Word: draft
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...pulleys, and these again with his stove door, so that when the machine was wound up and properly adjusted it could, at the precise moment agreed upon, ring a bell, wind up a spool, drop a weight, rattle a chair, slam shut the stove door and open the draft, all in a jiffy and without extra charge. P - has resolved to outdo this arrangement, and is now engaged on a machine to go by electricity, to be connected with a thermometer and regulate the temperature of the room, so that the room would take care of itself and his mind...
...American Exchange Bank of New York paid $85,000 on a $15 draft...
...recent Literary World contains an article on the manuscripts of Longfellow's "Excelsior," the first draft of which is preserved in the Harvard Library...
...plentiful supply of water is in case of fire. During some of our severe winter snow-storms it would be almost impossible for a fire-engine to traverse the yard in time to save a burning building. Our buildings are so constructed that there is always a powerful up-draft in each entry. Let a fire get under a good headway on the bottom floor and the entry will become a death-trap to those above. There is no escape except by jumping from the windows. Matthews has a fire ladder, but Thayer, the largest and highest building...
...have removed the deposits? 4. Ought the State to own the Railroads? 5. Should the Suffrage be granted to Women? 6. Should the Suffrage be still further limited? 7. Should a new College boat-house be built? 8. Ought Hamilton to have accepted Burr's challenge? The first draft of the theme will consist of a brief or scheme, containing only the heads of the argument. This will be criticised by the instructor and returned to the student to be written out. The completed production will be subjected to no further criticism, but will be marked on its merits, largely...