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When he took over the settlement, Baranov was left without a sailing ship. He built his own. He mixed native moss with hot pitch for calking, used mountain ash for hardwood. He set Russians and natives digging for coal and iron, made waterproof paint from whale oil and red ocher. His ship had three masts, two decks. For sails Baranov commandeered tents, trousers, jackets, sewed them into great sheets with seal gut thread...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Seward's Icebox | 10/12/1942 | See Source »

Kingsport, Tenn. (pop.: 11,914) lies among mountains full of Southern hardwood, not far from the coal fields of Virginia. Acquiring 40,000 acres of timber land in 1920, the No. 1 camera and film maker built a plant in Kingsport to distill methanol from waste "chemical wood" (limbs & tops, slabs & ends). They called their new subsidiary Tennessee Eastman Corp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PLASTICS: Test-Tube Love Seat | 2/26/1940 | See Source »

...year uses 176,000 tons of iron, 329,900 tons of rubber; 63,000,000 square feet of plate glass; 21,156,000 feet of leather upholstery; 191,700 tons of lead; 12,600,000 pounds of nickel; 619,434 bales of cotton; 100,000,000 sq. ft. of hardwood; 19,718,000,000 gallons of gasoline; 16,000,000 Ibs. of wool; 6,300,000 lbs. of mohair; 256,000 cattle hides; 590,000 tons of sugar cane; 1,115,000 bushels of corn; 4,828,200 lbs. of turpentine; 18,590 lbs. of beeswax; 36,000 hogs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR & PEACE: Pursuit of Happiness | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

Away book in December when they opened their hardwood campaign in M. I. T.'s Hanger gymnasium, it was apparent they were one of the most talented bunch of players that skip had over had to work with at Harvard. They have had their ups and downs this season, but fortunately most of their infrequent downs have been confined to afternoon practice sessions. They suffered their only defeat at the hands of a strong Boston University Cub quintet by a 41 to 35 score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 2/23/1939 | See Source »

Skip Stahley's Yardling basketball team takes to the hardwood floor for the first time after examinations when it tackles the Milton Academy quintet at Milton tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '41 Hoopmen Meet Milton | 2/3/1939 | See Source »

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