Word: domes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Under the great central dome and in adjoining rooms are a series of exhibits illustrating striking natural phenomena and scientific discoveries, so arranged that the visitor may himself perform the experiments. They include: ¶ Mirrors to catch the sunlight at all hours and project it through a telescopic lens in an image showing the sun spots. ¶ A spectroscope to resolve the sun rays into the component colors, showing the Fraunhofer lines of the various chemical elements in the sun's spectrum. ¶ The interferometer of Dr. A. A. Michelson, with which he measured the wave length of light...
...merely a piece of bad manners, a manifestation of that anarchic individualism which prompts us instinctively to consult our own convenience before thinking of the public. We need to check it early. For eventually, if left to itself and gathering force with time, it leads straight to Teapot Dome. G. H. PALMER...
...central quadrangle consists of the Auditorium and dining halls and the recreation building. The Auditorium, with its dome, is reminiscent of the central building of the University of Virginia, designed and built by Thomas Jefferson...
STANDING COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC LANDS AND SURVEYS TO INVESTIGATE NAVAL OIL LEASES (Teapot Dome Inquiry)-Senators Ladd (Chairman), Smoot, Stanfield, Norbeck, Bursum, Cameron, Spencer, Pittman, Jones (N. M.), Kendrick, Walsh (Mont.), Adams, Dill...
...Teapot Dome scandal of grand operadom...