Word: distinct
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...studying at Leipsic. This article, entitled "Indices of Refraction for Electric Waves, Measured by a Modified Radio-Micrometer," comprises the results of a valuable investigation which was conducted last year under the direction of Professor Trowbridge. The method for wave measurement which Dr. Pierce has devised is a distinct advance over any previously employed...
...time were written in a language which the majority of the people barely understood. In an attempt to decrease this evil and make it possible for the common people to have the benefit of the greatest books and best literary production of the time, King Alfred began two distinct tasks. He wished first, to restore the lost learning; and secondly, to put the great books of the world into the mother tongue of his people. The actual work of the first he left for scholars, the second he undertook himself. And by its accomplishment, he became the first translator...
...vice-president, J. G. Thorp '79; secretary, I. N. Panin '82; treasurer, C. G. Washburn '80; committee, F. Warren '82 and G. C. Van Benthuysen '82. This Harvard Union was in no way connected with the Union of 1832, which had died a natural death, but was a distinct organization...
...annual business meeting of the Harvard Christian Association was held in Phillips Brooks House last night, and the various committees reported on the status of their work. These reports, for the most part, set forth distinct advances in the devotional and philanthropic work of the association and in the energy and effectiveness with which it has been pursued...
...third annual exhibit of the Camera Club, in Brooks House, began yesterday. One hundred and eighty-seven pictures, or almost twice the number shown last year, are contributed, by twenty one members of the club. A distinct advance is also to be noted in the artistic merit of the photographs...