Word: cementation
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...meet there representatives from all European nations. The city abounds in dogs, which act as the scavengers of the place. The houses are huddled together, small and badly ventilated. They are built of stone and have few windows. The roofs are flat and covered with a sort of cement which is water-proof. The richer natives have houses with tiled roofs. The soldiers of the city are poorly fed and badly clothed, and are of a dull, stolid appearance. The heat in summer is excessive and particularly severe on the Europeans, who generally retire to villas on Mount Lebanon, which...
...Providence has taken from our number one whose earnest life, high endeavor, and steadfast character has gained our sincere respect and esteem. As his classmates, we have recognized his success as a student; as his friends, we have seen those genial qualities which spring from generous impulse and which cement true friendship. We remember, too, at the time, with satisfaction his deep and constant Christian faith and his active Christian influence. At the same time we feel, and desire to express a heartfelt serrow at the loss we have sustained in the early death of one in whom the promise...
...testing machines have arrived at the Scientific School. One tests the compressibility of cement and the other the strength of wire, to the extent of 60,000 lbs. They are very delicate in construction and extremely accurate. The Scientific School has shown commendable enterprise in purchasing the machines, and seems to be making a decided improvement in every direction this year...
...bicycle track is soon to be laid in Philadelphia. The track will be circular, nine laps to the mile, and will be made of cinders and cement, with a grade of one foot from the centre to the outer circumference, and will be twenty feet in width. Electric lights are to be placed around the track. During June there is to be a tournament and series of races held there...
...indefinite age-how old is not known and probably never will be-but everything goes to prove that they were constructed long before the discovery of this continent. In the centre of several of the mounds were altars composed of alternate layers of clay, sand, stones and ashes, no cement being used with the stones, which varied from the size of a hen's egg to several dounds in weight. The tops of the altars were concave and filled with fine sand, a portion of the burnt clay having been evidently removed. Judging from the solidity of the structures fires...