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Rather undescriptively nicknamed "the Broomstick," the new turbine is a contraption 17 inches wide at its widest and 5 feet long. It delivers 160 h.p. but weighs only 250 Ibs. An equivalent piston engine weighs about...
Except for its small size, the Broomstick is not very different from larger gas turbines. A compressor at the front end drives air into a ring of seven combustion chambers, where it is heated by burning kerosene and kicked out at greatly increased speed. The blast of hot gases runs two turbines. The first turns the compressor, keeping the engine running. The second, spinning at 17,000-35,000 r.p.m., drives the transmission shaft that delivers the engine's power...
...sculptor comes to Springfield to take plaster impressions of Lincoln's hands. He suggests that something be held while the cast is being made. Lincoln vanishes into a woodshed, is heard sawing away, reappears with a carefully trimmed piece of broomstick. The sculptor protests that any old object would have served. "Oh, well," says Lincoln, "I thought I would like to have it nice...
Dick went on hitting like crazy, belting cats over the eyes with his broomstick. It took 15 minutes, but finally, one by one, he got them back to their places. Two of the cubs were down; one was dead with a broken neck and the other was torn up and dying. The other two scuttled off into the chute. Dick got each big cat out in turn, and ended the act right. He was not hurt...
...propaganda stops were pulled out in Germany for the Herrenvolk to get what hope they might out of V-1's success, V-2's promise. Radio Berlin told a modern witch-on-a-broomstick story...