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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...academic department, which has long been the aim of the Yale corporation. The plans, prepared by J. C. Cady & Co., New York, provide for a brick building 190 feet long, with stone trimmings. It will be four stories high, with an additional fifth in the centre. It will be fire proof throughout, and will have toilet and bath rooms on each floor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Dormitory for Yale. | 4/20/1893 | See Source »

...Burton's invention makes a revolution in the forging business. Formerly metals were heated by fire and then pounded into the desired shapes. The one primary improvement effected by the electrical method is that the metals have to be heated but once. An electric current that is held under absolute control is passed through the metal, and by means of delicate mechanism, just the same degree of heat can be maintained in the metal for an indefinite length of time. Under the old method, the metal would soon become cold and have again and again to be heated, so that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Electrical Forging. | 4/13/1893 | See Source »

...Perpetuum Mobile with a complicated fugue, - are what might be called "elastic" music, - the triangle, piccolo and glockenspiel are often introduced. Though Moszowstki is of Russian descent he was born in Germany and his music savors more of the German School than the Russian. Both movements were played with fire and careful standing; Mr. Mole's difficult flute solo in the Andante being very skillfully executed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Symphony Concert. | 3/24/1893 | See Source »

...programme for to-night's Symphony Concert in Sanders Theatre is as follows: Overture, "Iphigenie en Aulis," Gluck; Aria from "Samson," Handel; Unfinished Symphony in Biminor, Schubert; Funeral March from "Die Gotterdammerung," Wagner; Wotan's Farewell and Fire Charm from "Die Walkure," Wagner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Symphony Concert Programme. | 2/23/1893 | See Source »

...dramatic writings are not altogether without merit. His description of the fire and pestilence in London gave evidence of a master mind, and his essay in defense of rhyme has the first step to a simplified and purified English...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lecture on Dryden. | 2/7/1893 | See Source »

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