Word: earths
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Another of Prof. N. S. Shaler's notable articles on the surface of the earth will appear in Scribner's Magazine for February, under the title of "Volcanoes." Among the illustrations will be a number of views of the great eruption in the Sandwich Islands...
...There is this difference," continued Mr. Depew, "between these two greatest and most beneficent governments earth-that of the United States and that of the University of Yale-one does not know how to handle a surplus in the treasury and the other is showing marvelous ability with a deficiency. Not that Yale is in debt or running behind, but her resources and income are unequal to her superb preparation for expansion and her great opportunities. I have no hesitation in saying, from a personal examination of the subject, that if the liberal wealth which is so freely bestowed when...
...profoundly impressive sight. The moon is full at 6.35 p. m. on that day. The eclipse begins at 4.30 p. m., but its total phase does not commence until 5.31. The middle of the eclips is reached at 6.20, and the total phase ends at 7.09, but the earth's shadow does not entirely clear the lunar disc until...
...Until at evening when the setting sun Touches with last caress the, passive earth...
...Athletic Association is unwilling to cover the track on Holmes with water, Jarvis Field still remains. It is true that the ground is higher than Holmes Field but this fact does not make it impossible nor even very difficult to flood the field. A low embankment either of earth or snow would be sufficient to keep the water from running off, and if the field is flooded when the ground is frozen hard there will be no danger of the water's sinking through the soil before ice can be formed. The city of Cambridge last year, when the plan...