Word: account
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...coming thing for indicating the changes in the weather. It has already given good evidence of its ability to foretell changes, not only in the direction of the wind and of the humidity of the air, but also of the other more involved factors which must be taken into account in forecasting the weather. The idea of using it in connection with weather forecasts is entirely original in this country...
...shoot at Watertown to have been held Thursday, was postponed until Wednesday next, on account of the rain...
...seen by the increased manufacture of steel rails. A few years ago it was the boast of a few railroads that their rails were made of steel, but now scarcely a road is without this improvement, and iron rails are rapidly becoming a thing of the past. On account of a recent improvement, the power of the Bessemer process has been largely increased. It was formerly limited to certain ores, which were scarce in the coal region of our country, but now can be extended to such a degree as to be almost universal in its workings...
...this and other courses the speaker was confident that in a few years we would become large exporters of iron, supplanting England in this respect. The lecture closed with a description of the open-hearth process by which the so-called Martin steel is manufactured, and an account of the present condition of the iron industry in this country...
...print today an account of the work which the various crews have been doing since they began work on the river and a criticism of the individual members. The crews certainly deserve all the support they get or can get. As the new platform and repairs at the boat-house will soon be completed, the opportunities for watching the men on the river will them be much better than at present, and large numbers ought to go down to the river every afternoon. The University crew certainly gives promise of great hopes of success when they come to be matched...