Word: heights
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...when Wason and Curtis were obliged to make two attempts. At 4 feet 9 inches all the men failed except Crook who cleared the bar easily. It was then raised to 4 feet 10 3-4 inches, and finally to 5 feet, but Crook retired without clearing the latter height. Then the bar was lowered to 4 feet 8 inches again, and the contestants tried to decide for second place. None were able to jump this height, and the bar had to be lowered several more times before Wason and Bean managed to clear it. Bean finally won with...
...another failed on his first trial, but cleared the bar on his second or third attempt. Lee dropped out on 5 7 1-4 inches; Shearman cleared 5 feet, 8 inches, and won, as Leavitt, whose best jump was 5 feet 7 1-4 inches, could not reach this height. The bar was then raised to 5 feet, 8 5-8 inches, when Shearman touched it in his jump, but did not knock it off. This was five-eighths of an inch above his best previous record...
...masonry, and without contact with the floors, furnish firm support for the instruments. In the centre of the western wing there is a large rectangular tower, standing on an independent foundation, and isolated from the surrounding rooms; this tower is designed for investigations demanding extraordinary stability or great height. To avoid the influence of magnetism as much as possible, all pipes and nails in the western wing are made of brass...
...know very little about the chryselephantine statues. He read Pausanias' account of the statue of Athena Parthenos, a description that is a little more satisfactory than the most of that author's work. The statue was a composite work of gold and ivory. It was about forty feet in height, and between forty and fifty talents of gold were used in its construction. The technique of the statue is not clearly understood. The best representation which has come down to us is a statuette about a meter high, which was discovered in Athens near one of the gymnasia...
...During the bombardment of the Acropolis, the Parthenon was laid in ruins. By this siege, however, Athens was brought to the front in European politics, and the interest of scholars in the investigation of Athenian antiquities revived. It has never lessened since that time, indeed, has not reached its height...