Word: fire
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Nile and the crocodile that burrowed in its mind and the cattle that browsed on its banks, even the beetle that rolled its ball of earth in the dusty roads at their feet Now man calls lightning down from the sky and bids it play for him, he marries fire and water, and makes their child steam do his work. So it is with the other promises...
...almost invaluable library of scientific records has been accumulated. In this collection there are a large number of manuscripts and photographic plates which, if they should be destroyed, could never be replaced. For several years these valuable records have of necessity been stored in a frame building, where fire could destroy in a few minutes the work of years, and have in consequence been a source of great anxiety to the officers of the Observatory. It will be good news, therefore, to all interested in the work of this department that there is now some prospect that a suitable fireproof...
...instrument fitted for such work is estimated at about $50,000, and until this sum is donated, the work in this quarter must be limited. The results of these years of experiment and research are stored in a wooden building, liable at any time to be destroyed by fire. The need of a fire-proof building to insure the preservation of the valuable collection is very urgent, and as over $7,000 has already been subscribed it is hoped that a suitable structure may be begun early this year...
...verse of the number, one cannot say with Plutarch, that it is "written in fire." Nevertheless, both "Dawn" and the "Villanelle" are more than mediocre. One or two lines of the former are good, although in consideration of the innumerable word-harmonies of which "Dawn" has been the theme, it is not strange if one notes the lack of a single original strain in the song. The "Villanelle" is correct in form and in a certain brightness of fancy reminds one of Herrick. As a villanelle it is praise-worthy...
...finish of the two principal stories is to be of painted plaster. The woodwork is reduced to practical minimum, and brick walls and fire stops prevent the chances of a fire spreading. The outside walls are hollow, to assure dryness...