Word: arc
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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President Doumergue drove from the Palais d'Elysées to the Arc de Triomphe at the top of the Champs Elysées. Here, in the presence of the Ministers, he deposited a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Poilu, instead of attending the usual military revue...
...constant-current regulator for arc light dynamos (he perfected the arc lamp), the induction motor, the art of welding metals by electricity, the magnetic blow-out for switches, lightning erectors of various types, constant current transmitters, a generator which was "one of the first and most effective and ingenious" in early electrical development, a recording watt hour metre. In the field of mechanical engineering he is respon sible for important developments in steam engines, steam turbines and the internal combustion engine...
...island to Japan. That was part of the price paid by Russia for losing the Russo-Japanese War (1904-5). Now Sakhalin, or Karafuto, is rich in alluvial gold and coal deposits. Its surface is covered by vast forests of larch and fir trees. Large tracts of land arc fit for pasturage and agriculture, and there is oil, as Oil Shah Harry F. Sinclair could testify. The climatic conditions are on the whole excellent, and are comparable to those obtaining in inland British Columbia. Moreover, the island has but a mere 100,000 inhabitants whose principal occupation is fishing...
...Francisco, Calif. At 9:48 P. M. Pacific time, he landed at Crissy Field. Great arc lights illuminated the scene. The flight (2,670 miles) had been completed in 21 hours 48½ minutes. When the plane came to a stop, Maughan seemed unable to speak. His face was drawn, serious. His mates in the Army Air Service were quick to lift him from the cockpit and carry him indoors. Long and loud were the cheers...
SAINT JOAN?Bernard Shaw trenchantly becomes the patron saint of Joan of Arc...