Word: upward
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fast for bicycles, with its long dished up ellipse curves. It is situated on a high hill very near the Hudson. The grounds themselves are very attractive; as you enter, on the right is a high bank on the side of which the grand stand is situated. Gradually sloping upward from the grand stand is a large grove of forest trees, on the edge of which the very pretty stone club house stands. On the top of the bank there is a private road running along under the shade of the trees, which affords a chance for spectators in carriages...
...only when the force is slowly applied. When a force is exerted suddenly, considerable resistance is offered even by as mobile a body as air. Birds are enabled to fly only by the resistance of the air during the downward stroke of the wings. During the upward stroke, less resistance is offered, owing to the fact that the wing is convex on the upper side, and is at the same time contracted in area, thus moving with less velocity. In fact instantaneous photographs show that it takes twice the time to complete the upstroke that is needed for the downstroke...
...Lowell petition is still in the Co-operative store awaiting further signatures. Upward of 175 names have been signed...
Learning is always moving on ward and upward in Cambridge...
...couple of Princeton students have been canvassing the colleges of this country for names of students willing to become foreign missionaries. They have heard from ninety-two institutions, and in these 1,525 students have signified a willingness to go abroad as missionaries. Upward of 300 of the number are women. The volunteers include, from Amherst, 25; Williams, 19; Harvard, 9; Cornell, 35; Oberlin, 110; Princeton, 48. - Independent...