Word: apparatus
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...lenses and photographic apparatus of the Astronomical Observatory have been loaned to the Lick Observatory, which will send out three expeditions to observe the eclipse, one to Labrador, one to Spain, and one to Egypt...
...fire-escapes, and there is only one stairway leading to the ground floor. If a fire were to get started up this stairway during a recitation hour, several hundred men would probably be compelled to jump from the second or third story windows. The ladders of the College fire apparatus are quite inadequate for dealing with such large numbers...
...generator will give 50 kilowatts direct current at 110 volts, as against 30 kilo-watts given by the one in use. The expense of the apparatus represents improvements to the plant and will be distributed, both principal and interest, over a number of years...
...this connection, it seems best to call attention to the desirablity of occupants of buildings familiarizing themselves with the fire apparatus at hand, the means of giving fire alarms, and the location of the permanent fire escapes. New maps, showing the locations of the fire alarm boxes, and the College fire apparatus, have just been posted in all dormitory entrances and in many other conspicuous places. W. S. BURKE...
...north entry of Hollis Hall. The fire, the cause of which is unknown, spread rapidly to the adjoining rooms by means of the gas pipes and for a time threatened the entire building. A. L. Thayer 1L. and four workmen with the aid of the University fire apparatus succeeded in holding the flames in check, however, until the arrival of the Cambridge Fire Department, which extinguished the fire after an hour's work...