Word: hammerism
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...sonic pile-hammer" is now driving the piles for its first building foundation--that of the new building for the Geology Department between the University Museum and Malinckrodt. Since the hammer causes only a fraction of the ground and air vibrations caused by conventional steam hammers, it insures the security of the famous glass flowers housed in the Museum (and also of the curators who reputedly are even more sensitive than the glass flowers...
About five days ago one pile was driven with a steam hammer and seven piles with the sonic hammer. Then the steam-driven pile and one of the sonic-driven ones were load-tested. Specifications called for a minimum load of seventy tons, but as a safety factor both were tested for double the design load. It was found that with the 140 ton load the steam-driven pile sunk twice as far into the ground as the sonic-driven pile...
...hammer throw by Ted Bailey was the feature of the varsity track team's 84-65 victory over Princeton Saturday in Tigertown. Bailey's toss, a University record, led a Crimson sweep of the event; the varsity also went one-two-three in the discus, broad jump, hop, step, and jump, and shot...
...Bailey and Loren Clayman will still compete in the Penn Relays hammer throw, in which Bailey is the favorite. Clayman, Sarge Nichols, and Rick deLone will go in the discus...
...varsity's injury list is currently beyond belief. Besides Hamlin, it includes hurdler Jack Spitzberg (pulled muscle), 440 man Don Kirkland (mysterious illness), Meehan (dysentery), sprinter Scott Johnson (stress fracture), hammer thrower Art Doten (broken leg), and sprinter Russ Chesney (pulled muscle...