experiment station
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of experiment station
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Example Sentences
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Kariyat joined the experiment station, the research arm of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, in 2022.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2024
He worked the test fields with Peter J. Nitzsche, the Rutgers Cooperative Extension agent for Morris County, and Jack Rabin, the associate director of the experiment station.
From New York Times • May 8, 2016
"Sheff" taught the first U.S. courses in geology, paleontology, physiological chemistry, established the nation's first agricultural experiment station.
From Time Magazine Archive
At his lonely experiment station in New Mexico, Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard, foremost U. S. rocket experimenter, has designed rockets which shoot up vertically more than a mile, attain maximum speeds of 700 m.p.h.
From Time Magazine Archive
The famous Liebig next appeared and founded the first agricultural experiment station.
From The Romance of the Reaper by Casson, Herbert Newton
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