Word: compton
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Chicago last week Arthur Holly Compton, one of the world's most famed cosmic ray experts, startled a gathering of some 100 distinguished physicists by retracting a theory which he had espoused two and a half years ago, and by putting forth a new one in its place. Cosmic rays are electrified particles which constantly bombard Earth from every direction. It is estimated that about 30 shoot through every human body every second. They have energies higher than any particles ever propelled by man-made machines- energies, in some cases, measured in hundreds of billions of electron-volts...
High spot of the evening was the tearful speech of sallow-faced, hollow-eyed Novelist Compton Mackenzie, whose plans for a pro-Edward book, The Windsor Tapestry, were quashed by the Duke himself. "We want him back!" wailed Author Mackenzie. "We don't want to send greetings to France. We want to send them to Fort Belvedere [the Duke's former residence outside London]. The country needs him, for he is the greatest influence for the peace of Europe...
...entered Harvard, announced that it had received from him a gift of $647,700 for a research program to investigate the direct methods of harnessing solar power -mechanical, electrical, chemical. Far from being floored by the prospect of such an enterprise, M. I. T.'s President Karl Taylor Compton feels that the Institute is well equipped to carry it out. Said he: "Mr. Cabot's generous gift makes it possible for the Institute to begin a great research program in which the combined efforts of scientists and engineers . . . will be concentrated...
...Bolles' flashy eight men whipped the Charles into furious foam yesterday in the first time trial since the Rowe Cup Regatta and in preparation for the Compton Cup classic at Princeton this Saturday...
...Varsity and Jayvee crews leave for Princeton today in order to cram in a few practice jaunts on Lake Carnegie. The Tigers ran off with the Compton trophy for four years before being upset by the Crimson blades last season...