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Word: proves (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...named and others unidentified. Dr. Robinson and his assistants are at present occupied in arranging a large and valuable collection of plants from Mexico. A box of plants has just been received from Alaska but has not yet been opened. It is feared that few of the specimens will prove to be in good condition, owing to the difficulty of collection in Alaska...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Herbarium. | 11/19/1897 | See Source »

...first rehearsal will be held in a week or two. If the material does not prove promising, it may be necessary to hold another trial. N. H. Pride will act as temporary leader...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Glee Club. | 11/18/1897 | See Source »

Professor Trowbridge has lately been able to prove by this apparatus that the length of the spark is accurately proportional to the voltage. This fact, which has long been doubted by various German scientists, can be used to ascertain the voltage required to send a flash of lightning a given distance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: X-Ray Apparatus. | 11/17/1897 | See Source »

...hereditary opponents cannot but admire and honor. Harvard, on the other hand, has strained every nerve to burst the chain of defeats which have been piling up their weight until it has become almost unendurable. The two teams have met, therefore-the one desperate in its fight to prove worthy of proud traditions; the other equally desperate in its struggle for vindication. But, in spite of this intensity of feeling, they have met in a manner worthy of both, and have at last completed the reunion between the colleges which is natural and right...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/13/1897 | See Source »

...been possible in the past at Springfield. Of course there is little which can be done for the Yale team itself, but its members will doubtless take the will for the deed, and the 'Varsity management may be relied upon to show them every attention which will not prove burdensome. With those, however, who come up from New Haven to see the game, and to visit their friends, the case is different. Harvard can hardly do enough toward returning in kind the cordial hospitality with which Harvard men were received last June at the baseball game in New Haven...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/12/1897 | See Source »

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