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Word: vesuvian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Kirtley F. Mather, Professor of Geology, will lecture at the Harvard Union tomorrow high at 7 o'clock on the topic "From Alpine Snows to Vesuvian Lava." The address, which will tell in part of the Geology Summer School's trip in 1928, will be open to Union members only. L. T. Grimm '29, vice-president of the Union, will introduce Professor Mather...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mather Speaks at Union | 4/27/1929 | See Source »

...Pompeian artisan pounded a sheet of bronze into the shape of a reed pen. It served well for writing. Then Pompeii was drowned in Vesuvian dust and barbarians destroyed what part of Rome that the Romans themselves did not destroy. Men forgot metal pens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fountain Pens | 1/2/1928 | See Source »

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