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...oblique answer to such Egyptian talk, Great Britain last week invited some Egyptian princes and Premier Nessim Pasha aboard the British cruisers Berwick and Ajax to watch demonstrations of Might off the harbor of Alexandria by 60 British war boats, 60 British warplanes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Appeal Without Standing | 12/2/1935 | See Source »

Last week at Evanston, Ill. died another hero in stomach annals: Ajax, 9, a dog whose stomach Physiologist Andrew Conway Ivy cut out six years ago to demonstrate that in necessity a person could thrive without that apparatus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Through a Stomach Hole | 10/9/1933 | See Source »

...Ajax Electrothermic Corp.'s furnace capable of producing a steady heat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Top Feats | 7/18/1932 | See Source »

...Ajax Electrothermic Corp Sc.D...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Kudos Jun. 20, 1932 | 6/20/1932 | See Source »

Electric furnaces are built on the principle that when electrical energy meets resistance it is converted into heat energy. Well known is the Ajax Northrup high frequency furnace which increases the heat energy by creating a current in the material to be melted. Using this principle, Engineer Chesnut made an experimental furnace of 1 cu. ft. capacity. The crucible was lathed out of a solid block of graphite, a form of carbon which conducts electricity well. To set up the resistance he packed the crucible in lampblack-an obstinate conductor of electricity. The current was carried through a copper coil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Hotter than Hell | 12/28/1931 | See Source »

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