Word: pounded
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Wednesday, December 6, the following events, open to members only, will be held: Running high jump; standing broad jump; standing hop, step and jump; putting sixteen pound shot,- all handicaps; potato race,- scratch...
Paine, Hopkinson, who jumped so well at the second winter meeting is entered for five events; running high jump, putting 16 pound shot, throwing the hammer, running broad jump and throwing the base ball Much is expected of him, and without him Hopkinson could hardly be expected to win. Hallowell and Stevenson should also win first in the high and low hurdles respectively...
Putting 16 pound shot - S. Carter, Trinity; 37ft...
Throwing 16 pound hammer - G. S. Ellis, Brown, 98ft...
...second great improvement of his method is that, since the metal is heated uniformly and continuously, it can be forged into shape by machines with perfect accuracy. It is no longer necessary that a man should pound only where the heat remains in the metal, now by one turn of a machine, the metal is twisted into the desired shape, and the finished product has been produced...