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...yard walks are in an indeterminate state, midway between a condition of slush and that which must have existed in the glacial period...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 1/27/1885 | See Source »

...Davis is to discuss the connection of gorges and waterfalls with glacial drift before the Boston society of Natural History tomorrow evening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 4/17/1883 | See Source »

...Fourth Forensic will be due March 29. Subject: Can a designed event be distinguished from a result? 2. Which of the natural sciences is the most valuable as an element in a general education? Did man exist on earth before the last glacial period? 4. Would the French Republic act wisely in expelling the members of former reigning families? 5. What effect has a protective tariff upon wages? 6. What place among the great composers will be assigned to Richard Wagner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 3/5/1883 | See Source »

...informal meeting for general discussion of geological subjects occurs today in Sever 7, from 4 to 5 o'clock. The subject for discussion is : "Physical Condition of a Glacial Climate." Present and past members of geological electives are invited to take part...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 1/10/1883 | See Source »

...central field of labor will be the White Mountains. Among the benefits to be derived from organized effort, it was suggested that much might be done in determining the altitudes and positions of various mountains, ascertaining facts relating to the animals and fauna of the high regions, in tracing glacial action, in arriving at some definite results in regard to the nomenclature of mountains where the same eminences were known by different names or one or more mountains by the same name, in making unfrequented peaks more accessible, in preserving sketches and profiles of the mountains as seen from different...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/28/1876 | See Source »

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