Word: lighting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...lights in the Yard dormitories and in a considerable portion of Cambridge east of the Yard went out early last evening because of the collapse of a street-corner light post on Harvard street just beyond the Union. Traffic was held up for about an hour, and the power turned off until the wire squad repaired the damage and removed the pole, which fell across the street...
...Physical Colloquium. "The Absorption of the Air for Light in the Ultra-Violet," by Professor Lyman, in Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Room...
...better rather to discourage than promote the public exhibition. As a rule, debating, prize speaking, and declamation are not based on and made subservient to a prolonged systematic training, but are generally spasmodic exhibitions by which a school or other organization is brought into the lime-light...
...reason for remodelling the second floor is the fact that air and light were sorely needed, the atmosphere under the low roof being particularly close in summer. Adequate light for the paintings was also lacking and in addition to these needs, the walls leaked. To remedy the evils, the roof has been raised a considerable distance, increasing the exhibition space, and greatly improving the ventilation of the second floor. The capacity of the photograph room has been enlarged and new cases with a more economical arrangement have been installed. Space which hitherto has gone to waste will be utilized...
...second floor consists of three divisions, the print room, the photograph room, and the gallery of paintings. The raising of the roof will greatly enhance the facility of carrying on all departments, but the greatest gain is that of light for the main gallery and the stair corridor. A new sloping, slate roof has been built over the north exhibition room and the sky-lights have been considerably raised. The photograph rooms will have the advantage of added space on the side wings, and exhibition cases will be installed in the new quarters as soon as possible...