Word: centralized
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...make soundings; and, of these, he made seventy-two before reaching Tahiti. By means of the soundings, the depths of the unexplored parts of the Pacific were ascertained and the basins located. Mr. Agassiz suggested in his letter that the deepest and largest of these basins, found in the Central Pacific, be named the "Moser Basin...
...Harvard men was one by Professor W. W. Goodwin on "The Hero Physician," which was illustrated with lantern slides. Professor F. W. Putnam spoke on "Ancient Pueblos of the Chaco Canon," Mr. G. H. Chase on "Terra Cottas from the Argive Heraeum," and Mr. C. P. Bowditch on "Central American Archaeology." The last named presided over the Thursday session. A significant fact was shown by the statement of Dr. Talcott Williams of Philadelphia that $11,000,000 had been spent during the last ten years for museums and researches in the realm of archaeology...