Lloyd's discovery of the "death bacillus" of the sea toad, and his experiments on it with potassium cyanide, sent his name and that of his university ringing round the world; nor was Paul a whit behind when he succeeded in producing laboratory colloids exhibiting amoeba-like activities, and when he cast new light upon the processes of fertilization through his startling experiments with simple sodium chlorides and magnesium solutions on low forms of marine life.
In the end she solved the problem in her own way, to everybody's satisfaction except Paul's and Lloyd's. Getting them together, she said that she really could not choose between them because she loved them both equally well; and that, unfortunately, since polyandry was not permitted in the United States she would be compelled to forego the honor and happiness of marrying either of them.
I saw Lloyd's face drop, but he answered sneeringly, "I can carry a sunshade, you know." Then he turned suddenly and fiercely upon him.
I was for crossing over to verify Lloyd's statement, but he restrained me.
I visited Lloyd's laboratory a number of times after that, and found him always deep in his search after the absolute black.
I escaped Lloyd's shadow only to fetch up against the rainbow flash."
He had nothing else to do, poor fellow, except at a certain hour of every afternoon to "go to
Lloyd's" - in observance of a ceremony of seeing his principal, I think.
Upon this imaginary creature rested the responsibility of all these shipwrecks, which unfortunately were considerable; for of three thousand ships whose loss was annually recorded at
Lloyd's, the number of sailing and steam-ships supposed to be totally lost, from the absence of all news, amounted to not less than two hundred!
She never reads anything but the Bible and
Lloyd's Weekly News .
These not so important as to go in your list of the shipping in the Times, and so we go, by suggestion of Lord Godalming, to your
Lloyd's, where are note of all ships that sail, however so small.
"I have spent the whole day," said he, "over
Lloyd's registers and files of the old papers, following the future career of every vessel which touched at Pondicherry in January and February in
Among recent changes to modernise the market,
Lloyd's has introduced a new franchise structure and phased out the number of Names who backed the market with an unlimited liability.