Word: chesnut
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that with a heliostat and focusing mirror he had been able to capture 3,000° of the sun's heat (TIME, Dec. 21). With gas, temperatures as high as 4,600° have been obtained, but they could not be maintained long. Last week Engineer Frank T. Chesnut of Ajax Electrothermic Corp. designed a furnace capable of 3,600°, with a controlled heat over a long period of 3,000°, and for the first time the action of such a temperature could be studied. Engineer Chesnut predicted that his furnace could be made still hotter under...
Died. Judge Jonathan Willis Martin, 74, president judge since 1901 of Philadelphia Court of Common Please No. 5, art partron, Spanish War veteran; of pneumonia; in Chesnut Hill, Pa. Paralyzed after an attack of malaria in the War, he was never inactive. He was well known at indoor and outdoor horse shows, always drove his oldtime four-in-hand...