Word: circular
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Entries for the indoor tennis tournament at Newton should be made in the blue-books at Leavitt's before tomorrow. Information about the tournament may be had from the circular which has been left with the blue-book...
...distinguishing features of the Gothic style is the pointed arch. It was first used as a structural device in vaulting, the pointed arch being better adapted for spanning openings where the height of the arch can not be limited by its span. The only means of using a circular arch where the height is to be greater than the span, is by elevating or tilting it. This is a cumbrous construction and belongs to the Romanesque architecture. The circular arch was long retained in covering window openings, and in the arch construction of the triforium...
...connected to the metallic side, is the anode pole, and at the top of the cone is a glass tube with a cock-stop, so that the air may be exhausted. This glass tube is also fastened in with plaster-of-Paris and bound by a metallic ring. A circular wooden disc is fastened in the inside of the metallic cone, to prevent any collapse of the sides on exhaustion. By this construction it has been found that the difficulty from the absorptive power of the rays by the glass of the Crooke's tube has been eliminated...
...office of the chairman, Mr. Charles Francis Adams. A permanent organization was effected with Mr. Adams as chairman and Mr. William R. Thayer as secretary. It was decided to print a number of copies of the report of the Committee of Five to be sent with a circular calling for expressions of opinions on the project and to be distributed among graduates in different parts of the country through the medium of the various Harvard Clubs. As the annual dinners of these clubs are usually held at about this time of the year, it is hoped that much help will...
...Alumni Fund Association at Yale is working to increase the general funds of the university. In order to do this the following circular letter has been sent out to the graduates by the executive committee...