Word: eras
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Among the objects of archaeological interest, Professor Francke has obtained a model of the famous Viking boat at Kiel, which, in spite of its name, probably dates from the fourth of fifth century, and is thus some centuries earlier than the real Viking era. This boat was found in a remarkably good state of preservation in a bog near the present Danish boundary, together with the arms and armor of the warriors who used it, and the thirty oars which were used to propel...
Harper's -- "Knickerbocker Era of American Letters," by G. E. Woodberry '77; "Love Triumphant," a poem by F. L Knowles...
Several gifts have been received by the Museum during the past year. They include nineteen fragments of papyri with Greek inscriptions, from Egypt, dating from the early centuries of the Christian era, and a handsome Egyptian mummy case...
...Era--"English Literary News," by J. W. Smith...
Professor Pickering said that he would speak on the work of the Harvard Observatory, but that first he would discuss a subject of wider interest--namely the qualifications which a scientific man should have who is in charge of some institution. This is the era of consolidation. A man can no longer work by himself, but must work in connection with others. A scientific man, to be qualified to direct consolidated work must not be the kind of a man a professor was at one time supposed to be--entirely above mundane affairs-- he must have a technical knowledge...