Gore Hall (Harvard College library)

Gore Hall was a historic building on the Harvard University campus, designed by Richard Bond. Harvard's first dedicated library building, a Gothic structure built in 1838 of Quincy granite, it was named in honor of Harvard graduate and Massachusetts Governor Christopher Gore.

When, in 1846, Harvard President Edward Everett was asked to design a seal for the newly incorporated City of Cambridge, he made Gore one of two icons (the other being the Washington Elm) encircled by the motto Literis Antiquis Novis Institutis Decora. "It can be translated as: 'Distinguished for Classical Learning and New Institutions.'"

When the original Gore Hall was demolished in 1913 to make way for Widener Library, its name was transferred to a new Gore Hall, a freshman dormitory then under construction and now part of Winthrop House.

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Gore (1814 cricketer)

Gore (first name and dates unknown) was an English first-class cricketer associated with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) who was active in the 1810s. He is recorded in one match in 1814, totalling 0 runs with a highest score of 0 not out.

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Gore (triangular shape)

A gore refers to a triangular piece of cloth or piece of land. Etymologically it is derived from geirr, meaning spear.

In the course of time the word came to be used for a piece of cloth used making cloths, an area of land typically to be found at a road junction. and a method to depict the surface of the globe in two dimensions.

In fabric working

A gore is a term used in dressmaking and Hatmaking to refer to triangular or rhomboid pieces of fabric which are combined to create a fuller three dimensional effect.

In map making

A gore is also a term in mapmaking: the curved surface that lies between two close lines of longitude on a globe and may be flattened to a plane surface with little distortion. The term has been extended to apply to

Land between roads

Gores on freeways in the United States and Canada are frequently marked with stripes or chevrons at both entrance and exit ramps. These help drivers entering the freeway to estimate how much time they have to match the speed of through traffic, and warn drivers improperly exiting the freeway right down the middle of a gore that they are about to run out of road. Gores at exit ramps occasionally feature impact attenuators, especially when there is something solid at the other end of the gore.

Hall (disambiguation)

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Hall (cyclecar)

The Hall Cycle and Plating company was a maker of Cycle cars in Waco, Texas from 1914-1915.

History

In 1914, a man named John B. Fisher designed a cyclecar for the Hall Cycle and Plating Company. It had an underslung frame.Lawrence Hall, president of the company, did a test run from Waco to Dallas, covering 104 miles while consuming only 2.5 gallons of gasoline. The cyclecar had a 4-cylinder, 18 hp engine(the prototype only had a two-cylinder engine) with a 100" wheelbase. The company reorganized in 1915 as the Hall Motor car Company. Production ended in 1915, and Lawrence Hall moved to Los Angeles.

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Hall (constructor)

Hall was an American racing car constructor. Hall cars competed in one FIA World Championship race - the 1951 Indianapolis 500.

World Championship Indianapolis 500 results