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In the first lecture we defined a note as a single sound having distinct pitch. It has long been known that in some notes such as those of the voice and stringed instruments, what we call the pitch of the note is accompanied by a number of higher and fainter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Music Lecture. | 1/22/1891 | See Source »

The inherent means for the distribution of plants were divided into three classes-by stem, by root, and by fruit-and these were still further subdivided-stem into suckers, runners and rhizomes; roots into aerial growth as is the case with the banyan and rattan; and fruit into dehiscence, both...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bowdoin Prize Dissertation. | 3/27/1889 | See Source »

The entire third floor is occupied by the gymnasium, which is one hundred and one feet long by fifty wide. It is supplied with a complete set of gymnasium apparatus, chest weights, rowing weights, rings, bars, etc. A running track is constructed, encircling the entire room nine feet above the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Berkeley Athletic Club of New York City. | 2/7/1888 | See Source »

There is in the long run no simple influence so conducive to health of mind and body as a proper amount of physical exercise under the proper surroundings. The lungs feel the effect of exercise more than any of the organs. Smith found out by experiment that every exertion which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dr. Farnham's Lecture. | 2/25/1886 | See Source »

There is a large amount of elastic tissue in the lungs, so that by virtue of their elasticity they can expel a large part of the air which they contain when inflated. A certain amount, however, always remains. As the heart is enclosed in a sort of sack called the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Health and Strength. IX. | 2/18/1886 | See Source »

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