Word: ironing
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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...sudden collapse of the Mycenaean civilization was roughly coincident with the first appearance of iron in common use on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean. Mycenaean Troy was ravaged and burned, so was Mycenae itself, and so was the great Cretan Labyrinth at Knossos. Facts are not lacking even now, and will with time grow abundant, which illustrate the transition from bronze to iron in the Mediterranean basin. The fruitful beginnings of Mycenaean art and civilization in the early Bronze Age of the European Mediterranean basin were not brought there from any northern or northeastern part of the world...
...construction is confined to the three gates and sections of fence given by the classes of '74, '75 and '76, in the rear of Holden Chapel, at Dane Hall, and between Brooks House and Holworthy, respectively. The design comprises a granite base and above this a fence of simple iron palings the monotony of which is broken by wrought iron ornaments placed midway between brick pillars. Already a large part of the stone and brickwork of these sections has been completed. The accompanying architect's drawing shows the gate and fence between Holworthy and Stoughton. The design was furnished...
...final decision has been reached regarding the fence which will be built along the river front of Soldiers Field. The pillars are to be of brick and stone and the rest of wrought iron, resembling closely the fence along North Harvard street. When completed the fence will be 5000 feet in length. Soldiers Field will then be fenced in on all sides except the one towards Brighton. The fence will be built by the University, but its cost will be defrayed by the Metropolitan Park Commission in exchange for a grant of forty-six acres of ground from the Longfellow...
...lawn before the iron doors of a hunting castle in the woods, two drunken tramps, Schluck and Jau, are sitting, shouting and gesticulating. In the very midst of the disturbance the Prince Jon Rand and his hunting party appear. The prince at once flies into a fury and threatens to put the two tramps into the stocks. His comrade, Karl, however, persuades him to be patient and promises good sport...
...Department of Mineralogy and Petrography, Professor Wolff will give Mineralogy 31 and 12 next year. He will also give Mineralogy 20 together with Dr. Palache. Metallurgy 21, offered by Mr. Sauveur, will hereafter include only the metallurgy of iron and steel, omitting copper and nickel, which will be dealt with in Course 32, given by Mr. Raymer. A new feature in Course 4, on "Ore-Dressing, Concentration, and Milling," will be the laboratory work, which will enable the student to become acquainted with the use of modern machines for handling ore. Mr. White, who has charge of Half-course...