Word: poles
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Professor Pickering is at present working upon an experiment for ascertaining the exact location of the pole. The instrument used consists of a stationary reflecting telescope with a plate holder suspended in the centre of the aperture upon a pendulum, to avoid any variations of the telescope which might arise from changes of temperature. The movement of the stars revolving about the pole as a centre are photographed upon the plate, and from the races described the location of the pole can be accurately ascertained by geometrical and trigonometry observations...
...first Annual Handicap Meeting on Saturday, February 15, 1890, in Mechanics' Hall, Huntington Avenue, Boston, commencing at 8 p. m. promptly. Following are the events: 50 yards run, 1 mile run, 440 yards run, 880 ards run, 220 yards run over 2 feet 6 inch hurdles, 1 mile walk, pole vault, running high jump, putting 16 1b. shot, 220 yards run, throwing 56 1b. weight, tug-of-war of 650 pounds, 4 men, 2 substitutes allowed; no contest unless two teams enter. The course will be a board track of about 13 laps to the mile. Rules of the Amateur...
Only two men appeared on Holmes yesterday for the pole vault, and it was again postponed indefinitely...
...pole vault postponed from Friday's meeting will take place on Holmes at 4 this afternoon. Following are the men entered with their handicaps: Mason, '91, 1 foot; Sternbergh, '93, 1 foot; Leavitt, L. S., scratch; Miller '93, 1 1-2 feet...
...Griffing closed the debate for the affirmative. The pole tax, he said, which the republicans defend, is unjust and unconstitutional and has been so regarded by such men as Sumner, Wilson and Burlingame...