Word: duralumin
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...cellophane coating on every duralumin* girder of the Akron's framework, wherever it is touched by the envelope. Purpose: to protect the metal against the acid in the "dope" with which the envelope is varnished...
...would never take the air. Kassay would see to that; he had his own reasons. See how simple: you spit between the sections that are to be riveted ?so. In the cold up here, the spittle freezes?but the riveter cannot see because it looks silvery, like the duralumin, so he drives his rivet in. Then next June when they launch the ship, the warm air will thaw the spittle, the rivet will be loose. Soon something may happen...
...bodies. Prices: $2,385 up. Hudson worked two years on the new riveted body for its eights. All the exterior hardware has been revised. In the motor, show points are: bigger bore, labyrinthine cooling for the oil, a vibration dampener, bigger water pump. Gear-shifting is aided by a duralumin clutch-plate. Price...
...will challenge again shortly. My challenger will have a [duralumin] mast and a boom like Enterprise...
...first leg. On the two remaining legs Shamrock gained but only because Skipper Vanderbilt was taking no chances with his yacht's gear. He was near home on the third leg before he set his spinaker and big balloon jib topsail. Never had the duralumin mast, the winches for every sail, the devices for measuring the strain on the stays proved their efficiency more clearly. Enterprise had swept the series, 4 to 0, winning this final race by more than five minutes...