Word: fluids
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...glasses. I first dreaded asking him: "What color are your eyes?" He laughed good-humoredly, replied, "I don't really see what difference it makes, but you can see for yourself," and yanked off his glasses, revealing one glass eye, one great bulging eye puffed out with watery fluid. His eyes were hazel...
Looks aside, there is a normal batch of mechanical improvements, safety features and refinements. Fluid couplings, automatic transmissions (introduced in 1939 and 1940) are common. "Compound carburetion" is a fresh phrase covering new carburetors which up gas mileage. Some makes have increased their horsepower as well. "Air-conditioned" sedans are almost standard. So are convertibles with power-operated tops, a device which has made convertibles more popular than ever before. Most prices...
...Soto's flat-topped fenders will be cursed by mechanics, loved by car polishers. Featuring "Rocket" bodies and fluid drive, the line includes five de luxe, eight custom models. Prices $898 to $1,195 (not including seven-passenger limousine...
Dodge, No. 2 car in the Chrysler line, has ground out more publicity about itself than any comparable car. Stressing "Fluid Drive," and with Air-Foam seats in big models, prices range from $825 for deluxe coupe to $995 for custom town sedan...
...World War I and the Spanish Civil War, dead soldiers, without any visible wounds, were found near the sites of heavy explosions. Sometimes bloody fluid trickled from their noses and mouths. Examination of the lungs showed hemorrhages, pleural lesion or collapse. Recently Dr. Zuckerman undertook for the Ministry of Home Security a series of experiments on pressure waves from explosions and the effect on lungs. Using piezoelectric recorders (crystals which convert pressure into electric current), he found that the blast from 125 lb. of high explosive builds up a pressure of 200 lb. per square inch at a distance...