The American Educator Volume 8; Completely Remodeled and Rewritten from Original Text of the New Practical Reference Library, with New Plans and Additional Material
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...marble obelisk in Washington, D. C, measuring 550 feet in height. It is the tallest structure in the world, excepting the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It was begun in 1848, but was not dedicated until 1885, on Washington's birthday. The top, from which a magnificent view of the surrounding country is obtained, is reached by ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...marble obelisk in Washington, D. C, measuring 550 feet in height. It is the tallest structure in the world, excepting the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It was begun in 1848, but was not dedicated until 1885, on Washington's birthday. The top, from which a magnificent view of the surrounding country is obtained, is reached by an elevator and also by an interior iron stairway. The monument covers an area of 16,000 square feet and cost $1,187,710. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, a coeducational school at Saint Louis, Mo., founded in 1853 by Dr. William Greenleaf Eliot, on condition that it be kept nonsectarian and nonpartisan. Its activities were carried on in different parts of the city till 1905, when all were removed to the. present fine location outside the city limits. Ten new granite buildings on this site were occupied by exhibits and executive offices of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904. The departments of the university are those of engineering, architecture, law, medicine, dentistry, fine arts and social economy. The faculty numbers 230, and the student registration is about 2,000. The library contains 165,000 volumes. WASHITA, wosh'etah, RIVER, or OUACHITA RIVER, a river that rises in the western part of Arkansas, flows southeast and then south into Louisiana and discharges into the Red River, about fifteen miles above the confluence of that stream with the Mississippi. The Washita is connected with the Mississippi by a series of bayous. Its length is 550 miles, and it is navigable for steamboats for about 350 miles. WASP, teahsp, a winged insect resembling the bee in many respects. The body is bluish in color, with yellow markings, or black, marked with white or yellow. Common wasps live in societies, or colonies, composed of males, females and workers, o...
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