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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Announcement was made of a lecture to be given on November 15 by Colonel H. G. Proud of the Railway Gazette, New York. His subject will be the story of the development of steel rail and it is also hoped that he may speak on his experiences in the Soudan. Three other lectures besides this are being arranged, but nothing has yet been definitely decided...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Engineering Society. | 10/19/1895 | See Source »

...observatory is being built for the University of Pennsylvania. The new building will be built of brick surmounted by a large steel dome. The telescope placed in a large circular room, will be an eighteen inch equatorial, built on the same general plan as the Lick instrument. It will be moved by electricity and so adjusted that it can be shifted by the slightest touch of the finger. Smaller instruments, built after the most approved models, will also be found in the observatory. Professor Doolittle, formerly of Lehigh University will conduct the course in astronomy, and will be the acting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pennsylvania's Observatory. | 10/3/1895 | See Source »

...Subway is practicable in construction. - (a) Surface and sub-surface surveys have shown no engineering difficulty. - (1) Pipes of sewers disposed of. - (2) Foundations of buildings avoided. - (3) Injury to Common exaggerated. - (4) Sentiment should not obstruct necessary improvements. - (b) Steel construction cheaper and safer than old masonry tunnels. - (c) Details amply provided for. - (1) Ventilation. - (2) Lighting. - (3) Drainage. - (d) Outside estimate of cost $5,000,000. - (1) Sect. 1, already contracted for below estimate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: English VI. | 5/6/1895 | See Source »

...tickets this year are in a number of respects different from those of last year. They have the same steel plate engraving on the back as last year, but the color has been changed and the workmanship is better. The object of this engraving is to prevent counterfeiting, yet even this safeguard has not prevented some counterfeiting in the past. The face of the tickets is quite different. For one thing, the letters and numbers of the sections, rows and seats are made much more prominent. Applications are now beginning to come in fast...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard-Yale Game. | 11/13/1894 | See Source »

There will be several laboratories for the analysis of steel and iron, assaying, qualitative work, and the like. A large room with a seating capacity of 220 will be used as a lecture room, and there will also be a museum, a library, and a reading room. Private offices will also be fitted for the instructors, with laboratories attached...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Chemical Laboratory at Pennsylvania. | 1/31/1894 | See Source »

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