Word: instrument
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Hamilton, '87, $50. "Boniface the Apostle to the Germans." A. D. Corey, '86, $50. "The Dionysiac Theatre." A. T. Dudley, '87, $50. "The Athenian Trireme as an Instrument of Naval Warfare." S. L. Harding, '86, $50. "The Relation of Forests to Rainfall and Water Supply...
...Kebabian, of the class of '88, from Rodosto, Turkey, has invented an instrument for drawing spherical angles and figures of any degree of area. The device is a very simple one and a patent will probably he taken out. - Yale News...
...Yale senior has recently invented a new surveying instrument whereby the height of objects or their distance from the observer can be obtained...
...Passaic, N. J. man is credited with the invention of a unicycle from which great results are expected. There is a screw loose in the instrument or else in the description, for it is described as a "spokeless wheel, inside of which two persons can sit" while propelling it through the medium of "intricate, but easy working machinery." The lucid description further states that there are two wheels, one inside the other, but as the outer wheel only rests on the ground the machine is called a unicycle. - T. F. and Farm...
...Those are note-takers," he replied, "a modified form of a phonograph. You see everything I say is taken down by the instrument, provided it is kept in motion. The necessity of keeping the crank revolving is what insures me an audience which remains awake," and the professor smiled grimly. "A few of the wealthier students, however, own note-takers which are run by a small electric motor, and these luxurious individuals send their instruments by some friend, and save themselves the trouble of coming." - Cornell...