Word: paralleled
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Yesterday afternoon Professor Lyon lectured on the decipherment of the Babylonian books. He said that had Babylonian writings not been found accompanied by parallel translations in some simpler language, they could perhaps never have been deciphered. Such translations were furnished by the records of the Achaemenian kings of Persia. The first problem was therefore to read the old Persian after which the reading of the Babylonian was sure to follow. Inscriptions from Persepolis furnished the material. After the unsuccessful attempts of various scholars, Georg Friederich Grotefend, of Hanover, in 1802, found the key, by applying a formula...
...fourth year students have been blessed with a little variety. For them Dr. Vicery announces a special clinic at the Mass. Gen. Hospital, Dr, Garland commences a parallel course in dispensary work, and Dr. Putnam begins a series of Monday lectures on Nervous Diseases and their treatment. Dr. Rotch has finished his course on Diseases of Children and the clinical work at the Insom Hospital is also over...
...event. Word, '90, and S. G. Wood, '89, won first and seccond places respectively. The shot putting contest was a surprise to all. Ford entered as a favor to the other contestants, and without training, won with a put of 31 feet, 5 inches. The usual movements on the parallel bar were well executed, and Word, '90, and Greeley, '92, were the winners. The last record of the meeting was made by Heywood in the high kick. He reached 9 feet, 1-4 inch, thus breaking the Exeter record by 4 3 4 inches. In the tug-of-war between...
...second meeting, March 23, the events are as follows: Feather-weight sparring (125 1bs.), bantam-weight sparring (115 1bs.), flying rings, horizontal bar, broad-sword, fencing, and final tug-of-war. At the third meeting, March 30-Polevault, running high jump, standing high jump, running high kick, rope-climbing, parallel bars, two-handed fence-vault, and tug-of-war limit (600 1bs.), will be contested...
...injured the railroads. (a) By promoting rate wars.- Quar. Jour. of Economics, p. 182-3. (b) By promoting the building of unnecessary parallel lines.- Ibid. (c) By causing a decline in stocks.- R. R. Review of Jan. 8, 1889, or Bradstreet's of Dec. 1, 1888. It has injured the public. (a) By making rates unstable.- Bradstreet's of Dec. 8, 1888. (b) By causing secret debates.- Bradstreet...