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Word: granular (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Windser Mountain Ascutney: 31 40 inches. Granular surface. Good...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ski Report | 2/19/1948 | See Source »

Hanover: 21-25 inches. Frozen granular Peterboro Temple Mountain: 21-25 inch-surface. Fair...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ski Report | 2/19/1948 | See Source »

Core of the attack was the new U.S.-developed granular white powder which G.I.s call "fire roe." Mixed with gasoline it forms a jelly that sears and sticks to everything it touches. New instruments of war have been developed to handle the jelly-the M22 portable thrower with a revolver-type ignition system, the Ronson-type tank-mounted thrower, and airplane bombs ranging from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Attack by Fire | 6/4/1945 | See Source »

...product, hexamine (full name: hexamethylenetetramine) has been recognized by chemists for years as having explosive possibilities. It is a white granular substance that looks and feels like sugar, is chemically compounded from ammonia gas and formaldehyde (which in turn is produced from wood alcohol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Block-Busting Secret | 6/14/1943 | See Source »

...probably be best to avoid now are the Dartmouth Region and Cannon Mountain, both in New Hampshire. Only nine inches of snow was reported for the Dartmouth Region with the temperature at 18 degrees, while at Cannon Mountain there is plenty of snow, but it is almost entirely frozen granular...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Good Skiing Reported In Northern Resorts | 2/21/1942 | See Source »

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