Word: instrument
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...sing or play any instrument well and would be willing to take part in the entertainment to be held in Smith Halls Common Room on the afternoon of the jubilee are asked to hand in their names to T. S. Lamont, Standish C 23, as soon as possible...
...mixtures and the allied problem of their offensive employment, and again the problem of the production of clouds and their use. This matter has been taken up vigorously by American chemists and great advances made so that cloud production is being reduced to a science and a most effective instrument thus being added to the armory of America. These, as I have said, are examples taken at random from a vast field. Equally important problems of a purely scientific nature are presented when attempts are made to improve our airplanes or detect the enemy's submarines. Indeed, it is hard...
Many vacancies on the Musical Clubs caused by former members leaving college will have to be filled. There is a great opportunity, therefore, for Freshmen who can sing at all or play an instrument. Freshmen singing will be especially emphasized and there will be chances for men of the Class of 1921 to make both the Glee and the Instrumental Clubs...
...station since 1908. The seismographic is used to detect movements in the earth's crust, and in war to detect the location of hostile batteries, for gun-fire affects the landscape much like an earthquake. The tremors of the crust due to gun-fire can be recorded by this instrument...
When the seismograph is sufficiently sensitive it is possible to tell not only the position of the hostile artillery, but also its calibre--the last requiring a practised eye. It is also possible to distinguish in the tremors recorded by the instrument the difference between shocks produced by the fall of projectiles, and those caused by the recoil of the guns. It is through the shock produced by the fall of the projectile that the calibre of the firing battery may be determined...