Word: steels
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...battle ship is an evolution from the old Greek galley. Forty years ago we had practically all sailing vessels, manned by sailors; now we have great machines, managed by mechanics. There has been a complete change from heavy wooden frames and weighty constrction to light frames of iron or steel with a thin metal covering...
...Coach Watson, a boat that will weigh not more than two hundred pounds, and will carry 1350 pounds. It will be of Spanish cedar and 63 feet long, with a beam of 22 inches and an extreme depth of 13.25 inches. All the braces will be of cold drawn steel tube. The rigging will be Kern's. Mr. Webb and Mr. Hartwell have just finished one boat for the Harvard crews at South Boston, and the Worcester boat will be known as the freshman boat, but the 'varsity crew will have the choice of boats...
...himself in the breach, and by his heroic firmness and skill, held the road to Chattanooga for six hours, against the whole strength of the victorious enemy. His force of 25,000 dwindled to 15,000. Ammunition gave out. But the gallant division repelled the last charge with cold steel, and withdrew at nightfall in perfect order. A grander resistance can not be found in the annals of history...
...push ball game which was to have been played between the halves of the Michigan game Saturday, did not take place because of the wet weather. It was feared that the steel rivets with which the ball is constructed would be badly rusted, and the ball thus injured. It is stated that a canvass ball without rivets will probably be made, which it will be possible to use in wet weather...
...High protective duties are bad economically.- (a) Waste capital and labor: Cairnes, Leading Principles, Pt. III, ch. 4, pp. 394 sq.- (1) Prevent best utilization of natural resources.- (b) Hurt manufacturers by raising the price of raw materials: Ibid. p. 402; Petition of Iron and Steel Industries for free iron ore and free coal; N. Am. Rev. Vol. 159. pp. 650, 651.- (c) Injure the 'morale of industry': Cairnes, pp. 402, 403, Pol. Sci. Q. VI. pp. 611, 612.- (1) "Cause manufacturers to rely on legislation more than on their own economy and skill."- (d) Foster trusts and monopolies...