Word: containers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...samples of metallic alloys are heated by the impact of electrons at high velocity. This electron bombardment furnace is capable of heating several grams of metal to a temperature of 3000 degrees Centigrade, and its limiting high temperature is set by the lack of suitable high melting crucibles to contain the sample under study rather than by any inherent limitation in the apparatus itself. This furnace makes possible the experimental investigation of many alloys which were formerly very difficult to melt under the controlled conditions necessary for scientific research...
...publication is the first of two to be put out by the Red Book committee, and will resemble last year's Register. It will contain the photographs, and names of every Freshman, together with his home and college address, and the names of his prep school. The volume is 175 pages in length...
Copey's readings often contain a generous amount of humor, and have come to be a traditional event of the Freshman year. He hopes to be able to continue the annual readings until he has passed the century mark...
...modern structures of colonial architecture will replace the single small building which now houses the entire school. One of the new buildings will contain classrooms, laboratory, and dormitory accomodations. The other will be a museum and library...
...permanent monument to swing" is RCA Victor's phrase for its latest jazz album, A Symposium of Swing. Its four twelve-inch discs contain selections by four swing bands: Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, "Fats" Waller, Bunny Berigan. Familiar to fans who have listened to the four in their native haunts, on the air or on records, the selections are characteristic but, to experts, not the top choices. Best disc: Benny Goodman's Sing, Sing, Sing, a free fantasia in swing, based on the tune Christopher Columbus, with Drummer Gene Krupa battering out an expert tympanic melody...