Word: poles
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...photometric observation of stars will be performed with the same instrument and according to the same method and standard as that by which that part of the heavens visible in Cambridge, from the pole to 30 degrees south of the equator has been already surveyed. Photographs will be made of the spectra of the southern stars and of the stars themselves directly. A complete map of the southern field will be made by combining a series of photographs taken in a systematic manner...
...quarter-mile walk, 4-mile walk, 200-yards hurdle race (12 hurdles, 2 ft. 6 in. high), one standing broad jump, three standing broad jumps, running hop, skip and jump, standing high jump, throwing 56-pound weight (thrown for height), kicking foot-ball (place kick), putting 24-pound shot, pole vaulting for distance...
...quarter-mile run was done in very good time. J. H. Rhoades, W. H. Wright and G. L. Batchelder were the contestants. Wright set a very smart pace and kept the pace straight through the race, winning in 54 1-5s. Rhoades was second. The pole-vault was a walk-over for W. N. Duane. The 220 yards dash closed the meeting. M. I. Motte had the pole, then came J. P. Lee, O. K. Hawes, J. Allen and T. S. Lee in the order given. T. S. Lee was set back a yard for going over the mark...
...Pole vault.- W. N. Duane...
There are, besides these events, contests in 120-yards hurdle race, running high jump, 440-yards run, 220-yards hurdle race, throwing the hammer, putting the shot, pole vault, running broad jump, two-mile bicycle run, one mile run, and one mile walk...