Word: instruments
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...implies a highly civilized community. Taxation is no more an evil than any other desirable form of expenditure, for taxes represent the investment of a certain part of the capital of a state. It is an evil when, through the injudicious management of the state, taxation is made the instrument for extorting money for purposes foreign to the original. Taxes are generally divided into two classes-direct and indirect-although these two classes are rather vaguely defined even by political economists. An indirect tax is in many cases an incorrect tax, for it enhances the value of an article...
During the electrical storm of last Tuesday night lightning either struck at the observatory or entered its system of wires from an outside were which was found fused. Hardly a single electrical instrument in the observatory was unaffected. Two of the electrical clocks were stopped. The time service all over New England suffered in consequence, until the wires were transferred to the Ballon clock, which is always kept going for just such an emergency as this. Wednesday all hands were at work repairing damages, and yesterday things were in tolerable running order again...
...faultless, but especial praise is due to Mr. Kneisel for the sympathetic and inspiring quality of his tone. In the new 'cellist, Mr. Hekking, one misses the geniality and richness of tone which characterized Mr. Giese's playing of former years. But everyone cannot own such a superb instrument as Mr. Giese possesses. The second violin in the hands of Mr. Roth has too little prominence compared with its importance in the string quartet. In the Haydn quartet, D Minor, op. 76, especial mention must be made of the Andante and Menuetto movements. The latter fairly sparkled with good humor...
...trouble at the Yale Sheffield Scientific school between Professor Honey and the members of his class has resulted more seriously than was at first expected. Professor Honey refused to allow the students to use any instruments other than those purchased of a certain dealer; as these instruments cost more than others equally good purchased of other dealers the students refused to buy them. Professor Honey has felt obliged to sever his connections with the school. He says in a communication, that the students were required to provide themselves with a certain instrument and were recommended to purchase...
...Observatory instruments were in active use during the past year; the east equatorial instrument has been remodeled, and supplied with some additional equipments. All this work was under the direction of Professor Rogers, as also the reduction of the observations made with the meridian circle instrument. The new twelve inch horizontal telescope was completed in season to measure the light of all stars brighter than the fourteenth magnitude. It is now being used by Mr. G. E. Hale in an investigation of the solar spectrum. By the continued aid of Mrs. Draper, with that of the Boyden fund, an expedition...