Word: bathes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Corsair IV. John Pierpont Morgan, with his two sons, Junius and Henry, their two wives and his two daughters-Mrs. George Nichols and Mrs. Paul G. Pennoyer-all went to Bath, Me., in two private cars which were shunted into the yard of the Bath Iron Works. Letters from people threatening to dynamite the new yacht on the ways made the officials of the Iron Works uncomfortable; they kept the crowd outside the fence. Mrs. Nichols hit the bow of the Corsair IV with a bottle of 1915 champagne donated by the Iron Works. The Corsair IV slid perfectly into...
...aquatic ardor was effectively quenched when he found that a premature dip in the foot bath was hardly pleasant--especially when fully dressed...
...hard pressed for fresh food, a cat or dog would be very welcome. A cat tastes somewhat like a rabbit, but not nearly so full flavored. A dog nicely cooked is better than cat." Puleston saw some strange sights: a human sacrifice of over 100 victims, to provide a bath of blood for a native king; a crucifixion; a fight between two crocodiles, between a native and a boa constrictor. Twice he met Explorer Stanley, "discoverer" of Livingstone. Says Puleston: Stanley's real name was John Rowlands...
...delivered. Simply to turn on and oft a 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...
April 10-Launching of the Corsair, new $2.000,000 yacht of J. Pierpont Morgan; at Bath, Maine...