Word: branch
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...something might be written upon the game that would possibly be a little more help to the fitting schools and first year men in college than books already upon the market." The literature of the game at present seems rather historical and general than fundamental and scientific. Indeed one branch of the game, "Fundametals or Rudiments," has never been written...
...variability of a star. The first, and most commonly used, by means of its spectrum, was invented here. There is at the Observatory a collection of about 100,000 photographic plates of different parts of the heavens, made during the last eight years at this Observatory and at the branch observatory in Peru. When a star is suspected of variability a photograph of it is taken and compared with others of this collection and by this means a complete history of the star during the last eight years is established and any variability during this time may be detected...
...still better picture of the city as it is today. Mr. Gilman, who not long since published "The Cambridge of 1776," has done the present work under the direction of a committee from the city government and citizens. The table of contents includes articles upon nearly every branch of Cambridge life by well-known citizens. A number of historical articles are also included...
...year of the Andover Club was held last evening in 53 Thayer. The following officers were elected: President, M. E. Stone, Jr., '97; secretary and treasurer, S. L. Fuller '98; executive committee, W. T. B. Williams '97, H. W. Beale '97, R. W. Beecher '98, A. E. Branch...
...name, Aramaic, said Professor Moore, is given by modern scholars to one great branch of the Semitic languages. The earlier seats of Aramaic are unknown. It is first recognized in the country stretching north from the Euphrates to the mountains of Armenia. It is probable that Aramaic did not spread westward until...