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Speaking of the ceremoniousness of the Japanese, Professor Kennelly said: "At one university a half-holiday was taken in order to make me a member of the Electrical Engineers of Japan, and I was presented with a large parchment scroll in a beautifully ornamented wooden box." The interviewer then had...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: KENNELLY FINDS JAPAN KIND HOST | 1/22/1932 | See Source »

Three very fine instruments for use in the determination of latitude and local time have just arrived at the Institute of Geographical Exploration from France, where they were manufactured by the Society d'Optique de Mecanique de Haute Precision. The instruments, called Prismatic Astrolabes have proved of great value in...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE RECEIVES NEW INSTRUMENTS | 1/6/1932 | See Source »

The Lewisburg lynchings were executed with the drilled precision of a first-class football backfield. With dimmed headlights and without license plates, a string of automobiles quietly circled the Greenbrier County jail, came to a halt. A group of 60 masked men filed up to the jail door. The keeper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACES: Precision at Lewisburg | 12/21/1931 | See Source »

Borden's grimness lay largely in its precision. It pictured a healthy, happy young man of perhaps 25 years. The stark head line read : 40 YEARS TO GO. Then, to cheer a mortal race to its inevitable fate, Borden's said: "Regular intestinal habits will help him make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: 40 Years to Go | 12/7/1931 | See Source »

All the above is true because in 1793 a boy was born who was destined to become one of America's greatest literary figures, called Washington Irving. He was one of the most versatile figures in the country's literature. An ambassador to Spain, a biographer of Mohamet, of Washington...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 12/1/1931 | See Source »

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