Word: glasse
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Some very valuable additions are soon to be made to Harvard's collection of glass flower models. The secret of making these models is known only to the Blasckkas of Dresden. These men are bound by contract to work only for Harvard for the next nine years, so that at the end of that time Harvard will have a collection of models of practically all the flowers known. The younger Blasckka is now in Jamaica, studying the plants of the island. In a few weeks, he will come to Cambridge, as the guest of Professor Goodale, Afterwards, he will travel...
...mangrove tree has been successfully grown under glass at the Biological School of the University of Pennsylvania. All previous attempts to cultivate this tree in the United States have failed...
...building was to have been finished last June lack of funds has prevented its completion and it is now uncertain when it will be ready for use. The main gymnasium hall contains over 10,000 square feet of floor space and is lighted directly by means of the glass roof, which has been made especially strong to support the weight of the apparatus. A running track surrounds the hall and in the corners left by the curves of the track tiers of seats have been erected for the benefit of spectators. The hall itself which is on the second floor...
...number of men are straining their eyes in this dim light for four to six hours, six days in the week. More and more the library is becoming the work-shop of the University. Imagine for a moment the men working in the chemical and physical laboratories behind ground glass set in windows, obscured outside by higher buildings and inside by partitions...
...however suggest to them or the proper officials that plain glass would be a great step in advance. If sunlight would be troublesome, clear glass could at least be put on the east side...