Word: slams
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...which few have made mention of, thinking it no doubt too small a matter, is the annoyance, if not danger, caused by the swinging doors in Sever Hall. We can never tell when we enter whether at that moment some one will not be coming out and so slam the door in our face. This is especially grievous, as the two steps in front of the door give an impetus to the push which the goer-out gives to the door, preparatory to jumping down these steps, and often cause the goer-in to experience the spicy relish of being...
...alarm clock with a system of weights and pulleys, and these again with his stove door, so that when the machine was wound up and properly adjusted it could, at the precise moment agreed upon, ring a bell, wind up a spool, drop a weight, rattle a chair, slam shut the stove door and open the draft, all in a jiffy and without extra charge. P - has resolved to outdo this arrangement, and is now engaged on a machine to go by electricity, to be connected with a thermometer and regulate the temperature of the room, so that the room...