Word: topped
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...cause of the accident seems to be very plain. The whole affair is due to the careless construction of the platform. The upper platform was supported by pillars running from the platform below which in turn rested on a transverse beam. This beam rested on the top of a strong pile, which was driven into the soft, muddy bottom of the river. In the first place the pile upon which the whole structure rested was never driven in until it struck a solid foundation, but was merely inserted in holes dug in the mud for the purpose. Upon this pile...
...tend to form a concrete and become very hard and would be in no respect equal to the former as a running track. It was all due to a misunderstanding, for the substances which the contractors put on are worth several times that which the contract specified. Accordingly the top is now being removed and will be replaced by the specified layers. Notwithstanding the delay, in three weeks it is believed the track will be completed. Care ought to be used when crossing the field to go on the boards which will be laid, and not on the newly leveled...
...style of the old Scandinavian (and Celtic) drinking horns of the eighth and ninth centuries. The horn is about four inches in diameter at the largest part, gracefully shaped, the ornamentation being of frosted, smooth-polished, oxidized, and hammered surfaces, with a broad band of bas-relief near the top. The bas-relief represents action and attitudes of riding a race. The whole is surmounted by a cap or cover of elegant design, bearing a winged wheel flying through bronzed silver dust...
...class race as seen from the top of the Union boat-house was one of considerable interest. A good deal of quiet excitement was manifested as the boats came down the course, but though there was no surprise evinced at '83's winning, there was some astonishment at '86's coming in last...
...York University was the first institution in America planned as a great university after the pattern of the famous universities of Europe. Harvard and Yale had not developed their university aspirations when the foundations of the New York University were laid. The institution has always labored under disadvantage; its top is larger than its foundation...