Word: arc
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...insignificant figure in Europe is Dr. Smeral of Prague. He sits with the Communist contingent of 30 Deputies. He can throw an inkwell clear across the arc of Parliament at the Conservatives with fair accuracy.* But nobody in Czechoslovakia would pay serious attention to Dr. Smeral if his wife's maiden name had not been Dzhugashvili...
...monster current requires monster circuit breakers (switches). For currents of 220,000 volts, switches have had to be as large as water tanks' on apartment house roofs. It was necessary to immerse the breaker points in an oil bath of high insulating properties to smother the flashing arc when the circuit was broken. Frequently it was necessary to change the oil which was carbonized (made more conducting) by each arc...
...Passion of Joan of Arc" is the exception that proves the rule--the rule that movies are not art. In fact, it is a bit unfair, without this foreword, to call "Joan" a "movie," for "movie" connotes squawking, sexy, sentimentality, while "Joan of Arc" is history and literature...
...triumphantly back in again, steamed a new and empty steel cargo ship, the Carolinian. Only the closest look by a ship-wise observer would have seen why she was different from any othe steel ship- there were no rivet-heads studding her sleek sides. All her plates had been arc-welded, with an estimated saving of 25% in construction costs, of 20% in weight. Her designer: Richard F. Smith, 30. Builders: Charleston Dry Dock & Machine Co. (under Vice President Charles...
...adoption of arc-welding by shipbuilders marks another step in the gradual displacement of the noisy and often inefficient rivet. Welding is increasingly used in steel skyscraper construction (in Manhattan a fire department permit is necessary). In the construction of many parts of automobiles, welding is replacing and bettering costly, intricate castings and forgings, which are more subject to structural failure...