Word: load
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...they found their boats and baggage awaiting them. The "Niantic," the boat which has been hired by the crew, soon appeared. She is a solid, comfortable looking little steamer, but not very well suited for the use of the crew. The men now stripped their coats and proceeded to load their baggage upon the "Niantic." At 5.45 p. m. the steamer started off, towing the two shells in her wake, and the crew started on a brisk steady walk toward their quarters. The distance is only six miles, but the road is the dustiest and hilliest in the country...
...last night in Sanders Theatre, Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge said that the first thing in any discussion should be to ascertain what the question at issue really was. The free traders are not willing to allow the question of protection to go fairly and squarely before the country, but load it with cries and catches, many of which are entirely without foundation. It was said, for instance, that there were 4,000 articles that pay duty-the President even says so in his message-but Mr. Lodge, after making a careful count of all the enumerated articles, finds that there...
...gained with less weight and bulk and greater durability. It seems probable that steel will be the best material for building bridges in the future. The simplest form of a bridge is a beam supported at the ends. This form is suitable only for very short spans, for the load is transverse and the beam tends to break in the middle of its own weight. Strength is obtained by bracing together two or more systems of trusses. These trusses are made of beams bolted together in triangles, so that the load is distributed into forces acting longitudinally on the beams...
...aboard the boat and all was ready in an hour, when it was advised that the baggage be also put aboard. On examination it was found that the trunks and valises had all gone across the river on the ferry, and so the "Cecile" laboring under the heavy load, steamed across, and picked up what could be found of it. Then came the pleasant half-hour sail, and at half-past four the little craft drew up at the pier off the Harvard quarters. Again all was business and the shells' trunks, valises, etc., were quickly taken ashore...
...mind, but it must be remembered that eternal vigilance is the price of health. Under the pressure of modern civilization, the nervous system is now pushing the muscular system into the background, and good health is necessary to beat back the attacks of brain diseases. Man bears a heavy load of inherited diseases, due to the errors, sins, or misfortunes of his ancestors, but a knowledge of hygienic laws and efficient sanitary regulations can effect wonders in checking disease. The sanitary system of England has decreased the death rate in the last ten years to a considerable extent. From...