Word: boilers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...troopship Empire Windrush, bearing British service men and their families home from imperial outposts in the Far and Middle East, was sailing through the Mediterranean at 7 a.m. Sunday when an explosion occurred in its boiler room. Four crew members working in the room were immediately killed and within a half hour the whole ship was aflame...
...everyday matter. Basically, it is a "core" containing enriched uranium,† cooled by ordinary water that is kept by high pressure from turning into steam. The water comes out of the reactor hot and radioactive. Tightly shielded against radiation, it goes through a "heat exchanger" (a kind of boiler), where it turns a second batch of water into high-pressure steam. The steam. which is not radioactive, runs a turbine that turns the propellers...
Wisconsin's supreme court let fall a decision last week that reverberated like a boiler factory. The court approved a compensation award of $2,429 damages for partial loss of hearing to one Albert Wojcik, 62, an operator employed by the Green Bay Drop Forge Co. What made the case news was that Wojcik is still working at his job. He has not lost a penny in wages. But substantial loss of hearing is in itself sound basis for compensation, the court held...
Master Finley recalls, "When the Navy fellows first came here, many looked like they had just come out of the S.S. Oklahoma boiler room. Nock would come up to these boys, whisper a little Latin phrase in their cars, and bob off down Dunster Street. The boys knew then that they were at Harvard...
...training a seal, ran a 3-D section on how to run a buzz saw, deliberately left out the 3-D glasses but provided instructions on three ways to make a pair. One way: "Dissolve an envelope of unflavored dessert gelatin in 3 oz. warm water. Heat in double boiler until dissolved. Add seven drops of food dye to a teaspoonful, and pour carefully onto enameled jar lid. Let harden 24 hours before peeling off ... Cut out two frames and cement your cutout filters between them...