Word: winded
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...completed another still more powerful apparatus for the study of electrical force It is capable of producing sparks in air, resembling lightning flashes, of from six to seven feet in length. The discharge creates a sensation as if a window had suddenly been opened letting in a gust of wind, and sparks can be drawn from the brick walls of the room. Sparks closely resembling lightning discharges can be obtained thirty and forty feet in length through glass tubes in which the atmospheric pressure has been reduced to about two pounds and a half to the square inch...
...Reminiscences of the P. O.," in an interesting account of some freshmen oarsmen at Poughkeepsie, and "Their Class Dinner" is a slight sketch of three men who held an unsuccessful rival class dinner by themselves. The poetry in the number consists of a "Song-The Lover and the Wind," "Quatrains," and lines...
...fairly strong, southeast wind blew across the court, which made out-of-court drives rather frequent. Although Wright's playing was remarkably steady, Hawes continually drove the ball into the net, or over the back line...
...interclass track games were held on Holmes Field, Saturday afternoon. There was a strong wind blowing across the field and the track was very soft on the turns and the back stretch. On this account the times in the longer runs were slow. The games on the whole, however, were encouraging...
Programme: Schubert, Octet in F. major, for strings and wind; Beethoven, Andante with variations, from string quartette in A major, op. 18; Beethoven, septet in E flat, op. 20, for strings and wind...