Word: transition
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Should the plans submitted by the Rapid Transit Commission of Boston be carried into execution...
President Eliot formed one of a party which spent the night of April 7, at Camp Martin. This is the peak which Harvard desired to secure for the observation of the last "transit," but failed. It has since been purchased by Judge Magee and Mr. Martin, and tendered to Harvard for future observatory use. The party formally christened it "Mount Harvard...
...meet the requirements of students in the Lawrence Scientific School and can be taken by members of the college only as an extra. The number of men who will be allowed to take the course can hardly be larger than six as the principal instrument to be employed, the transit, is very expensive, and can be used by only two men at a time. Men intending to become civil engineers need the course especially, as they can hardly do their work properly without being able to determine latitude and longitude and the time...