Word: compassed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...general acquaintance with the history of mankind, with the scientific view of the universe, with the best in world-literature and the other arts, and with the major concepts of philosophy; and we submit that no youth left free to wander through the college catalogue is likely to compass the fundamentals in this broad field of knowledge. Indeed, it may as well be said that the thing can not be done; for what results can we expect from a system of special courses and free election which abandons to immature and undisciplined minds a labour that is almost beyond...
...compass of 234 pages Mr. Price follows the career of Mustapha Kernel Pasha, first President of the Republic of Turkey, gives the Turkish angle of the War and presents some rather acrimonious comment on Christianity in the Land of Islam. So far so good. The author goes farther afield and animadverts upon "Germany in Islam," British policy toward Turkey, Russia and Turkey. In particular does he berate the Anglo-Russian treaty of 1907 which paved the way for completion of the Triple Entente by King Edward VII with the Tsar of Russia at Reval in 1908. Although much that...
...That confusion over radio compass bearings sent to the wrecked ships was probably the cause of the wreck. Captain Cousins testified that, although in foggy weather he took radio compass directions, he did not rely on them. "They are wrong," he declared, "as often as they are right." The first officer of the steamer Arizonan also telegraphed to San Diego that he had had two sets of radio bearings given to his ship about two weeks before the wreck which if not disregarded would have put his ship ashore within a few miles of the scene of the disaster under...
...course opened on June 16 and during the first week the work consisted of the study of instruments and preliminary compass and chain surveying. During the next three weeks plane and topographical surveying was studied and a complete contour map made of 15 acres of representative country. Railroad surveying was taken up the last four weeks of the camp, each student mapping out an imaginary railroad three miles long and computing the curves and grades. The best of the plans was selected and the railroad was staked out ready for construction...
Further, observations of the disturbance of magnetic conditions and compass aberrations during the eclipse were made from the Carnegie, the world's only nonmagnetic ship, commanded by Captain Ault...