Word: superiority
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...thought this a mistake, as tissue-making food should be used in combination with these, and the diet should be so changed as to meet the requirements of the organism of the person using it, for to establish one diet for all persons was ridiculous. Beef alone is not superior to meal, beans or other farmaceous food, and the size of the muscles of a man is not indicative of his strength. Farinanceous food tones a man down and will tend to give him more endurance. A man who can strike a blow equal to 400 pounds would be called...
...improvements made by Prof. Trowbridge make the Harvard apparatus superior to either of these. As a specimen of the value of these electormetrical records to the ordinary reader, it is stated by Professor Trowbridge's assistant that a change in the direction of the wind is often indicated several hours, frequently four or five in advance, by a change in the electric potential of the air. Rainy weather and coming storms are also foretold by the changes, but the observations are not yet full enough to lead to any decided statements. Observations are also being made with a view...
...years. In the face of the fact, however, that nothing in the world but an excellent system had given them the prestige during those two years, Yale in 1882 and '83 employed M. F. Davis, a professional oarsman, to coach the men. Although the crew each year was physically superior to any that ever before sat in a boat, they were easily beaten by crews using the English stroke...
...growth of the industry was shown by statistics of the iron produce of this and other countries during the last few years. In 1882 the total product of iron was 20,600,000tons, of which 4,600,000 was used in the United States. The outlying districts of Lake Superior, New Jersey and Lake Chaplain furnish one half of the ores used here. Their ore is of a higher grade than that furnished by the Pennsylvania mines, lying in the centre of the so-called iron regions...
...promise that has been given bind the highest magistrate in a civil government?" John Adams' subject was (1758), "Is civil government absolutely necessary for men?" Other questions, within ten years of the beginning of the revolution, were, "Is an inferior magistrate obliged to execute the orders of his superior, when they would plainly subvert the commonwealth?" "Are the people the sole judges of their rights and liberties?" "Is a government tyrannical in which the rulers consult their own interest more than that of their subjects?" "Is a government despotic in which the people have no check on the legislative power...