Word: light
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...speak. The sudden insanity of one of the most promising of recent graduates recalls painful memories of that forcing system which has so long been in vogue at my own university. The leader of my class shortly after entering upon his sophomore work died of brain fever. The brightest light of the class of '78 was on the point of being graduated with highest honors. His overwork for scholarships and other means of support had brought on severe headaches. A few weeks before commencement he became violently insane and died before his class graduated. My own room-mate...
...work of the Egypt Exploration Fund Society is now recognized in Europe and America as of great importance. The results of the explorations and researches, conducted at comparatively little expense, are shedding light on secular and biblical history, on the sciences, arts and industries of past ages, and particularly on the early sources of Greek art. In order to deepen the interest in this work, and to create an interest in the cause as well, a public meeting will be held in Boston on the afternoon of April 19, at which the Rev. Alexander McKenzie, D. D., of Cambridge, will...
...protesting against the frequent and usually unwarranted rudeness of the management. The independent spirit of the officials is possibly pardonable, but the manner of its display is inexpressibly galling. Any complaint, far from being met in a proper spirit, seems to be regarded by the superintendent in the light of a personal affront, and the complainant is subjected too often to abuse...
...more powerful machines are called "Series machines," in which the current from the dynamo is strengthened by passing through all the large coil of its electric-magnet. The ordinary are light is made by breaking the outside circuit of a Series machine. The carbon tips must be together when the current is started, and the break is made by lifting the upper one a little by a mechanical arrangement. The powerful current, in overcoming the resistance offered by the air, heats the carbon tips to a white heat. In the incandescent lamp the resistance is offered by a filament...
...lecturer illustrated his remarks by numerous experiments, one of which was very beautiful. The magnified image of an are light was thrown upon a screen, and its intense heat shown by burning a clay pipe...