Word: kind
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...trustees have recently received the library of the late Dr. Daniel G. Brinton, the distinguished anthropologist. This collection of books is probably the most valuable of its kind in the country, and it contains about twenty-three hundred volumes on the aboriginal American languages and American archaeology Besides a large number of texts, there are unique manuscripts of the early Spanish missionaries, obtained by Dr. Brinton at various times, which furnished the basis of some of his most valuable contributions to the study of the native American languages. The library, when catalogued and arranged, will be invaluable to the students...
...done by striking small quantities of pulverized rock lightly with a hammer until their cohesive power is destroyed. The machine makes a record of the energy and effect of each blow, as well as the final breaking point of the stone. The laboratory is the first of its kind in this country...
...Boston could be reached only by a long walk, students rarely attended social parties, and then did not mingle with Cambridge people. The principle intellectual interest was the study of Shakespeare, and one of the strongest influences in College life was school teaching. Systematic exercise of any kind was not instituted until twenty-five years later...