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Special Bulletin (May 26): A new crisis developed late this afternoon in connection with the pump diggings, when a multi-ton truck came blundering along the road and caused the entire excavation to cave...
...Story." Authorship was credited to "John Fiorenza, as told to David B. Charnay, Mirror staff correspondent." Gist was that the upholsterer's assistant had nourished an unrequited but undiscouraged love for Mrs. Titterton, who had previously rejected his advances, but, as an aspiring writer, had not hesitated to "pump" him for "copy...
Alumni requests for the restoration of the old wooden pump which stood in the Yard have been taken note of by University officials and it will be set up in its original form as a Tercentenary celebration feature. The pump stood approximately opposite the north entry of Hollis Hall and was constantly used by students until 1901 when it was blown up by dynamite and completely demolished...
However, the source of water for the new pump will not be a well as formerly, but a Cambridge water main, and the old tin drinking cup will be replaced by a modern "bubbler", controlled by the pump handle...
...Gorrie was a good enough physicist to know that expanding air absorbs heat from its surroundings. Accordingly he built a steam-driven pump which packed air to ten times atmospheric pressure. The released air chilled water until it froze. Dr. Gorrie was granted U. S. Patent...