Word: profs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...meeting of the Boston Society of Natural History, held Tuesday evening, Professor C. H. Hitchcock, of Dartmouth, read a paper. Part of the evening was devoted to the presentation of new evidences of Paleolithic man in America. Prof. G. F. Wright, of Oberlin, described the geology of Delaware and Indiana, and Professor F. W. Putnam, of Harvard, exhibited specimens from the Peabody Museum, and made remarks upon them and upon the "Rabbit" specimens, about which there has been recently a misstatement...
...letters by Professor Holden, formerly of Harvard University, but now director of the observatory of the University of California. These Jetters will set forth at length the observations which have been made by means of the Lick telescope. A comparison of the results of the observations taken by Prof. Holden by means of the Lick telescope, and the results obtained by means of the best English and American telescopes shows that the Lick lens is immeasurably superior to any of its predecessors. Formerly there was supposed to be only one star, called Alpha Lyre or Vega, within the ring...
...improbable that Prof. Norton will allow the men taking Fine Arts 3 as an extra to take any of the examinations...
...meeting of the Unitarian Club of Boston, held last Wednesday night, was without doubt one of the most successful events in the history of the club. An exceptionally large number of members attended, and at the business meeting, held previous to the dinner, Prof. E. Channing of Harvard, Mr. W. Warren and Mr. S. Lincoln were appointed a committee to nominate a list of officers for the coming year. Hon. L. Salstonstall presided at the dinner, and amougst those present were Rev. Dr. A. P. Peabody, Mr. E. Atkinson, Professors Emerton and Channing of Harvard, Mayor-elect Hart...
...would provide homes for millions of settlers. Desirable public lands are nearly gone.- Prof. Hart, in Journal of Economics, Jan., 1887; Maj. Powell, Cong. Record, Sept...