Word: topped
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...tracing the different stages of development from the simplest species of insects, Professor Morgan gave a detailed explanation of a bird's wing. He showed that the wing muscles and the heavy bones are at the bottom of the body and the lungs and air-cells at the top, so that the bird, ballasted as it is, naturally rights itself when in air. The feathers of the wing are divided into primary and secondary feathers. In all swift flying birds the primary or outer feathers of the wing are "feathered" or turned edgewise on the recover so as to offer...
...there was a hearty spirit of earnestness that pervaded every member of the company-and that is much in these times. Miss Clara Lane never appeared to better advantage. The music is the most difficult she has yet been called upon to sing, filled as it is with top notes and sustained passages that task the vocal ability of any artist. To say that Miss Lane filled the demands of the character is but giving her the praise she deserves. Mr. Murray had the exacting role of Count di Luna, and there was considerable interest among his admirers...
Next morning Thomas in turn attacked. Again the Union charge was invincible. Though ordered to pause at the first line, the troops swept on to the very top of Missionary Ridge, in a resistless wave. Hooker took the enemy in the flank, and on the distant left, Sherman completed the victory...
...individual prizes. If there were enough men, regular competitive drills could be arranged with various colleges in the vicinity, such as M. I. T., Brown, etc. During the winter the regular drill work will be continued. At present the company is drilling at the Cambridge Armory, on the top floor of the City Building, in Brattle Square, opposite the University Press, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 7 to 8. After Dec. 1 the hour will be changed...
...bronze statute of Hermes, presented to the Medical School by the late John W. Carter, has been placed on the second floor at the top of the main staircase...