Word: diagramer
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...next player must build another word on the original, but only in such a way that every combinaton of adjoining letters which he makes forms some word. Short, recondite words like gnus and zax-(see diagram) have a habit of appearing...
...newspaper office. The reperforator duplicates the tape while printing the words on a monitoring machine so that editors can read the "taped" story. The tape is then fed into a typesetting machine which automatically sets columns of type ready to be placed in forms and put on presses (see diagram...
...Decca system uses "master" and "slave stations", which set up a wide-spreading pattern of intersecting waves (see diagram). The pilot pushes a few buttons that activate needles on three dials. Then, by means of other simple controls, he transfers the readings of the hands to a pointer that touches a special chart. Thereafter he need do nothing. The chart and pointer move automatically. By looking at the pointer, he can tell exactly where he is above the terrain represented by the chart. The pointer also traces a line telling where he has been...
...Later steps are more fun. To reach the moon from an artificial orbit is elementary stuff; voyages to a planet take more figuring. One plan for a trip to Venus, for instance, uses space ships from an orbit around the earth to establish a base on the moon (see diagram). A special ship then takes off from the moon at a moment when Venus is considerably behind both earth and moon on its shorter and faster orbit around...
...Navy announced that the U.S.S. Antietam was in Brooklyn's Naval Shipyard for a million-dollar face-lifting.When the workmen have finished, the rear deck of the Antietam will angle to port so that landing aircraft will no longer head directly toward planes parked at the bow (see diagram...