Word: containers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...early records of the college contain many references to punishment of students and reprimanding of faculty and presidents for indiscreet references to the scriptures. The following was one of the regulations in 1643: Every schollar shall be present in his Tutor's Chamber at the seventh houre in the morning, immediately after the sound of the bell, at his opening the scripture and prayer. So also at the fifth houre at night, and then give account of his own private reading in the scriptures...
...purpose of the detonator, boosted or not, is to ignite the main charge of light elements. What this charge may contain has not been announced, and the possibilities are numerous. With some oversimplification, charges can be grouped in two categories...
Since deuterium is comparatively cheap and easily obtained, a practical "wet" bomb should contain very little tritium. But even the best of this type is cumbersome and impractical. Liquefied hydrogen isotopes must be kept under high pressure at a temperature close to absolute zero. They must be carefully insulated. If held for long periods, they must be cooled mechanically to keep them from vaporizing and rupturing their container. Outside scientists say that the "device" exploded on Eniwetok in 1952 was "wet," and that it weighed, with its necessary insulation and cooling equipment, more than 65 tons. If so, it could...
...question: How much original tritium must the dry bomb contain? It may be possible to use none of it except in the boosted detonator, but some guessers believe that a small amount of tritium in the main charge is needed to promote the reaction. It will tend to re-create itself, acting like a chemical catalyst. Other guessers think that free neutrons from the detonator will create enough tritium (by combining with lithium six) to keep the reaction going at full speed...
...announced reason for increasing stockpiles, which now contain $4.3 billion worth of materials, was that war might cut off the flow of strategic materials. Actually, the Administration was making a strategic virtue of economic necessity. Prices for many metals have softened so much since the shooting stopped in Korea that cries for help have sounded on the ears of Senators and Representatives from mining states. Increased stockpiling of 35 to 40 minerals and metals will tend to firm up prices, help keep U.S. mines and smelters in operation and tone down producers' demands for more tariff protection, since stockpile...