Word: heating
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...back to Pasadena. He cleaned them, hung them up for the night to dry, packed them in canvas, and then inside a roll of pedding which we were not to open until the fish were to be eaten. They were carried two days on mules, one day through the heat of the desert, and cooked and eaten in Pasadena, perfectly good. "Ed", the packer, sneered at ice, and said he would show us something better, which he certainly...
...emotional power that makes it well-suited for the conclusion of a repertoire that is at the start descriptive and interpretative. The emotional fire of this composition in E minor never Mazes into a lurid display nor dies down to lukewarm embers, but always remains at a steady white heat. The musical skill and energetic orchstration that marks Brahms symphonic work is especially apparent in this Fourth composition...
...Heat. Gas made from coal produces more heat, for its money, than does electricity. Even in communities where electrical heat has been introduced, there has been no apparent lessening of coal-gas demand, these pokers into the possibilities of coal declared...
...Synthesizer of acetone and ammonia, worker on liquid air, analyzer of the heat-conductivity of metals...
...fire. While rangers comforted him, he licked his burns, fell asleep, whimpering. This must not happen again. So District Ranger Bill Freer made him an asbestos coat, good protection. Asbestos, a mineral found notably in the Province of Quebec, does not decompose under even relatively high degrees of heat. Nor does it allow heat to pass through it easily. Another characteristic is its resistance to most acids. These points and the fact that it appears as silky, flexible fibres which can be woven or felted into fabrics,* or mixed with cements for fireproofing, make asbestos invaluable industrially...