Word: grinder
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...doors. Some of the tourists privately complained that they were seeing nothing new, that the Alnico magnet was originally a Japanese find, that the little lamp was a Dutch invention, that GE was puttering with both under license. Good cheer returned, however, when the visitors came upon a garbage-grinder which may revolutionize "kitchen waste" disposal by chopping it fine, flushing it down the sink drain (TIME, Sept. 9). With crows of delight the tycoons stopped, played with this gadget...
...research laboratories at Schenectady, N. Y., used to say: "I would rather teach than be President." His tradition of free inquiry continues. Consequently by no means all the bulletins that emanate from Schenectady have to do with straightforward improvements in electrical equipment. Lately GE announced a garbage-grinder which would simplify removal of "kitchen waste" by flushing it, chopped fine, down the sink drain. Even farther removed from the usual run of industrial research was last week's report that from GE's laboratories had emerged a new kind of lily, which seemed good enough to patent...
Said Amelia Earhart: "Well, they can have that coffee grinder. I wouldn't care to go out to sea in it myself...
...instrument. They called it an hydraulus because air was fed into its pipes by a water contrivance. In the Seventh Century Pope Vitalian recommended an organ for churches with a view to improving the singing of congregations. The first keys were as big as the treadle of a knife-grinder's machine. Strength was the first requisite of a player, who struck at the great slabs with his fist, had the title of "organ-beater." Early in the 15th Century pedals were introduced because the bass keys were so stiff that it was easier to stand on them...
...which I would not accept if it were tendered me. It may be that in your environment you are so accustomed to things being done from a purely selfish motive, that it is difficult for you to comprehend that there are people, who do not belong to the "axe grinder's club" and that in Texas things are done on a broader scale. Perhaps on this account, allowance should be made for your insinuation...