Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...been working morning and afternoon during the recess. Yesterday Col. Bancroft coached the men both in the morning and afternoon. In the morning the men went out in the shell for the first time this year. Waters went back to 7, and Blake to 5. The crew has improved somewhat and the men are rowing in this order: Stroke, Fennessy; 7, Waters; 6, L. Davis; 5, Blake; 4, Bullard; 3, Townsend; 2, F. Davis, bow, Purdon...
...city of Cambridge there are about 2500 miles of overhead wires, and somewhat over 800 miles of underground wires. Many of these are very heavily charged with electric currents of high tension. The are light wires and the electric car feeders have the highest tension and are exceedingly dangerous. It is often thought that a shock can not be received from a single wire, but this is a mistake, for the gound is thoroughly charged with the current from the underground wires, and when contact is made with the overhead wire by a person standing on the ground the circuit...
...teams, is shown by the fact that the rules, adopted at the beginning of the year, fail to determine whether several of the candidates are eligible to play on the nine. The athletic committee has not as yet acted upon these doubtful cases and in consequence Capt. Wiggin is somewhat retarded in his work. A decision, however, is expected in a few days...
...work in the petrographical laboratory, is under the charge of Professor Wolff. The lectures will take up the methods of petrographical study and the general characters of rocks, followed by the systematic description of the different families in their mineralogical, chemical, and geological relations. The laboratory work will be somewhat varied to suit the wants of the individual students. Only those can take this course who have a good previous knowledge of mineralogy and crystallography...
...somewhat smaller pictures (11 by 14 inches) taken in the Yard last fall, which attracted some attention at the Camera Club's Exhibition, will be hung in a few days. Copies of them may be obtained at the same price...