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...meeting of the course in N. H. 16, Tuesday evening, Mr. Wood '91, described some experiments which he made during the recess on the melting of ice under pressure. The trial was made with a hydraulic ram crushing the ice in a steel cylinder. The ice was not liquefied by a pressure of twelve tons to the square inch, equal to sixteen hundred atmospheres or to the weight of a mass of ice twelve miles thick. A series of experiments on the subject will be carried...
...freshman field sports took place this afternoon in a drizzling ram. The track, which in the beginning was in good condition, became muddy before the end of the races. Nevertheless, the sports as a whole were creditable, and the record in the half mile was very fast. The first event...
...freshman suggest that Memorial Hall be lighted by electricity from "Prof. Cooke's battering-ram" in Boylston Hall...
...ram's-horn summons of the windy foes...
...half-dozen stalwart forms hasten up the stairs to the dressing-rooms. In a few minutes they appeared in their rowing-clothes, and took their places beside a ponderous craft, called the "Barge," which, with its iron keel, outriggers, and inside fixtures, looked more like a Rebel war-ram than a practical rowing-boat. "Ready! Let her go!" and out they march, carrying the heavy boat between them as easily as though it were made of paper. At the word the boat is put in the water, the crew take their oars and get in, while the diminutive coxswain, looking...