Word: fractions
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...passing electric welding arcs through gases at high pressure, scientists have produced temperatures of 11,000° F., roughly the surface temperature of the sun. By alternately magnetizing and demagnetizing certain precooled salts, scientists have reached temperatures only a tiny fraction above absolute zero, −459.72° F. But hundreds of scientists assembled for a science congress in Canberra, Australia's capital, last week could do precisely nothing to alter a summer temperature of 108° in the shade...
Last week, as the big U. S. banks issued their year-end statements, Mr. Fraser's First National reported 1938 earnings of $10,865,199, a fraction below 1937's $11,246,747. Others (given in thousands...
...London it was presently announced that Sir Robert had received "most specific" assurances. It was also pointed out that the British investment stake in South China is a small fraction of what it is in other parts of China, notably in the Shanghai International Settlement, thus far respected by Japan...
Little St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, only a fraction of the size of this college, should nevertheless be of interest to Harvard students this year because of an experiment in education which is the exact opposite of the system here. Backed by President Hutchins of Chicago University, this institution is launching a compulsory curriculum based on the "Hundred Great Books" which, according to its authorities, are the foundation of all our knowledge and culture. It is, roughly, a chronological study of the arts and sciences of the ages, conforming to its supporters' idea of what is the basis...
...photographer ever repeats. Unless a camera is skilfully used it can produce mechanical lies on the negative, and in many kinds of light or shadow even expert photographers do not yet know how to reproduce what they see. Under the best technical circumstances, moreover, a photograph tells precisely that fraction of truth allowed by the camera's brief interval of exposure and limited field of vision. This fraction may be very slight or very great, depending on the photographer's luck, care and awareness. To know where and when good shots can be made takes intelligence...