Word: simplest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...constant demands of those students studying chemistry here for instruction in the science of Metallurgy have led the department to provide such a course. Furnaces for the essay of the simplest ores of gold and silver will be set up in the basement of the new addition to the museum, and will be ready for use at the beginning of next year...
...ever made this people a study. They are unquestionably the lowest of the human race in the scale of civilization; everything connected with their life proves this. The language is very simple, the vocabulary being extremely limited: there are no general words, as the natives do not make the simplest generalization; whole ideas are expressed by single words, and everything marks a primitive phase of human life. This is even more clearly shown in their weapons and other instruments. The civil customs are similar to those of other people who rank low in civilization. Their religious ideas are very limited...
...chance to do so in a very effective way, at least as far as one branch of sport is concerned. It is a pretty hard case when a man has to be sure of having fifteen cents in his pocket before he can indulge in one of the simplest and pleasantest ways of getting regular outdoor exercise. We hope that the officers of the Tennis Association may make some arrangement whereby the charges, if not actually taken off, may be materially lessened...
...bulkiness and comparative weakness, has been almost wholly superseded by iron and steel. Steel is better than iron because equal strength can be gained with less weight and bulk and greater durability. It seems probable that steel will be the best material for building bridges in the future. The simplest form of a bridge is a beam supported at the ends. This form is suitable only for very short spans, for the load is transverse and the beam tends to break in the middle of its own weight. Strength is obtained by bracing together two or more systems of trusses...
Many complaints have been made already in respect to the crowd of news boys who infest the steps and transept of Memorial at dinner time. There are many remedies for this troublesome custom. The simplest one is to have a stand or desk placed near the door and have all the evening papers sold there, and there only, by a couple of boys, under the control of some reliable news dealer. The management of the Hall promises to keep the transept clear of boys, if the students will help by buying their papers at the stand, and there only...