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Supersonic aircraft now on the drawing boards will soon be moving at more than 1,500 m.p.h. At such high speed, say aeronautical engineers, friction between air and airplane will build a wall of heat-a "thermal barrier"-that will grow worse as planes fly faster. Their metal may soften like the wax in the wings of Icarus when he flew too near...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Fast & Hot | 5/26/1952 | See Source »

...Second heat-A. W. Robinson 1901, F. H. Bigelow '98, T. R. Bateman 1900, L. S. Antisdel 1900, M. L. Bernstein...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Class Track Games. | 4/29/1898 | See Source »

...Third heat-A. W. Robinson 1901, 2 yds., first; L. B. Canterbury '99, 3 yds., and J. H. Holmes 1900, 7 yds., tied for second. Time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'VARSITY TRACK GAMES. | 10/29/1897 | See Source »

...Final heat-A. K. Pope, H., first, time 2m. 20s. (breaking the record); B. L. Wells, A., second; G. Petis, M. A. and H., third...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INTERSCHOLASTIC GAMES. | 6/8/1897 | See Source »

Half-mile, final heat-A. Powell, C., first; W. H. Fearing, C., second; H. K. Bird, C., third. Time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Intercollegiate Bicycle Races. | 6/7/1897 | See Source »

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