Word: oceans
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this institution lies in the poculiar arrangement of the collection for the public, and in the strict separation of the large material for scientific investigations. By the constant development of science, by the improved accessibility of distant continents and islands, by the investigations of the depths of the ocean, collections of natural history will be enlarged almost to infinity; and it will be harder and harder to place them in our museums, and to preserve them. Everywhere buildings begin to be insufficient; and if we were to stick to the old system, according to which a museum exhibits nearly...
Ramabhai, the Sanscrit poetess, is at present the guest of the philologist, Max Muller, at Oxford, England. She is perhaps the first learned Brahmin who has ever crossed the ocean. She is a descendant of the ancient Brahmin family, Sandilya. Her correct pronunciation of the Sanscrit, and the astonishing ease, with which she composes and recites Sanscrit verses in the most difficult metre, is a marvel...
Prof. Lyon, of Harvard, the distinguished Assyrian scholar, turned his vacation to good account by crossing the ocean and bringing home an accomplished German wife from Leipsic...
...sloop Fanny raced the sloop Gracie on Thursday over an ocean course, and won by Sm. 18s. corrected time...
...began to ship water and fill her cockpit, and before one sea could be bailed out she shipped another. The boys realizing their danger probably attempted to reach shore. At this point she shipped more water than she could carry and she settled to the bottom of the ocean, stern foremost, carrying her small boat down with her. This was S.40 a. m. Sunday, August 12th. Hasty preparation had been made for such an emergency and some of the life preservers had been secured. I think that Mr. Hawkins was drowned at once and died without struggle. Probably the same...