Word: copper
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...with an announcement of the judges for the Advocate Prize Contest, and with editorials on collegiate English composition, and Harvard's pallid interest in such affairs as the coming Presidential campaign. There follow an essay entitled "Harvard's Duty", two whimsical stories, named respectively "The Mitigating Circumstance" and "The Copper Pot", an instalment of a continued story called "The Mirage", two bits of verse translation, and play and book-reviews...
...Copper Pot" is a typical Advocate story, telling how husband and wife, each deciding on the same gift for the other, bid feverishly for a certain copper pot, and discover late in the proceedings the identity of the rival bidder...
...closing, Mr. Rhodes mentioned the merits of installing the Tungsten lamps in all subway trains in New York, instead of increasing the size of the copper feeder which would be a very expensive step. A number of these Tungsten lamps have already been tried out, but until they are used throughout, the present trouble will remain. The carbon filaments of the lamps grow dim and almost go out when the train starts, due to the excessive voltage drop in the third rail. The superiority of the Tungsten lamp lies in the fact that its candlepower varies considerably less in proportion...
...HARVARD ENGINEERING SOCIETY. "The Copper River and Northwestern Railway of Alaska." Mr. R. H. Eurich. Pierce...
...HARVARD ENGINEERING SOCIETY. "The Copper River and Northwestern Railway of Alaska". Mr. R. H. Eurich. Pierce...