Word: withnessed
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The Athletic Committee is to be congratulated upon the action which it took last evening with regard to the readjustment of football rules. The necessity of some revision is only too apparent, and we are glad to see the Athletic Committee taking the first step in this matter. It now...
Admission tickets to the first lecture, exchangeable at the door for course tickets with reserved seats, may be had, free of charge, by applying by mail to the Curator of the Lowell institute, 491 Boylston street, enclosing one stamped and addressed envelope for each ticket desired.
The first of a series of lectures to be given this winter under the auspices of the newly organized Harvard Aeronautical Society was delivered last evening in the Fogg Lecture Room by Mr. A. A. Merrill, lecturer on aeronautics for the Boston Y. M. C. A. His topic was "The...
Mr. Merrill began his lecture with a brief history of the development of the aeroplane, which is the only practical method of the three employed to elevate a heavier-than-air machine. The other two the use of vertical screws and the oscillation of wings, involve almost insoluble questions of...
After demonstrating the principles of soaring, by blackboard diagrams, Mr. Merrill went on to explain the present weakness of the aeroplane, namely, the engine. It is the inefficiency of the motive power which has and still does limit the range and speed of the heavier-than-air machine. It is...