Word: steamer
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Arrangements have been made to serve luncheon on the Norwich Line Steamer, Chester W. Chapin. This is one of the large, new steamers, and is equipped with all the modern conveniences. There will be music, and the boat will be moved out into the stream while luncheon is being served. Supper will be served on the train during the return trip...
...copious luncheon and clam-chowder will be served in the middle of the day, and then the land-and-water sports will be continued. The return trip, also by the steamer "King Philip" and special cars, will be made in time to arrive in Cambridge between 6.30 and 7 o'clock...
...load of scientific instruments. Other men expose their bodies to the attacks of pestilential microbes for the advance of knowledge and the betterment of man's estate, while Alexander Agassiz rises with difficulty, when over-whelmed with sickness, and has his mattress laid on the deck of the tossing steamer in order that he may the better record the message which the dredge or trawl has brought to light from the dark abysses of the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean. In such men the body has truly become merely the vehicle of the soul...
...London at 10.15 A. M. The price of the tickets is $1. The observation train for the University eight-oared race will leave New London at 4 P. M. Tickets for this train are $2.50 each. The steamboat service for the University eight-oared race is as follows: steamer "Richard Peck" will leave New Haven, Belle Dock, at 12 o'clock. It will pass through the drawbridge and anchor as near as possible to the finish, returning immediately after the race. The fare is $1.75. Steamer "City of Lowell" will leave the wharf at New London...
...arranging the collections secured by the "Challenger" in her voyage of 68,900 miles while engaged in deep-sea exploration. A portion of these collections he brought with him on his return to America. From 1876 to 1881 he spent his winters in deep-sea dredging on the steamer "Blake" which was furnished him by the Government for that purpose. Subsequently he was engaged in examining the formation of coral reefs, visiting islands in all quarters of the world with reference to Darwin's theory of which he was one of the principal opponents. On certain forms of marine life...