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...Washington, D. C. The substances known to be contained in the mineral desired are poured into a small platinum tube sealed with solid gold, which is placed in a "bomb" of the finest steel, along with a small electric furnace made of rubies. Heat up to 2,500° Fahrenheit, and pressure up to 200,000 Ibs. a square inch are applied gradually. Suddenly the pressure drops. When the container is opened, small quantities of rock or mineral are found...
...Hispano motor 454. It took him 35 minutes to coast back to Earth. He wore electric-heated fur clothing, breathed from an oxygen bottle above 5,000 meters, used benzol fuel for the first 6,000 meters and above that gasoline. His thermometer broke at 40° below zero, Fahrenheit, and a broken oxygen bottle robbed him of one or two thousand meters more. He said: "If the weather's fair I may try it again...
...enormous quantity of heat required to change tungsten into helium--50,000 degrees Fahrenheit was the temperature at which the experiments in Chicago were conducted--while detracting nothing from the intense interest in the scientific aspect of the feat, would nevertheless render the experiment useless for all practical purposes and would leave intact the present theory of atoms as regards use under normal circumstances...
...best in the annual tug-of-war classic between 1923 and 1924 held at the Berkshire college recently. Practically the entire Freshman class were assembled and literally ran away with the 40 Sophomore unfortunates, dragging them through the waters of Green River, the temperature of which registered 27 degrees Fahrenheit...
...complete combustion, the danger of unburned kerosene cutting away the lubricant from the cylinder wall, resulting in scoring, is done away with. It is ideal as an aid in cold weather starting; experiments made with a motor banked with snow, the air temperature being 11 degrees Fahrenheit, showed that an instantaneous start was made possible by the Fuelizer, perfect response to the throttle being gained in ten seconds. Another advantage is its automatic action; as the feed to the Fuelizer chamber is below the butterfly valve, suction through the pipe will be strong when the value is closed...