Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...prettiest work was done by Gonterman. He made three long runs of over sixty yards each. He followed his blockers closely and broke away from them only at the last moment, when there was no alternative. His dodging was quick and puzzling and he ran with good speed. Hoag, Beale and Corbett did well. Foster made one bad pass, but otherwise put up a very satisfactory game. His best work was the quickness with which he got the ball in play and his interference...
...crews treat each other. During the three weeks before the race they live within a stone's throw of each other and practice within plain sight of each other. It is not uncommon for one crew to lie on their oars and watch their rivals row by at full speed and on time. There is no attempt made, by spreading reports that one man is ill and that another will probably be unable to row, to deceive each other in regard to the relative strength of the crews...
...motion than the stars; that is, the sun, and a star rising at the same time, the star would set before the sun. Careful measurements show that this difference in fine is about four minutes. The motions of the sun and stars differ in direction as well as in speed. The sun apparently moves in a great circle, a circle at the centre of which the observer seems to stand. While the courses of the stars are small circles. This great circle which the sun describes is called the ecliptic...
Subject. "The electric railroad between Chicago and St. Louis, and its proposed speed of 100 miles per hour." Discussion of Scientific Periodicals. The Conference is intended especially for Instructors and Graduate Students...
Subject. "The electric railroad between Chicago and St. Louis, and its proposed speed of 100 miles per hour." Discussion of Scientitic Periodicals. The Conference is intended especially for Instructors and Graduate Students...