Word: foundings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...another during the three or four busy hours. The photographic plates obtained were not all developed at once, but a sufficiency of each set to show that the apparatus was in good order. The time signal of the observatory was critically compared on Saturday, and was found to be correct, within one-tenth of a second...
...honor of its members-would be entirely foreign to the spirit of the present day. It was a necessary evil among the Normans of England and France eight centuries ago; but, to-day, we must act upon and through individuals. It is not surprising that many objections were found, but the most vital one was overlooked. Men who know themselves to be honorable would feel that they were degrading themselves if they should call to their aid eleven men to help them ascertain that honor, and they would ask that the same consideration they demand for themselves be given...
...devoted but little of his time to scientific research. He returned to Cambridge about two months ago and at once took up his scientific work where he left off The first notice of his sickness was on Monday, Nov. 28, when, upon attempting to raise his arm, he found it impossible, and it was soon discovered that paralysis had developed to an alarming extent, and that it was a question of but a short time, when this master mind and robust body must leave his life's work and pass beyond...
...front of me finished his paper about three-quarters of an hour before the time was up. Immediately a proctor strolled along, his boots creaking like the doors in Sever, took up the blue-book, seated himself on the desk, and proceeded to read. Of course his superior knowledge found flaws in the book. And he gave vent to his feelings by a series of loud snorts and chuckles, which, under ordinary circumstances, would have been exasperating, but at the time it was simply maddening. I cannot see what business he had to look into the book in the first...
During the last year the Law School has been very prosperous. The admission examination tends to keep uneducated persons out of the school and admits to the regular course every year a few men without collegiate training, among whom are sometimes found very successful students...