Word: earths
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...ground. We have all of us seen the champion step forth from his place, while the ball was dead, to pat the ground where the ball was likely to pitch, and we have even occasionally seen him apparently successful in discovering some small stone or lump of hard earth which he has incontinently thrown away. (It has been said by the scoffing herd that the missile is not always seen to fall; but that is a detail.) Now a very slight irregularity where the ball pitches will affect the course which the ball afterwards follows; a ball which would break...
...lectures, laboratory work and excursions under the care of Prof. N. S. Shaler assisted by Mr. T. W. Harris. Prof. Shaler will lecture every week day in the field or laboratory on the following subjects: 1. The general principles of the application of force to the surface of the earth; 2. Erosion by rivers and by the sea; 3. Glacial phenomena; 4. Faults, veins and dikes. July 24, the expedition will be made from Cambridge to New Britain, Conn.; July 25 to 29, at or near New Britain. From there a trip will be made to the Catskill Mountains...
...gives us great pleasure after our week's vacation to note the changes that have been made about the college yard with the view of improving the appearance of the turf. In many places the earth has been upturned, carefully raked and put in readiness to receive the flowers and shrubbery which, we understand, are to be planted in a few days. Along the edges of the grass plots where the grass has been rudely worn down, fresh sods have been placed. The flower beds have been laid in many instances close to the corners of the college buildings, along...
...Cambridge. Lectures, laboratory work and excursions in charge of Professor N. S. Shaler, assisted by Mr. T. W. Harris. Professor Shaler will lecture every week day in the field laboratory on the following subjects: 1. The general principles of the application of force to the surface of the earth; 2. Erosion by rivers and by the sea; 3. Glacial phenomena; 4. Faults, veins and dikes. The field work will include a study of the sea-coast at several points between Cape Ann and Cohasset, and at certain inland areas selected to show the nature and distribution of drift deposits...
Mathematical Seminary. Lecture: The deflective force of the Earth's Rotation. Mr. Maxime Bocher. University...