Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...underrate the greatness of the sacrifice of tradition or the immense change in public policy which this agreement involves, so far as this country is concerned. There is no comparison between the positions of this crowded island, dependent for four-fifths of the food it eats on supplies from other parts of the globe, and the vast continent which is self-contained in every respect...
...number of years prior to 1923, there was an average of one passenger casualty on U. S. railroads for about every 2,000,000 miles. There is a vast difference between a fatality and a casualty and, even if the information given in the footnote were correct, the comparison is not justified. Believing that you would be interested in accurate data as to fatalitities and casualties on American railroads, I quote the following from a letter 1 have received from Mr. B. B. Adams of the Railway Age, New York, in response to my letter in which I called...
Aside from the statistics given by Mr. upon the value of comparison between casualties in air service, which are almost always fatalities, and casualties on railroads, which are seldom fatalities, will, I think, be of interest...
This instrument is a device for taking very delicate measurements of the speed of light rays. Two rays are used for comparison. It works roughly on the principle that, if two sets of waves are produced and the crest of one is timed to come in the trough of another, the appearance of waves is destroyed. In the case of light, this means a dark place or shadow. When the light rays are received upon a given surface, visible dark lines are formed by the interference of the waves. Using this device in Southern California, last year, experiments were made...
...reserve strength, Yale seems to have a slight edge on the Crimson. Zarakov's football injury has prevented him from equalling his Freshman performances, and the lack of coordination among the substitutes becomes apparent in comparison to the accurate passing of the first string forward line. Willard Howard at defense is developing fast, and is one of the most likely of the Crimson reserves. Yale's second line is practically as good as the first, and the same is true for the reserve defense men. J. M. Frey who distinguished himself on his Freshman team last year, is the most...