Word: constant
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...constant demands of those students studying chemistry here for instruction in the science of Metallurgy have led the department to provide such a course. Furnaces for the essay of the simplest ores of gold and silver will be set up in the basement of the new addition to the museum, and will be ready for use at the beginning of next year...
...attention has been paid to the heating and ventilation of the building, some new apparatus being made in this direction. The temperature in each room is regulated by dampers worked by compressed air, which in turn are governed by electricity, so that the temperature is controlled automatically and kept constant. A large blower in the basement delivers air to the different rooms at the rate of 24,000 cubic feet a minute, and is the amount this air is heated which determines the temperature. In this way there is a constant current of fresh air passing through the rooms...
Evidence of the constant growth of Harvard university is to be found in the increased number of students enrolled this year. Although there has been a slight decrease in a few departments, the loss is more than balanced by the gains in the other departments. As estimated at present the following is the number of students in the college proper...
...little difficulty to make holes in it. The tackling of several of the team was high and the passing was slow and uncertain. Harvard's superiority lay chiefly in the excellent work of the packs and ends. The weakness of the rushline was probably partly due to the constant change in the make up of the team during the past two weeks. However, the men all play with snap and energy and we look for rapid improvement...
...wife remains with her father-in-law, and is never reduced to beggary. The widow cannot marry again for she is thought to have lost her husband on account of some former sin, which must be expiated. These customs on the whole produce happy unions, and devoted families. The constant atmosphere of high moral thought also give the Indians gravity of manner and dignity...