Word: beams
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rays are created by a quartz crystal, which converts electrical energy from an oscillator into mechanical vibrations in the air at a frequency of 1,000,000 cycles per second. A cone-shaped concentrator mechanically coupled to the crystal intensifies these vibrations and produces a sharply defined beam. The surgeon removes a small portion of the bone behind the ear, acoustically irradiates the exposed canal with the gun's waves. Much as a soprano's high note can shatter a wineglass, the beams shot from the gun are supposed to shake the diseased cell structure and destroy...
...stacking area over Preston check point, more than five miles south of Linden. As traffic moved, ARTC controllers directed the TWA plane to drop to 5,000 ft. and then, proceeding under control of La Guardia, to swing northeastward into the prescribed Instrument Landing System beam (ILS) to La Guardia's Runway 4 (see map). To the radar watchers the Connie appeared to be following the routine instructions...
...arranged in groups of three around the threshold of the runway. In front of each lamp is a filter with a red upper half and a clear lower half. In front of the filter is a two-inch horizontal slit. When an observer is above the center of the beam, the lamp looks white; in the middle it changes to pink, and in the lower half...
...take up the short, light work. Everything that was first rate about the Bach Society's handling of the other pieces on the program was evident here in even greater abundance. Their marvellous tone, perfect, balance and phrasing, and rhythmic and technical assurance all gave Professor Piston reason to beam while he bowed with Mr. Lazar at the Serenata's conclusion...
...high-power beam concentrated on a satellite might exert enough pressure to nudge it to a new orbit...