Word: clay
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Geological Conference. Paper: The Gold District of Clay Country, Alabama. Professor Shaler. Geological Laboratory, Room...
Geological Conference. Paper: The Gold District of Clay County, Alabama. Professor Shaler. Geological Laboratory, Room...
Yesterday the annual cross country championship run was held over the five mile course, resulting in an easy victory for Grant M. S. The course was up Garden St. to the dike, across the clay pits, along the dike to Concord Ave., around Fresh pond to Mt. Auburn and then home to the Law School. Ten men started, nine of whom finished. Grant finished nearly a minute ahead of Foote in the good time of 30m. 12s., which is a new record for the course. The first five men to come in were as follows: Grant...
...first men in should reach the finish at about half past four. The course will be up Garden street to the dike, across the clay pits, along the dike to Concord avenue, around Fresh Pond to Mr. Auburn and thence home to the Law School...
Writers who have been led by the solidity of the earlier Doric forms to deny their derivation from a wooden technic, overlook the fact that these oldest buildings were by no means constructed wholly of wood, their walls and roof being largely made of clay, a material which required great compactness. Professor Doerpfeld then showed how these ancient, close-built temples, when transferred into stone, became even more solid and heavy; whereas later they assumed slenderer forms and more graceful proportions...