Word: buildings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Vassar is attempting to raise funds to build a new gymnasium...
President Porter of Yale said, in his speech at the dinner of the Yale Alumni of Boston, that the college authorities would soon build a new dormitory...
Perfectly ignorant of practical astronomy, he insisted on the aperture of his telescope being at least forty inches, which would admit twice as much light as the great Washington telescope, which, at that time, had just been completed. To build a telescope of such dimensions was a tremendous undertaking. Agents travelled through Europe visiting the most noted firms in England, France and Germany, without finding one which was willing to undertake the contract of making the glass disks from which the objectives must be made. At last, in 1880, a contract was made with Feil of Paris, for an objective...
...practical piety. It is headed "A Prayer for Royer's Academy." printed on a slip of paper, and sent about as a circular. It opens with an invocation to the Almighty and the All-wise, and thanks Him that He has put it into the hearts of men to "build this academy," and that "amid all the discouragement the work has gone forward," until the edifice, "now a temple of beauty, lifts its proud turrets above the oaks of the forest." But this paean abruptly changes into a confession, as follows...
...notable fact that the four heaviest men have had no experience worth mentioning in boating, whereas those who have had the most experience are of lighter build. There is nothing in this fact, however, to indicate that the crew for this year will be light, as all the men will have sufficient opportunity for acquiring the necessary skill before the crew is chosen. All things considered, it is more than probable that this year's crew will be heavier than that of last year. The men who rowed last year are heavier than they were then, and most...