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...lasting tribute to feminine grace. Of all the collections in the Taranto region, the richest was found in the tomb of a girl who died in Canosa. Among the objects was a jewel case on the cover of which was a silver disk showing a soft-fleshed Nereid...
...Kuiper thinks that Pluto is an escaped satellite that once revolved around Neptune. The other satellites of Neptune, Triton and Nereid, may have escaped too, but eventually were recaptured. They tangled with the gaseous envelope that still surrounded the mother planet and were reduced again to the satellite status. Pluto, however, managed to keep its freedom until the sun had dissipated most of Neptune's gaseous envelope. Now it is probably safe for the life of the solar system...
...boats crossed the starting line heeling in a brisk wind and it turned out to be the most exciting race of the series. Nereid II of Galveston rammed La Tortue, a French boat, causing Nereid II to be disqualified and Mrs. Judith Bailey-Balken. skipper of La Tortue, to flop into the water. Sparkler II of New Orleans lost its mast. On the Cene, of Seattle, a mainsail halyard parted and the crew repaired it just in time to reach the finish line at sundown. That a skipper in home waters has an immense advantage, any small-boat sailor knows...
...Fogg Art Museum, which fills a long felt want in the fine arts department, is continually being added to. Out of the money appropriated for the purpose, during the past two weeks, beside several photographs, the following figures have been purchased: Nike, Archer, Figure of a Youth, Mounted Nereid, and a group by Michael Angelo that has not been...
July 21, 1855. Connecticut River, Springfield, Mass., one and a-half miles down stream and back, Iris, Harvard, (eight oared parges), 22m; Y. Y., Harvard (four-oared barge), 22.03; Nereid-Yale, (six oared) 23.38: Nautilus-Yale, (six-oared...