After weeks of fruitless negotiations, Bollinger and his counion members went out on strike, demanding a pay boost.

the reflex act of the soul, or the turning of the intellectual eye inward upon its own actions

The culmination of Trimalchio’s morbid desire for a prehumous taste of posthumous flattery is his staging of a mock-wake: “Pretend I’m dead and say something nice,” he bids his guests, adopting an appropriate position.

Most hydrocoolers use mechanical refrigeration. Figure 26 shows the approximate amount of refrigeration needed for an uninsulated hydrocooler, installed outside.