Word: raring
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Findings: > An average student recognized* (or correctly guessed) about 60,000 common words, 1,500 rare words, 95,000 derivatives, compounds, etc. Total average vocabulary: 156,000 of Funk & Wagnalls' 450,000 words...
...properties mystified men for 4,000 years. A deadly poison in some forms, it was once mined chiefly by slaves, convicts, syphilitics. It is used in the making of felt hats, anti-barnacle marine paint, medications, many another product. Without its uniform sensitivity good thermometers would be costly and rare. Its hypersensitive crystals (mercury fulminate) have detonated most of the world's bombs...
Science concentrators, especially in Physics, will enjoy the second floor exhibit of "The History of Electricity" which includes rare books as well as early and modern experiment apparatus...
...dramatic side there is the Theatre Collection, consisting of programs, memoirs, etc., of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, who just finished playing at the Colonial. Don't forget however, that Harry Widener's collection of rare books is always in the Widener Room, and that they never refuse students permission to look over the books...
...Rare Books Featured...