Word: constructive
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this place it is proposed to construct a fireproof building, of which each floor could be devoted to a single institution, or shared by two or more of the smaller societies. The concentration of the libraries of the various societies in one building, and, perhaps, under one general administration, would make each separate library more attractive and useful. Under the hospitable roof should be gathered the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Mass. Historical Society, The Archxological Institute of America, and a large number of other flourishing societies...
...that it has been definitely settled that the remaining lectures of the Historical Society course are to be delivered in Sanders Theatre, we should like to suggest the use of the stereopticon for producing maps of the desired size. If it is possible to obtain or construct a proper screen the rest of the undertaking ought to be easy. The desired maps can be easily photographed. The negatives thus formed make the lantern slides. A lantern, or more than one, is in the possession of the college, and there are men here who know...
...Journal of Education has invited 5,000 subscribers to the Plebiscite to construct a body of English academicians. Alfred Tennyson heads the list, and his name is followed by those of Ruskin, Arnold, Browning, Froude, Swinburne, Freeman, Spencer and Black. These names are followed by those of novelists, including Shonthouse, Blackmore, McCarthy, McDonald, Reade, George Meredith and Wilkie Collins...
...will probably require several days to construct a new coil for the steam launch. A Philadelphia firm will build...
...purposes, but the most urgent necessity of a plentiful supply of water is in case of fire. During some of our severe winter snow-storms it would be almost impossible for a fire-engine to traverse the yard in time to save a burning building. Our buildings are so constructed that there is always a powerful up-draft in each entry. Let a fire get under a good headway on the bottom floor and the entry will become a death-trap to those above. There is no escape except by jumping from the windows. Matthews has a fire ladder...