feather from the same geological beds.

Mannhardt collected a mass of information proving that the life of the corn is supposed to exist apart from the corn itself and to take the form, sometimes of an animal, sometimes of a man or woman, sometimes of a child.

Remains of spiders from the Baltic amber beds of Oligocene age and from nearly coeval fluviatile or lacustrine deposits of North America belong to forms identical with or closely related to existing genera, thus proving the great antiquity of our present spider fauna.

Attempts have been made to introduce this into the infested area in Texas; but owing to the winter proving fatal to the " kelep " its usefulness may be restricted to tropical and subtropical regions.

The cultivation of pineapples, in sub-tropical Florida, is proving successful, the product far surpassing that of California, the only other state in the Union in which pineapples are grown.

An examination of extant papyri has had the result of proving that sheets of large size, measuring about 12 in., were sometimes used.

But he appears to have acted under the impression that the Socialists were much stronger than they really were, and therefore gave them a free hand with the object of avoiding bloodshed, and also perhaps with that of proving to the workmen that they could not run industry without the capitalists and the technical experts.