Word: instrument
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Washington University has received a magnificent transit instrument from George Partridge. They need an observatory as well...
...William D. Ely, of Providence, R. I., has lately presented the Winchester Observatory with two magnetic instruments, to be used in calculating and recording the variations of the needle for the latitude of New Haven. The first of these instruments is a magnetic dip circle, used to measure the vertical dip of the needle and also used to measure the total force of the earth's magnetism against gravitation. The other, which is the larger and more valuable of the two instruments, is a fine magnetometer, made by Elliot Bros., London. This instrument measures either the horizontal force...
Maker of musical instrument, cheerfully rubbing his hands: "There, thank goodness, the bass fiddle is finished at last!" After a pause: "Ach, Himmel, if I haven't gone and left the glue-pot inside...
...Berlin University, written in 1869, to the effect that the modern languages do not furnish a substitute for the ancient languages, "for, since as a rule the only thing aimed at in their study is a certain facility of use, they cannot serve in equal manner as an instrument of culture." In this quotation, I said, the keynote of the whole question was struck. We must keep the ancient languages in our colleges as they furnish the only successful instrument of culture. I do not believe that this aspect of the question has been sufficiently studied, particularly here at Harvard...
...although fine, is not striking; the elaborately carved screen dividing it into two parts spoiling the symmetry of the aisles, while the stained glass windows are not particularly rich, most of the original glass having been broken by the Roundheads during the parliamentary wars. The organ is an excellent instrument and the Magdalen choir is one of the best in Oxford. A stone stairway leads to the Great Hall, which is well paneled with old oak and contains some good pictures by old masters, mostly portraits.-Opposite the hall and just above the cloisters is the library, rich in books...