Word: plant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...plans materialize as expected, the Newell Boat House will be equipped with a remodelled rowing tank in the near future. Coach Stevens is considering a trip to Syracuse University, where the newest design has been installed, to study the most distinctive features with a view to altering the plant now in use at Harvard...
Before sinking a large sum of money into a permanent plant, it is of course proper and necessary to consider the site for the plant. The main consideration in this case, as Mr. Moore has brought out, is accessibility. But it is hard to agree with him that Hemenway is in a central position and therefore the most likely place for a new pool. By citing the Linden Street squash courts as an example, Mr. Moore has made it plain that the center of accessibility is not north but south of Massachusetts Avenue. For it is highly probable that...
...Professor Harlow Shapley, who will discuss "Life Throughout the Universe", is director of the Harvard College Observatory and is noted for his theory concerning the expansion and contraction of variable stars. Professor E.C. Jeffrey G. '99, who will speak on "Early Phases of Terrestrial Life", is an authority on plant morphology, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Professor Kirsopp Lake, who will close the evening with an address on "Life and Spirit", is Winn professor of ecclesiastical history...
...Steinmetz' chief technical interests were: 1) "Cold" light; 2) Hydroelectric development; 3) electrified railways; 4) electric motor truck (TIME, March 10); 5) artificial lightning. His experiments pre- ceded and made possible the 2,000,000-volt flashes at the Pittsfield plant last June (TIME, June 18). Steinmetz had often predicted the course of future technical development. Last August he wrote that a four-hour day would accomplish all essential work in 2023 A.D. The steam locomotive will be obsolete, smoke eliminated. All heat, power, light furnished by hydroelectricity...
...smoked incessantly specially made cigars, which produced a maximum of smoke and a minimum of nicotine. He was the only person allowed to smoke in the plant, and refused to work there unless he were permitted...