Word: albrecht
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Professor E. A. Milne, of Oxford University, spent several weeks at the Harvard Observatory, delivering two lectures and holding many conferences with the staff on subjects of theoretical astrophysics. Dr. Albrecht Unsold, of the University of Munich, spent some weeks at the Harvard Observatory, holding special conferences on line contours and in photometric studies, using Harvard photographs of the structure and distance of the Coal Sack in the southern Milky...
Shortly after noon Germany time, 55 hours after she left Lakehurst, the Graf Zeppelin landed. A multitudinous crowd on the ground, fences, poles, roofs and steeples screamed joyously. Passengers debarked quickly. Count Albrecht Montgelas carried a fat bundle. It contained 52 ears of golden bantam corn, bon voyage gift of Mrs. William Crapo Durant. He fed them to his comrades that evening...
Whatever his real reason, the suave monarch did have fun. He slept in the Prince Albrecht Palace (occupied last year by plump King Amanullah of Afghanistan). He reviewed troops with grizzled President von Hindenburg. He was publicly and elaborately dined, lunched, toasted, hocked. He gravely inspected Tempelhof airport and the once-royal Staatliche Porzellan Manufaktur. On Unter den Linden, he visited a beauty parlor and, smiling at the dimpled manicurists, said: "Aha! Here is my chance to have my fingers attended...
...Manhattan Bridge, the stranger said: "It's a fine night, isn't it?" Answered James Albrecht, an out-of-a-job printer: "Kind of chilly, don't you think?" "Per-haps," said the stranger, "But just look at that beautiful moon." The next thing the stranger said was "Goodbye, good luck and God bless you." As he said this he was falling through the dark air into the river...
...sixteenth century Albrecht Durer is represented by his "Life of the Virgin" which clearly shows methods of lighting utilized in his time, the styles of furniture, and sanitary facilities. Other engravings by Durer include a design for lace, and his famous "St. Jerome in his Cell," which illustrates a porcelain slove. A picture by Lucas Granach splendidly portrays a suit of sixteenth century armor...