Word: low
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...low illumination causes dilation of the pupil to an abnormal degree and provides a coreal area which does not permit of focal accuracy and which tends to distortion of outline. To partially overcome this, segmental action of the ciliary muscle governing the focusing of the eye is induced. Such muscular action can only be attained by great effort...
...decorative scheme of the auditorium naturally affects the general illumination. Gilt and silver even in subdued light may produce annoying reflections and, in some instances, these are responsible for an unfortunately low degree of lighting...
...hearse, 23 ft. long, 12 ft. high and 12 ft. wide rumbled forth, drawn by oxen, and emitting from its wooden wheel-hubs four differently pitched notes: "the sacred mournful sounds." When the great funeral pavilion was reached, the body was placed upon an altar and the Emperor bowed low before it. Picking up a branch of evergreen he placed it on the altar, beside the body, thus symbolizing that the dead Emperor had gone to everlasting life. Three times His Majesty sprinkled incense upon live coals. Three times he bowed to his dead father. Then, at last, he turned...
Another accomplishment of Mr. Cutting's, and from the medical aspect far more important, has been his City & Suburban Homes Co. He is its chairman, and for 30 years has been using its funds to build sanitary tenements that could be rented at low sums. His method of doing this is very simple. He gets his building money from rich men, who are more than glad to get 5% certain earnings on their investments. With this cheap construction money he puts up apartments that rent, on the average, for $2.53 a room a week. In the latest buildings each...
...most resilient at this temperature. In fact, the opening of a door, which allows a cold gust of air to enter the room, causes an immediate deadening of the balls. Another thing which shows the peculiarly delicate character of the ivories is their comparative life in high or low ceilinged rooms. In a low room conditions are best. How to judge conditions and their effect on the responsiveness of the balls is one of the essentials of championship calibre...