Word: shaft
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...contents of the Engineering Journal for April are as follows: "The Application of the Fan Blower to the Mechanical Shaft", by C. S. Dow '97; "Modern Stage Settings, Shakesperian and Otherwise", by F. C. Brown; "On Simplicity of Method in Elementary Dynamics", by E. V. Huntington '95; Editorial...
...white limestone. Later on was erected around the grave a low wall of dried red brick, which contrasted vividly with the yellow sand of the desert. In its final form the mastaba consisted of a great rectangular stone structure with sloping sides. In its centre was a deep shaft into which was lowered the corpse, and then the hole was filled in with sand and debris. A second chamber, isolated in the wall of the mastaba, contained statues of the decreased, and here was supposed to well the spirit of the dead. In front of this room was executed another...
...slight fire due to overheated evens, broke out about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the basement of Memorial Hall. Sparks were drawn up the ventilating shaft and set fire to its interior. Before the engines arrived, however, the flames were completely under control. The only damage done was to the ventilator and some electric light wires...
...Veritas" was used for the coaching launch, as "John Harvard" is laid up for repairs on her propellor shaft, which was bent from running aground last week...
...Harvard Engineering Society. Shaft Sinking. (Illustrated with the Stereopticon.) Mr. F. W. Skinner. Jefferson Lecture Hall...