Word: professor
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Professor Trowbridge has also demonstrated why lightning goes down heated chimneys or through warm rooms, a fact which has long puzzled scientists for hot air affords greater resistance to electricity than cold air. He has shown that a current breaks down the first resistance of hot air more readily than that of cold and is therefore diverted into the warmer spaces...
...chronicle-history, "Ralegh in Guiana," by Assistant Professor Wendell was played in Sanders Theatre last evening by invitation of the Department of English...
...play has much merit and on the whole was well presented. Professor Wendell's language is carefully chosen and the piece shows thoughtful work. The action runs smoothly and vigorously. The climaxes are many and each Is good. It is a pity that the play does not end with Ralegh's attempt at suicide and his resolve to return to England...
...acting was somewhat unnatural, with too much professional affection as a rule. Mr. Jacob Wendell, Jr., as Young Ralegh was easily the best. His song was enthusiastically encored. Professor Wendell was scarcely to be heard at times and his gestures had little expression...
Geological Conference. Paper: The Geological Aspects of the Narrative of Nansen's Last Voyage. Professor Shaler. Geological Laboratory, Room...