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...Gerrish, an assistant in the Observatory, has recently devised a system and code for use in the transmission of astronomical or other numerical data by telegraph. Since 1883 the University Observatory has been the official centre in the United States for the distribution of astronomical information; and the new system is the result of the experience gained during that period. A practical trial of it, conducted between Cambridge and Mt. Hamilton, California, developed no errors which could not be easily rectified...
Some of the advantages of Mr. Gerrish's system are its simplicity, the translation of numbers to and from the code without the use of a code book, and the possibility of detecting and correcting errors by inspection. The code itself is in reality a language of eleven words, each of which is a monosyllable of two letters. The series represents the ten digits with an eleventh character. In these monosyllables any one consonant is invariably associated with the same vowel and is never used in any other connection. The two letters thus form a combination which affords a means...
...committee decided to prohibit, and no player will be allowed to jump through the line with his knees or feet foremost, unless he does so at a point at least five yards from the point where the ball was put in play. Holding was also forbidden; the only allowable use of the arms being in blocking an opponent with the arms close to the body. A player running with the ball, however, will be allowed to ward off an opponent with his hands. The penalty for holding was fixed at 15 yards...
Phillips Brooks House will be open tomorrow afternoon from 3 to 6 o'clock. At 4.30 o'clock Professor R. B. Perry will speak informally. Tea will be served from 4.30 to 6 o'clock, and books and magazines will be available for use. The 1908 committee will be in charge...
...expenditure for the Harris collection of Syraic manuscripts, the report states, has nearly exhausted the sums held for accessions to the Museum, and it is most desirable that the treasury should be replenished. Gifts for immediate use or for endowment are needed to carry on the' work of the Museum...