Word: asphalt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...varying weight out of a hole in the ground. The winning pair exerted a maximum tractive pull of 2,300 pounds. Such a team would pull 10 loaded coal wagons on pavement. On different types of roads varying loads could be pulled, grading from concrete through brick and asphalt to dirt. The two horses weighed 1,725 and 1,905 pounds respectively. They could start heavier loads, move them faster, farther, and with less exhaustion than lighter teams, showing that weight is an important element in a draft horse. These tests proved that horses have more reserve power available than...
...Keru County, Cal., bones of sabertooth tigers, giant sloths, and other beasts were found embedded in asphalt beds, Dr. William Bebb, of Northwestern University...
...boat race must be rowed today and the baseball game must be played tomorrow. The sky has been searched with powerful telescopes but not a cloud has been seen to break the viciously brazen arch of the heavens. Yet even if the sun continues its merciless glare and the asphalt becomes a sea of tar, the shadows of Harvard rooters will throng to the arenas of sport to cheer on their teoms. . . . "The rest is silence...
...excitement. A series of games is being played with the Pera Y. M. C. A. which is closed contested. One of the great needs of the students is a swimming pool, the Bosphorus being out of the question in winter. There is a movement on foot to build an asphalt tennis court for the students. Such a court could be played on most of the year in this climate, where there is little snow but much rain in the winter and spring...