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After the measurements fo a thousand individuals were obtained, they were tabulated according to age, and the attempt was made to obtain the average height, weight, chest-girth, etc. The averages thus obtained have been used as a working basis up to the present time. Immediately after the examination of the individual, he was furnished with a book, in which his measurements at the time specified were compared with those of an average man of the same age. If a measurement fell below the average, the fact would be indicated by a minus sign; if above, by the plus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dr. Sargent's New System of Measurements. | 10/25/1887 | See Source »

...entered between 16 and 17 years of age; 1 between...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Statistics of the Freshman Class. | 10/10/1887 | See Source »

...Sale.- The very handsome thoroughbred Kentucky saddle horse "Craftsman;" sire "Felloweraft," the great four mile runner; dam, "Dixie." Weights about 950 lbs., age 5 years, color dark bay. Is a very fast run and a fine jumper. Also goes very well in harness. Warranted perfectly sound and quiet in every way. Price $600 Can be seen at private stable, corner Walnut avenue and Elmore street, Roxbury...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notices. | 10/8/1887 | See Source »

...graduate of Edinburgh University, now about thirty-five years of age. After his college course he spent some time studying theology in Germany, and then turned his attention to natural science. A place was offered to him at the Free College of Glasgow, where he now occupies the chair of biology. His work has not all been there, however, for in 1880 he accompanied Prof. Seikie, the geologist, in a six months' tour through the Rocky Mountains, and in 1883 went on a scientific exploration to the heart of Africa, following up the path of Livingston...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prof. Henry Drummond, F. R. S. | 10/6/1887 | See Source »

...Sale-The very handsome thoroughbred Kentucky saddle horse "Craftsman"; sire, "Fellowcraft," the great four-mile runner; dam, "Dixie." Weighs about 950 lbs., age 5 years, color dark bay. Is a very fast runner and a fine jumper. Also goes very well in harness. Warranted perfectly sound and quiet in every way. Can be seen at private stable, corner Walnut Ave. and Elmore street, Roxbury...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notices. | 10/4/1887 | See Source »