Word: levers
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...ywis, him were lever than his scherte...
...time has been rather poor during the past week. The vigor of the catch has fallen off, and the men have not improved on the recover as fast as desirable. The captain, who has been coaching most of the time since the holidays, last week took stroke's lever, - Schwartz going to 6, and LeMoyne, '78, to 4. Bancroft has an inclination to bucket, to screw at the finish, and does not always get his hands out properly. Brigham and LeMoyne, '78, have both improved on the use of their slides. Brigham does not set his shoulders firmly...
...enough body reach forward, does not always pull his oar "home," and, although improving, does not get his arms out straight at the beginning of the recover. He too has the fault of letting his body hurry forward. At the finish he sometimes lets go of the lever with his outside hand instead of letting the lever turn in that hand. Legate pulls hard, and, considering that he has had less experience in rowing than most of the other men, is doing very well...
...They were about to seat themselves around the table, when suddenly the calcium light gave out and left them in the dark. The Secretary, attempting to light the gas, found to his amazement that it had been turned off. Consternation spread over all. After some deliberation, Professor Lever suddenly recollected that he had in his pocket a tallow candle, which he kept to reduce the friction of his pulleys. This was lighted, and peace temporarily restored. When the house was called to order, the light shed by the single tallow candle was unfortunately found not bright enough to enable...
...squadron; and William was one of his captains, who did the work cut out for him admirably well in preserving his own ship and sinking his individual enemy. According to the other view, Hildebrand and William were mighty co-ordinate powers, which, applied at the opposite ends of a lever, must have balanced, but which, working together at the same end, were enough to heave Europe from...