Word: coppers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...else are altogether insoluble. Professor Fink's accomplishment was to prevent the tungsten atom of his sodium tungstate molecule from going into another tungsten compound. The tungsten atom, thus kept free from changing relations, could be driven by an electric current and deposited on pieces of brass, copper, zinc, iron or carbon...
...whose sale has neared the four-million mark would be an enviable memorial for any composer but in New Haven last week still further tribute was paid the late Ethelbert Nevin, composer of "The Rosary," one of the most famed and most abused of all U. S. songs. A copper plaque, the gift of the Connecticut State Federation of Music Clubs, was set between the tall windows of the ivy-covered house where Nevin died 30 years ago. Mrs. Nevin, the composer's widow, went up from Manhattan to do the unveiling while neighbors recalled anecdotes about the pale...
...Copper...
...price of copper was artificially shot up to 24? a pound. Since then the coppermen have paid stiff penalties for their violation of economic law. Fortnight ago copper sold at 9?, a price not seen since the depression year of 1894. Last week the demand for copper languished further, the price fell to 8¾, a level never before recorded...
Most important aspect of the drop was the decision by coppermen that they will henceforth allow the price to drift as it will, even if this means elimination of high-cost producers. The history of copper has been full of attempts to peg the price, and even 1929's lesson was not heeded. Late last year the leading producers decided to curtail production by 20%. They boosted the price from 9½ to 12½ within one week (TIME, Nov. 24). But although production has remained curtailed as agreed, demand has also ebbed. The biggest copper buyers - utilities...