Word: switch
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University telephone system of at least forty stations, besides a central office in University Hall, will be in working order within a few days. The system will be used only for the business of the University. From 8 until 5 the switch-board in University Hall will be used. At other times the switch-board in the Cambridge central office will be used by the following five stations: University Hall fire-room, Pierce Hall, University Museum, Memorial Hall and Randall Hall. Of the other stations not more than three may be put in connection by the Cambridge central office...
...complicated piece of machinery for the purpose of determining the action of light and gravity on the growth of plants. A very powerful current of electricity has also been introduced into the laboratory in order to test the effect of electricity on plants. By means of a switch board, the current can be increased or diminished and the corresponding effects on plant growth may be observed...
...telescopes used in carrying on this work are operated in small sheds placed in different parts of the grounds, but each is controlled by a central electrical station. By the use of a switch board one man can operate from this station as many of the instruments as he may desire. In order that the motion of the earth may not effect the relative position of the photographic telescope and the object, the instrument is moved on an axis parallel to the earth and regulated by clock work in such a way that the distance the earth moves...
...Boston Athletic Association will hold an open handicap cross country run on Saturday, Dec. 1 at 3.30. The course will be from the B. A. A. club house through Exeter street, Common- wealth avenue and Beacon street to Coolidge's corner, around the switch and back to the Club house by the same road, a distance of about four and three quarters miles. Checkers will be posted at different points, and any competitor failing to have his number on the checkers list will be disqualified. Prizes will be given to the first six men, and an extra prize...