Word: engineeer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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"Synthol." The Du Font interests would manufacture, the Standard Oil Co. of N. J. distribute, a new synthetic motor fuel to be called "synthol," made from coal, petroleum or lignite. To burn synthol, a new automobile motor had been devised, the most powerful of its size, very light, needing no...
It was evident to the campers that the flyer had gained something to his purpose by this scrutiny; he started his engine, and the plane with a roar began to bump over the field toward the river. He opened the throttle; the plane caromed faster, tilting awkwardly up and down...
They are seeking a new engine, better than the Liberty motors which they are using. They are seeking above all the reliability of mechanism which is necessary for commercial use.
In Manhattan, an empty touring car lounged against a Broadway curb. A man stepped on the running-board but did not approach the controls. Pedestrians gaped to hear the chauffeurless machine start its motor, shift into gear, lurch away from the curb into thick traffic. Down Broadway it went, looping...
The Queen of the Belgians, the Queen of Rumania, the Duke and Duchess of York, the Infanta Beatrice of Spain, the Archbishop of Canterbury, J. H. Thomas (onetime engine driver and Colonial Secretary in the Labor Cabinet), the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Garvin (he...