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...different feather from mundane planes (which have wooden hulls, fabric wings, Liberty engines), this aristocratic bird has wings and body of duralumin-a new alloy, light as cork, strong as steel. It carries four passengers, has a special compartment for golf clubs and other week-end breakables. It will go 130 m. p. h., ten times as fast as the proudest, the tallest sailing yacht of bygone days...
...rubber manipulators, 70% of rubber production is sold in the U. S. American rubber buyers considered the higher prices unreal, and bought only from hand to mouth, Moreover, the general adoption of cord tires tended to reduce rubber consumption because of their better wearing qualities compared with fabric tires...
...choice of a subject, Professor Sprague concluded. "It seems to me evident that if socialism comes, it will come not by revolution but by evolution, and in that case, it belongs in the realm of sheer speculation. Methods of production, the organization of industry, our whole social fabric, will inevitably be affected by new discoveries and inventions, and by the time we have developed to the point where we will be willing to live in a socialist state, socialism may find itself outworn and useless...
...strengthen its current for operation at a greater distance to bring airplanes in flight to a full stop and send them crashing to earth. No insulation is proof against this weapon, for if the carburetor were sufficiently protected, the ray could be so intensified as to set the wing fabric afire. Said he: "I believe that in the near future machine guns will be found only in museums...
Extreme heat is no easier than cold to fly in. The wood, fabric and glue which constitute the structure of an ordinary seaplane may yield to continuously high temperatures...