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...contents include besides the human remains, various kinds of pottery, stone vessels, and amulets made of gold or some kinds of precious stones. The skeleton remains are in most cases intact, and in some of the graves perfectly preserved bodies have been found. In the earlier dynasties, the bodies are buried facing towards the west with the knees drawn up close to the body, while in the fifth and sixth dynasties the bodies invariably face to the east and lie more fully extended...
...tank is being used on alternate days by the Weld and Newell clubs, and has thus far proved useful but not entirely satisfactory. Although skeleton blades are used, the water seems heavy on the car and requires more work than in an ordinary shell. Nevertheless it is considered a success and a great improvement over the machines...
...similar study of aqueous vapor in the X-ray phenomenon that, probably by varying the conditions of the strength of the electrical discharges and the condition of the vapor, X ray photographs can be secured of tendons and muscles of the human body, together with photographs of the skeleton. Interesting results were obtained in regard to the phenomena of wireless telegraphy along this same line of electrical work...
...sixty three feet long and twenty six feet wide, rectangular in shape and with rounded corners. The sliding seats are to be placed in a rectangular boat, similar in general construction to an ordinary eight, which will be supported from the bottom of the tank by metal braces, skeleton underwork and water proof compartments, through which the returning current of water will pass. On either side of the boat will be a wooden platform four feet in breadth which will serve as a support for men getting in and out of the boat, and upon which the outriggers will...
Boston Physical Education Society. Cross-Country Walking. Dr. John Babst Blake, of Boston.- Bicycling as an exercise (illustrated by living model, skeleton, charts, etc.). Dr. D. A. Sargent. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...