Word: feet
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...main observatory was built in 1891 at Arequipa, a town about 80 miles inland and about 8000 feet above sea level. Here on a plateau about 400 feet above the town itself, a large house with a dome has been built, with laboratories connecting. Between this and the sea are two other observatories, one at Mollendo, 8 feet above the sea, the other at La Joya at an elevation of about 4000 feet...
...Professor Bailey reached the summit of Misti, an old volcano, 19,200 feet above the level of the sea. Here, with a great deal of trouble, an instrument shelter was built. It was the original plan to visit this station once in every ten days to wind the instruments there, which would run for that length of time. It was found impossible to visit Misti summit always at the interval of ten days, and now a meteorgraph has been made for the station which will run for three months...
...swimming tank in the Brokaw Memorial has been open for use during the last few days, although not yet formally handed over to the college authorities, since some further arrangements must be made to perfect the heating apparatus. The tank is over one hundred feet long, about twenty feet wide, and the water is kept at a depth of about seven feet. It is lined with white tile and fitted up with spring boards, trapezes, rings and overhanging rings. The water circulates continually through pipes leading to the immense boiler where the water is heated. The dressing rooms connected with...
...games in the Technology gymnasium in Exeter street, February 22, at 2.15 p. m. The following is a list of the events: 20 yard dash (closed); 20 yard dash (open); potato race (open); running high jump, 6 inches limit (open); 35 yard hurdle race (open); and putting shot, 3 feet limit (open). There will also be fencing and boxing. Entries close with R. F. Bolles, Roxbury Latin School, February 19. The entrance fee is 50 cents for each event. The games will be open to Harvard...
...number of the Faculty and the Board of Visitors Tuesday, and its appointments met with general commendation. It is designed to afford actual clinical practice for students in the veterinary course. The building was formerly the West End Railway stable, the big interior working space measuring 60x100 feet. There are smaller rooms for men who will stay all night, for pharmacy and other purposes, stalls for sick or injured horses, one of the best forges in Boston for horseshoeing and a fine case of instruments. Persons who feel that they cannot pay for veterinary attendance are invited to bring their...