Word: compartmentation
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Then Hine and his men began as desperate and difficult a job as seamen can undertake-escape from a sunken sub. At 7:40 Hine opened the sea valves and began slowly flooding the compartment. He lowered a canvas funnel, big enough for one man to get through. At the...
The rising water in the compartment increased pressure. The men had to wait until the pressure inside approximately equaled that of the sea outside-otherwise, when the hatch was opened, the sea would rush in upon them. This process took 30 minutes.
Fun & Songs. As the water rose, the men floated to the top of the compartment and clung to overhead beams. The air was hot and foul. Somebody cracked: "This is one thing you can't blame on the Socialist government," and somebody laughed. Somebody started a song; the rest...
Mason's "N.X.I." (Nash-Experimental-International) is a low-slung, two-seater convertible big enough for portly President Mason and a passenger. Built along the lines of a heavier car, the N.X.I, is 12 ft. 1 in. long (the smallest Ford is 16 ft. 4 in.), has an 84...