Word: ascertain
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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During the present month the second tests of the course will be made in the "dip" and "pull-up" and the advance made during the year in these tests will be noted with interest. The object of these strength tests is to ascertain how much the drills effect the total results. At the beginning of the college year the average "pull-up" for the class was 9.7, the average "push" 5.3, and the average total strength 1,641 pounds, which are considered very creditable figures...
...band together and elect representatives whose duty it shall be to inform themselves of the facts and impart their opinions to all members of the association. We call upon the student authorities to fully inform our representatives, and we confidently expect that all graduates desirous of criticizing will first ascertain the exact state of affairs by writing to our secretary...
Professor Trowbridge has lately been able to prove by this apparatus that the length of the spark is accurately proportional to the voltage. This fact, which has long been doubted by various German scientists, can be used to ascertain the voltage required to send a flash of lightning a given distance...
...statement of a member of the committee which has superintended the plans for the Brooks Memorial building, there are practical reasons which will make it difficult to use that fund for a University Club. The sum has been raised by small subscriptions, and the committee being unable to ascertain the wishes of the subscribers, naturally feel bound for this reason, if for no other, to carry out their original plans...
Candidates will be able to ascertain which subjects are anticipatory by consulting the Scientific School Pamphlet or the Harvard University Catalogue...