Word: various
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...number of men training with the various crews...
...method the spectra of various metals were obtained by burning the metal in the flame of a Bunser lamp placed before the slit of a spectroscope which had one prism. As a consequence the lines of the spectra were crowded together and confused. The modern method of observing spectra is by taking photographs in the spectroscope and composing the result with a photograph of the Sun's spectrum...
...three weeks in June each year all students of two or more years' standing were required to attend in the "Hall," from nine to eleven and from one to three on Mondays and Tuesdays for their annual examinations. Visitors might at this time test their proficiency in the various studies, and as it was customary for some of the overseers to visit the school whilst the students were thus doing "what were called sitting of solstices," these weeks were called the "weeks of visitation." Those who failed to pass the examinations were "deferred to the following year." The degree...
Last Monday the Boston aldermen gave the West End Street Railway Company a hearing concerning the cable system that they propose to introduce in Boston and vicinity. Many strong arguments were presented in favor of the system, and but little opposition encountered. The various advantages of the cable over the electric and elevated systems were shown. The cable system can be operated at all seasons of the year, while the electric will not work in winter; the elevated system, by darkening the streets and stores in addition to making it disagreeable for second story dwellers, decreased the value of real...
...large laboratory. Directly below this laboratory in the basement and above on the second floor are two other laboratories corresponding to the first in size and shape. The second floor will also contain smaller lecture rooms and rooms belonging to Prof. Gooch and assistants. Ventilating shafts connect the various rooms with the roof and all vapors will find an easy exit. The building will be heated by steam from the college heating apparatus, but the steam pipes will not be arranged as radiators but will encircle the walls of each room. A large room in the tower...