Word: dimmer
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rule and see how it would work. But a theory which looked very plausible while as yet untried proves a failure when put to a practical test. The prospect of a general adoption of the rule does not grow brighter as time goes by, but, on the contrary, appears dimmer than ever. We still cling to our former position, therefore, in requesting the faculty either to rescind the rule or so to modify it as to do away with its objectionable features...
...pulse grows ever dimmer...
Which though past, is none the dimmer...