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...nearly $160 per 1,000 cu. ft.; and, since only 1% of helium is present in the most richly endowed sources of natural gas, it must always be expensive. In the Atlantic crossing, the ZR3 used up 30% of its hydrogen. Even with recovery of the gases in the exhaust to compensate for loss of weight by fuel, thus dispensing with the "valving" of gas to meet changes in weight, there will always be a large expenditure of helium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flight's End | 10/27/1924 | See Source »

...took but a scant hour and a half for the crowds to exhaust the 1500 extra tickets to the Dartmouth game which were placed on sale yesterday morning at Leavitt and Peirce's by the B. A. A. to holders of season ticket books...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HUNDREDS WAIT IN VAIN FOR DARTMOUTH TICKETS | 10/22/1924 | See Source »

...more, the pipe runs approximately in a rectangle 1,800 ft. long and 1,200 ft. wide, with mirrors in the corners and a double row of pipe on one of the short sides, to provide a check on the accuracy of the work. Pumps are provided to exhaust the air from the pipes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Einstein Again | 8/11/1924 | See Source »

Fresh water supplies will be obtained by distillation with the heat of exhaust gases from her Diesel engines and with special electric heaters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: V-1 | 7/28/1924 | See Source »

...process is now available on board the Shenandoah whereby the weight of the fuel burnt by the engines is automatically compensated for. When gasoline burns, the hydrogen it contains combines with the oxygen of the air to form water, or rather steam. In the new process the exhaust gases are cooled by huge water radiators, the steam condenses and is carefully collected as water ballast. The Secretary tasted some of this and pronounced it "excellent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Drink of Water | 6/9/1924 | See Source »

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