Word: similarities
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...October 7, a large Japanese force landed at the head of the peninsula of Port Arthur; a similar force had already landed just across the isthmus. These two forces advanced slowly down the peninsula and, on November 23, Port Arthur fell after forty hours fighting. The Japanese then marched along the coast and drove the Chinese beyond the the Siao River. Wei Hai Wei was invested by land and sea in January and finally all the fortifications fell into the hands of the Japanese. This practically opened the way to Pekin...
Tests of quickness of movement similar to those made by Dr. Fitz at the Lawrence Scientific School are being made by Professor Scripture of the Yale psychological department. One of the most interesting of these tests is an arrangement for measuring a runner's reaction time down to the thousandth of a second which has been contrived in the Yale Laboratory. The starter's pistol is arranged so that an electric contact is broken when the pistol goes off. A thread is attached to the right foot of the runner which thread breaks an electric contact the moment the runner...
...longs to know the man himself apart from his stage disguise. To most persons this is unfortunately impossible; but an informal address will come as near to satisfying them as anything short of personal acquaintance can. Mr. Jefferson has very recently been received with enthusiastic interest in a similar address at Yale, and Harvard men will take pleasure in showing themselves no less appreciative of their good fortune...
Instruction in astronomy is not given at the observatory, either by lectures or recitations. Facilities are freely offered to astronomers for making use of the library, buildings, grounds, and instruments of the observatory, so far as this can be done without interfering with regular work. Similar opportunities are sometimes offered to special students in astronomy, but the constant employment of the principal instruments greatly limits the use that can be made of them for this purpose...
...coming to the surface about once in an hour to breathe. They are very persistent in attacking their prey, and when they have seized a fish, they will often allow themselves to be carried about for hours. They sometimes weigh as much as fifty pounds. The musk tortoise has similar habits but is smaller. The commonest variety is the painted turtle, which is found in every pond, and have the peculiarity of losing their shells every year. The box turtle is a native of the sandy beaches along Cape...