Word: bottomly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...water tank with an escape hatch. In addition to one cramped geologist sitting on a cushioned, red-leather seat, the chamber carries emergency oxygen, communication equipment and testing apparatus. The cylinder will withstand the pressure at a depth of 100 feet. A two-ton lead block attached to the bottom provides stability and a safety factor: the block can be released by turning a handle inside the cell to send the chamber bobbing to the surface...
Union Oil has high hopes for the Gulf-coast submarine oilfields - although ownership of the offshore land is still undecided. Exploration by more conventional means - seismographic readings, examination of bottom samples - has indicated continuance of East Texas and Louisiana oilfields for distances as great as 50 miles offshore. By using a gravity meter in the diving chamber, Union Oil hopes to nose out salt domes. In the Gulf area these mounds of rock salt, which have a lower specific gravity than the surrounding sedimentary rocks, are often circled by rings of oil-bearing sand...
...miles south of Tokyo. For at least four weeks-since it was first sighted by the crew of a British destroyer-the islet, a product of submarine volcanic eruption, has been boiling the sea into clouds of sulphurous steam, belching great blasts of smoke and roiling the muddy bottom for miles around...
Despite McNarney's optimistic estimate, the U.S. could hardly help without cutting its own 1,550 calories. The French zone was at the bottom of its flour bin. The Russians pointedly hinted that everything was all right in their zone; actually, they might soon be facing serious shortage themselves. The food crisis spurred hopes of a zoneless four-power administration of Germany...
Initially the names on the ballots will be arranged alphabetically, but after a prescribed number have been printed in this order, the first five names will be moved to the bottom of the list. According to McGill, this process will be repeated, the top five names moving to the bottom, until each group has been placed near the top of the ballot...