Word: 9th
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...9th Jat Regiment (Indian Army...
...open end, blew. A low, sepulchral reverberation grumbled up the pipe. "The natural frequency of the pipe when blown into by mouth was about 161-that is, three octaves below the keynote of the scale previously indicated," observed Sir Richard. Evidently, "the wind was playing on the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th overtones of the pipe, and the melody was being produced by the rapid fluctuations of wind-pressure." The mystery and his solution make Sir Richard "wonder whether such an effect can ever have occurred in Nature-a broken bamboo stem, for example, partially obstructed at its windward...
...past few months, the collection of Chinese and Japanese books in the library of the Harvard--Yenching Institute in Boylston Hall has become one of the largest of its kind in the country. Numerous rare and antique volumes, many of them dating back as far as the 9th century, have been recently added to the library collection...
...Wednesday morning Tass, the official Soviet news agency, tersely announced: "Death came to Comrade Nadezhda Alliluieva on the night between the 8th and 9th...
Typical of Japanese militant fanaticism, from which the Imperial House now stands aloof, was the conduct at Shanghai last week of Major Noburu Kuga, a battalion commander in the heroic Japanese 9th Division, famed for valor in the Shanghai fight (TIME, Feb. 29). On March 16 Major Kuga who had been captured by the Chinese, was released in an exchange of prisoners. Promptly he faced a Japanese courtmartial such as always investigates when a Japanese warrior has been taken prisoner and released. To the Court's satisfaction it was proved that Major Kuga on Feb. 20 led a gallant...