Word: importance
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...City of New York for the future development of its educational system. In New York, there are 600,000 pupils enrolled in the public schools, and 18,000 people engaged in the problem of educating them. Consequently, an inquiry into the educational system would be of immense import...
...establishment of the Seismographic Station in the Department of Geology has been of scientific and practical import. At first much difficulty was experienced by the rusting of important wires, which support the pendulum, thus making the arrangements for measuring the exact time of the earthquakes unsatisfactory. After June 1, 1909, the records proved more satisfactory. The most important shock recorded was that at Acapulco, Mexico, on July...