Word: kept
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...through the lungs, and the act which they perform taking it in is called respiration. At the back of the mouth are two passages leading downward, the one in front going to the lungs. The act of breathing requires that this trachea, as it is called, should be kept open all the time, so there are placed in its walls rings of cartilage which are incomplete in some part of their circumference. The epiglottis, fastened to the back part of the tongue keeps food from falling into the windpipe when we are eating. After the windpipe has gone down into...
...main point to be kept in view in this question is that no man who takes only a "Poll," an ordinary degree at the English Universities is held in much respect as a scholar...
...engine in a different part of the room, the exact counter-part of the first, so that if one should get out of order, the other could be put into immediate use. Sometimes in summer, when the season has been unusually dry, both of these engines have to be kept going in order to keep the city supplied with water...
...reservoir, called the high service water tower. The water here rises to a height of 45 feet above the level of the reservoir, and by this means, some of the houses in Cambridge which stand on very high ground and otherwise could not be provided with water, are kept fully supplied with it. It is a great pity that the Halls in the college yard do not derive any direct benefit from this splendid system of water supply, which cannot be surpassed, except in a few of the largest cities in this country...
According to the agreement, the course is to be kept clearer than heretofore during the races, there having been much trouble caused, especially last year, by interference of steamers and sailing craft...