Word: compressional
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Yet his fundamental precept seems unassailable. As he says at length and somewhat abstrusely, the novel, especially the modern novel, characteristically deals with time and the complexities of inner motivation; the film, on the other hand, basically unequipped to render these effectively, finds its forte in rendering motion and action...
SUPER-GRADE GASOLINES are going over far better than expected. Esso Standard Oil, Humble Oil, Continental Oil, Sun Oil and others who have introduced hopped-up (about 100 octane), more expensive (up to 3? more per gal.) gas for the new higher-compression auto engines, report that sales are running...
Chemistry Lesson. A major drawback in the past to demineralizing water by freezing has been the cost. Zarchin's apparatus tries to beat this drawback by supplementing freezing with distillation by vapor compression. Sea water is pumped into a low-pressure chamber where a part of it is turned...
An equally big change was also made at Chevrolet. After seven years as division chief, Vice President Thomas Keating, 61, moved into a new job as head of all G.M. passenger-car divisions. Into Keating's chair went Chevy's Chief Engineer Edward N. Cole, 46, one of...
The 300B, a new version of last year's 300, which won the 1955 national stock-car association championship averaging 127 m.p.h. With two four-barrel carburetors and a 9:1 compression ratio, the 300B engine is rated at 340 h.p., 40 h.p. more than last year, making it...