Word: blow
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...officials are accustomed at the present time to blow their whistles as soon as a foul is made. One side might try to claim the right to decline a penalty under rule 28. K. Note. And the other side might say at once they heard the whistle. Everybody knows there is a difference in the play after the players hear the whistle. The officials should be instructed not to blow the whistle when they note some foul or irregular play until the ball is dead and then they must report such fact to the captain of the non-offending side...
...pivoted iron cylinder which is rapidly rotated for five hours, the motion throwing the stones from one end of the cylinder to the other and subjecting them to both wear and impact. The relative toughness is determined on small fragments of the stones by subjecting them to constantly increasing blows from a spherical hammer until they split. The same machine with special appliances is used for testing the cementing value of stone. This is done by striking small quantities of pulverized rock lightly with a hammer until their cohesive power is destroyed. The machine makes a record of the energy...