Word: heating
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Whitley is a Liberal, but as Speaker-that is as President and principal officer of the House and the highest authority on questions of procedure-he loses his political complexion and cannot vote, except in a "dead heat," when...
...cake of ice and an electric fan are all right as long as they last, and a certain number of showers at strategic intervals are not without their good effect, but in the feverish heat of preparing for examinations all that the studious sufferer can do is grin and bear it. That and acquire a shot-gun to be used on the self-appointed humorist who says: "Is it hot enough...
...Fortunately no one in college has been prostrated by the heat wave as yet," said Dr. M. H. Bailey, Medical Adviser to the University, when questioned last night...
...have had two cases," he continued, "which might possibly be attributed to the heat, but not entirely so. It seems that college men suffer less from extremes of temperature than other people. It is astounding, to me to see the number of men who have not thought the excessive wave sufficient cause for keeping them off the tennis courts. However, I do think, that we will have some cases if men do not have sense enough to forego violent exercise during such a period as we seem to be undergoing...
Engineering is after all but the application of science to a multitude of activities, such as: the gathering of minerals, oils, coal and other natural products, and preparing them for use; the production of light, heat and power from fuels and falling water; electric communication; the manufacture of chemicals, engines, machines and innumerable commodities; railway, highway and water transportation; and the construction and operation of numerous works for the public safety and welfare. These enterprises require many kinds of talent in a great variety of duties, such as the planner, the builder, the inventor, the scientific investigator and the executive...