Word: focused
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...second small mirror mounted centrally within and near the end of the tube. The second mirror returns the light down the tube to a third mirror, and by this it is reflected through the air to the eye-piece, in front of which the rays finally converge to a focus and form the image...
...gathered together each will naturally find some group of specially congenial friends with whom he will form ties of peculiar social intimacy. These groups--athletic, artistic, scientific, social--must inevitably exist. My plea is not for their abolition. My plea is that they shall be got into the right focus in the eyes of college men; that the relative importance of the different groups shall be understood when compared with the infinitely greater life of the college as a whole. Let each man have his special associates, his special interests, his special studies and pursuits, but let him remember that...
...field in a similar manner and for a larger clientele what the very analogous yacht and Binnacle clubs and the Anglers' club now do, respectively, in their fields. It should, by disseminating information in regard to attractive walks, short cuts, comfortable and inexpensive inns, etc., serve as a focus for all the walking interests of the University...
From the standpoint of photographic research the collection is valuable as an evidence that difficulties resulting from exceptional brightness, cold, and altitude can be successfully overcome. This was done by the use of a specially constructed camera provided with a long focus lens and isochromatic plates. Perhaps the best example in the collection of photographic achievement is a panoramic view showing Clay, Jefferson, Adams, and Madison Mountains as seen from the summit of Mr. Washington...