Word: terras
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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There is another instrument for detecting disturbances of terra firma. called the "Seismiscope" which was used by the Geological survey, and by Prof. Young at Princeton for this same explosion...
...open fireplaces, to be used if steam heat is not desired. The facade of the new dormitory, which will be five stories in height, is very attractive, and will add greatly to the appearance of the immediate surroundings of the college. It will be finished in pressed brick and terra cotta, while stained glass transoms will surmount the large plate glass show-windows of the store upon the first floor...
...McCosh has consented to give a few lectures on aesthetics, and Prof. Osborne on the anatomy of facial expression. The college already possesses several valuable art collections. Among these are interesting collections illustrating the arts of Mexico, Peru and the North American Indians; some valuable Assyrian guns and Greek terra cotta heads; also, a number of art books and photographs...
...Terra Cottas yesterday defeated the CRIMSON nine by the score of 20 to 14. Base hits-CRIMSON 12; Terra Cotta...
...these mounds were found a number of human skeletons, which from the position in the ashes of the remains prove conclusively that these people were not cannibals but cremationists. Among the many interesting relics found by Dr. Putnam were a number of copper ornaments, arrowheads composed of different substances, terra cotta images illustrative of the dress and appearance of the people, plates of mica, specimens of native gold and silver, sea shells, hatchets, together with the bones of various animals, and, above all, several specimens of meteorie iron, which are the first ever discovered in these mounds...