Word: solidity
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...journey to New London is but a short one, and at four o'clock the men had landed at the ferry opposite the town. There they found their boats and baggage awaiting them. The "Niantic," the boat which has been hired by the crew, soon appeared. She is a solid, comfortable looking little steamer, but not very well suited for the use of the crew. The men now stripped their coats and proceeded to load their baggage upon the "Niantic." At 5.45 p. m. the steamer started off, towing the two shells in her wake, and the crew started...
...earliest book known which bears the date of its publication can be seen at the Royal Library at Windsor. It is a copy of the "Psalterieum" printed by Faust and Schoeffer in 1457. The binding is blue velvet with the royal crown and cypher on the sides in solid gold, and embossed gold cordices and loops...
...REWARD.- The above reward will be paid to any one who has clothes solid or stained if I fail to remove the same, providing the stain is not from any kind of acid...
...leading authorities in the country on this subject, and he has gathered into the pages printed in the Review, some of the results of years of study. The work, as far as published, has been received with a great deal of attention. It is characterized by solid learning and by careful criticism. The fourth and last part of the work will be published next October...
...firm of Bailey, Banks and Biddell, of Philadelphia, has offered, through the Athletic Club of the Schuylkill Navy, a new kind of championship trophy to the Amateur Athletie Union of the United States, recently organized. It is a solid silver plaque with a background of plush, framed in carved oak. It has engraved on its surface 23 disks, which represent walking, throwing the shot, tennis, running, lacrosse, skating, fencing, rowing, swimming, bicycling, boxing, and other sports embraced in the union...