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...dislike very much to give the same remedy over and over again and to repeat for the thousandth time the tale of disaster; the trouble is perfectly evident and must be clear even to the men who choose to wink at it. Another call will be madevery soon and we sincerely hope that something will move the freshman baseball men to a proper sense of their responsibility...
...same instant. Hitherto Ewald's key for recording the time of mental reaction has been used, but it will be replaced in laboratory and practical use by the Bliss Multiple Key, which not only saves one-half the labor in making experiments, but records variations of one-ten-thousandth of a second. It is made of unlacquered brass without platinum contact, and so arranged that five currents run through it. One, two or three of these can be made or broken at the same time, or broken for an instant and then made again, or these makes and breaks...
...screen. The reflection is observed by means of a telescope or microscope placed so as not to be easily jarred. The utmost delicacy is obtained by this arrangement, for if a sufficiently high magnifying power is used, a movement along the screen of the reflected spot or image a thousandth part of an inch is readily perceived...
...commencement marks of the seniors have been given out, and the general fineness of distinction and finesse of the marking system may be seen from the fact that second place is distinguished from third by about one-thousandth of a point, a difference which only a very subtle mind can comprehend, and only then when an earnest study of infinitesimals has been made...