Word: matter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...ordeal. They are all longing to vindicate themselves before their instructors for absence during the last general examination, and it is only fair to let them know when the opportunity shall be accorded. Will not those who have charge of the "make-ups" be considerate enough to take this matter to heart and let a large number of us know immediately how soon we can get our long-deferred revenge...
...only provisional, and we make this suggestion thus early in order that the change may be easily made, should it meet with the approval of the proper authorities. We have received several communications and many direct requests urging us to make this suggestion, and we hope that the matter may be arranged more satisfactorily than it is at present...
...final lecture in the Jefferson Laboratory course was givne last night by Dr. Whiting on the subject "Matter in Motion." Matter sometimes offers but little resistance to an impulsive force. The touch of a feather, for instance, will set in motion a carefully balanced ball weighing 20 lbs., but only when the force is slowly applied. When a force is exerted suddenly, considerable resistance is offered even by as mobile a body as air. Birds are enabled to fly only by the resistance of the air during the downward stroke of the wings. During the upward stroke, less resistance...
...precinct, applied to Justice Murray, in the Yorkville Court, last Saturday, for a summons against the managers of the Berkeley Lyceum for allowing the college students to give an exhibition, there being no theatrical license for the hall. Justice Murray looked over the Corporation Counsel's opinion on the matter and declined to issue the summons...
Jefferson Laboratory Course. Matter in Motion. (Illustrated by experiments.) Lecture. Dr. Whiting. Jefferson Physical Laboratory, 7.30 p. m. The public are invited...