Word: fuel
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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This gave Mr. Baldwin the idea of filling caches with provisions and fuel and then setting them adrift on the ice. The Jeannette had followed the idea of floating with the ice-packs, but it had to be abandoned because of lack of coal; the Fram, under Nansen, had started from the wrong point. Mr. Baldwin advocates starting during the summer, so that by the time the ice-floes have been reached, winter will have set in and the cold will freeze the open sea around the ship, forcing it to float with the current. The Arctic regions would provide...
...Pole, which he hopes to employ in his next Arctic expedition. Vast ice-floes, starting from Behring Sea, have floated across the comparatively open water around the North Pole, into the region near Greenland. Mr. Baldwin intends to establish a camp of portable houses, with an adequate supply of fuel and provisions, on one of these ice floes and to drift with it, and in this way, he expects to reach the North Pole...
...Thayer, room 3 has been chosen for the living room and the partition between the study and bedroom has been removed. Electric lights and steam heat have been added and the small grate fire place has been enlarged so that wood instead of coal may be used for fuel. A week will in all probability be necessary for completion. In Conant, rooms 1 and 2 on either side of the hall have been thrown together. The study of room 3, which has been cut off from the bedroom, opens directly into the living room, and will be used...
...treasurer in making the income of the Union pay its expenses, so far as possible without curtailing any of the proper privileges of the club. Expenses for luxuries have been avoided so far as possible in view of the heavy extra expense caused by the high price of fuel, the increase in taxation, and the rent charged by the Corporation. For this reason the entertainments have been made as simple and inexpensive as possible, the free telephone, which was used to excess by the members, has been taken out, and open fires and afternoon tea were not offered until...
...recent contract the University has secured about 500 tons of soft coal and has 50 tons of hard coal left over from last year. The outlook for further supply is practically the same as that of any other corporation using a large amount of fuel. One of the largest coal companies in Boston, however, has assured those in charge of the College supply that they will not be allowed to run short. No difficulty has been met with in burning bituminous coal in the grates which heretofore have been used entirely for anthracite. With care the present supply will last...