Word: eight
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...north, this intrepid explorer, finding his vessel, the "Fram," solidly frozen in the ice, started with one companion, Johansen, for the unknown regions of the North Pole. They left their vessel, equipped with three sledges, two kyacks, and twenty-eight dogs, with provisions for the dogs for thirty days, and for themselves for one hundred days. When this stock was exhausted they lived on seal, walrus and bear meat, when they could get it. The account of the months these two hardy men spent in the polar regions is most thrilling. When a dog died or fell...
Professor Pickering, director of the Observatory, has lately devised an atteachment to a photographic telescope of such a nature that eight plates, eight by ten inches each, can be exposed in succession without disturbing the telescope. The telescope is regulated by clock-work and is designed to photograph all the bright stars that cross the meridian during the night. This instrument is much more powerful than the one of similar construction which has been in use at the Observatory during the last few years...
HANDSOME matched pair for sale.- Perfectly matched pair jet black pacing mares, excellent breeding, seven and eight years old, 1900 pounds, safe and sound and drive like one horse. Great roaders. One has been used by a lady under the saddle. One has a record of 2.11 1-2, other 2.26. Address, Box 2, Cambridge, Mass...
...Ninety-eight is rowing very well, though they show a slight tendency to shorten. Their leg drive is fair, but they do not get a very good body swing. Their order is: Stroke, H. Adams; 7, Moulton; 6, Ames; 5, Wadsworth; 4, Marvin; 3, Fuller; 2, Kinnicutt; bow, T. Adams...
...Ninety-eight has been rowing in the '96 'Varsity paper shell in the following order: Stroke, Du Bois; 7, Butler; 6, Millard; 5, Wood; 4, Sheafe; 3, Robinson; 2, McBurney; bow, Richards...