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...light beam has raced away from it, down the mile tube and back again, another one of its 32 faces has turned to catch the light. By measuring the time it takes the revolving mirror to turn Dr. Michelson reckons the speed. This performance is different from the classic Michelson-Morley experiment on which Dr. Einstein based his theory of Relativity. The Michelson-Morley work, performed in 1887 in a basement room at Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, was carried on to test the presence of an "ether-drift," required two beams of light traveling perpendicular to one another...
...eagerly as U. S. tots yearn for July 4. English lexicographers know that to "do a guy" is to "do a bunk" or "decamp." As a noun "guy" means in England any sort of effigy or grotesque figure. The following example of correct usage of this noun is classic...
Gloom, black and well nigh impenetrable, has settled over the ancient halls and stained glass windows of Elihu Yale. They say it reaches almost to Camden. Feline yawps, augmented by the throaty bellows of the Theological Students, rend the quivering air. For on the eve of one of the classic gridiron spectacles of the East, news of a most alarming nature has trickled through to New Haven. (The above use of "trickled" is with deepest intent, as will appear shortly...
...prized awards for Mr. Russell, are among his better known works. The bust of Edison represents the work of a year that Mr. Russell spent at Edison's laboratory. It was rarely that a sitting as long as ten minutes could be obtained yet this work stands as the classic representation of the great inventor...
...Ancient and Modern Languages. The argument is based on the ground that, with the student engrossed in the advanced work of his field, the last year in college is too late for the examinations to realize their greatest usefulness. Since these tests are designed to insure a background of classic literature they should take place before specialization is well under...