Word: chambered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cappella prayer. By contrast, Finzi's quiet music comments on the lyrics, in this case Metaphysical Poet Thomas Traherne's musings on the innocence and beauty of children. Tenor Wilfred Brown's impeccable diction helps to make this a delightfully accessible, intimate performance. The English Chamber Orchestra and soloists, conducted by Imogen Hoist (the composer's daughter), handle their vastly differing assignments well...
...theorized that once weightless in orbit, liquid hydrogen would scatter around its fuel tank in an uneven mixture of liquid and gas. And unless liquid hydrogen can be kept at the bottom of the tank, it cannot reach the valves through which it is pumped to the combustion chamber...
...bottom of the tank, its surface barely rippling. After the first stage had dropped away and the SIV B's engine was fired to insert it into orbit, the level of the liquid hydrogen could be seen dropping rapidly as fuel was consumed in the combustion chamber...
With its tank vents still spewing tiny jets of gas, the slowly accelerating SIV B was then put through a simulated engine restart. Valves at the bottom of the tank opened, allowing liquid hydrogen to flow into the combustion chamber. Clearly visible on TV, the dwindling fuel hugged the bottom of the tank, its surface calm...
...from songs and arrangements to lighting and makeup. No detail is overlooked. They scramble into the rafters to scrub the grime off the spotlights, hustle around a club blowing out the candles because "they detract attention from the stage." They wire the singer's microphone through an echo-chamber box, or provide a cordless shortwave mike that transmits to an FM receiver hooked up with the sound system...