Word: wave
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...PHYSICAL COLLOQUIUM. "The Effect of Wave Length on Photo-electric Phenomena." Professor Lyman. Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Room...
...tropics and the bathing is unusual. One of the sports which no tourist should miss is that of "surfing." To do this one mans a dug-out canoe built with an outrigger, and paddles about half a mile off shore. The ride on the top of an in-rushing wave is comparable only to coasting or skiing. The scenery of the island is famous the world over; for the north side of Honolulu slopes precipitously into the sea from a height of over 4,000 feet. The largest extinct volcano in the world, with a crater many miles in diameter...
...earthquake shocks and tidal wave in Southern Italy and Sicily which saddened the civilized world at the close of the old year had hardly ceased rumbling before contributions were being poured in to central agencies in this and other countries throughout the world to be used in relieving the agonies and sufferings of the stricken Messinians and Calabrians. Large sums of money have been hurried to the scene of the disaster and supplies of food and clothing are being rushed to the relief of the sufferers...
...where the banners wave...
...PHYSICAL COLLOQUIUM. "The Relation of Light of Very Short Wave-length to Some Vacuum-tube Phenomena." Professor Lyman. Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Room...