Word: feet
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...curved side for the hand; these they threw behind them when in mid-air, and this gave them additional impetus. By the aid of these weights tremendous distances were covered; for instance, Herodotus tells a little story of a certain Greek who had a record of fifty-five feet; and this statement is probably true, for they loosened the ground to a distance of fifty feet, so that they must have expected them to jump that far. After the leaping came the javelin throwing, in which the object was distance, not accuracy in hitting a certain mark. The javelin...
...them clergymen but a black coat and white tie. And the bishops and deans come with women tucked under their arm; and they can't enter church but a fine powdered man runs first with a cushion for them to sit on and a warm sheepskin to keep their feet from the stones...
...last stage of the making. Finally, last month he telegraphed that he had actually molded a glass without its being broken; and so at last the disk, the one vital organ of a telescope, is completed. The construction of the delicate yet powerful machinery, by which the tube sixty feet long is to be pointed toward any part of the heavens, and kept in motion by clock work, has not yet been commenced. However, the completion of this machinery is only a question of time, and when every thing is finished Lick Observatory will have the largest and most powerful...
...Observatory is built on the summit of Mount Hamilton, a prominence in the Coast Range of California, 4,400 feet above the sea-level, and about 14 miles east of the city of San Jose. The atmospheric conditions of the site are peculiarly favorable to astronomical observations, and with a good man in charge of the observatory, great results may be expected. Let us hope that an astronomor, skilled in his science and enthusiastic in his work, may be chosen for the place; for on him more than on the instruments will the reputation of the observatory depend...
...pound. It speaks well for our habits of cleanliness that the superintendent felt justified in laying in such a large stock of soap, but we think that nearly $250 worth is just a little too much. But these matters can be corrected when the society gets on its feet once more ; just now the hearty support of the students is wanted, and we feel sure that it will be given...