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Best general references: Boston papers, Feb. 20, '95; Mayor Matthews's Argument before legislature; Statement of transit commission April 9, '95; Boston Herald, July...
...Rapid transit in Boston must have - (a) Capacity for large increase of traffic. - (b) Speed. - (c) Safety. - (d) Sound financial basis...
...subway is not the most feasible plan for furthering rapid transit. - (a) Adopted only in London. - (b) Elevated road will best meet the difficulty. - (1) Can be constructed more cheaply. - (2) Common objections to elevated railroads not inherent...
...these volumes occupies a large part of the force at the observatory in Cambridge. Besides this labor, a large amount of observation is done there, several instruments being kept in constant use. The largest of these are the fifteen-inch and six-inch equatorial telescopes, the eight-inch transit circle, the eleven-inch Draper photographic telescope, the eight-inch photographic telescope, and the meridian photometer...
ENGINEERING 2A AND 2C. - If clear, the classes will go to the observatory, Saturday, Nov. 10, to see the "Transit of Mercury" at noon...