Word: feets
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...shell which Webb has been building for the 'Varsity crew arrived yesterday afternoon from Worcester, having been transported to Cambridge in a wagon especially built for the purpose. The boat is 64 feet long, 22 inches wide, 10 or 14 1-2 inches deep, the last measurement being from the top of the washstreak. It weighs 236 pounds and is one foot longer than last year's boat. The shell is built of American cedar and is very strong and substantial, having been built to suit a crew averaging 176 pounds. It is longer than any other shell...
...pole vault, which was postponed from the 'Varsity games on account of darkness, was held Friday last and resulted as follows: W. W. Hoyt, M. S., first, height 10 feet 6 1-4 in.; A. B. Emmons 2d '98, second, height 10 feet; E. D. Brooks '99 and R. A. Garrison 1900, tied for third, height 9 feet 9 inches. Brooks won the toss...
...third mile bicycle track will be completed in about ten days. It will be a clay path, fifteen feet wide, built of the natural soil, which packs readily and dries quickly. The Track Association has secured the services of the well known professional "Joe" Harrison, who is expected to arrive some time this week and remain for a month to coach the bicycle squad...
...Shaw '97, threw the hammer 124 feet yesterday. This is five inches better than the Harvard record for that event...
Professor Trowbridge has discovered that a flash of lightning travelling through two miles of air meets with no more resistance than a flash going through two feet of air. This discovery practically reverses Ohm's Law, that the resistance which a current overcomes is proportionate to the distance traversed, in its bearing upon air as a conductor. The law still holds with regard to other conductors such as copper wire...