Word: amount
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...members of the club now at work in Lynn. The subject of the discussion was the new slow speed car motor. This was described in detail and photographs of the various parts were exhibited. By the new arrangement 10 per cent. less current is required to do a given amount of work, and a speed of forty miles an hour can be obtained. The coils are also placed out of danger from cobblestones, etc., which sometimes seriously injure the present motors. After enlarging on the improvements of the new design for more than an hour, Lieut. Cahoon answered many questions...
...appointed for the purpose not of taking direct charge of all the receipts and expenses of the various teams, but to have a general supervision of all the accounts and receive whatever surplus remains at the end of the year. The different teams are allowed to keep a fixed amount of the surplus, but the rest goes into the hands of the graduate treasurer...
...report begins with a statement of the '93 freshman teams. Of the '93 foot ball team, the receipts came mostly from subscriptions; $623 was subscribed, while the games only brought $160. With the nine, on the contrary, the amount of the gate money was $512, and only $348 had to be raised by subscription. Both teams were allowed to retain $50; beyond this the eleven handed over $5.10 to the graduate treasurer, and the nine $14.59. The eleven's expenses amounted to $727, the larger items being $342 for games, $136 for training table, and $168 for outfits. The expenses...
...time" we mean the number of strokes per minute, it will be seen that we are now upon one of the most, if not the most, important subdivisions of our subject. Every stroke entails a certain amount of work. It is axiomatic that the crew covering the greatest distance in, say, 21 1-2 minutes, with the least outlay of strength will be likely to reach the finish first. Aiming then at the maximum result with the minimum exhaustion, the point somewhere between the two is to be sought for if a crew would be invincible...
...Armory presents an animated appearance now in the afternoon, as a number of Harvard men and others do a considerable amount of training there in order to get used to the floor and the curves of the track...