Word: heats
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...advantage of the hot water heating system over steam and hot air systems is that hot water retains its heat longer than do steam or air. Hot liquids in general are better storers of heat than are vapors or gases. But it is difficult to raise the temperatures of liquids to very high, useful heats. Chemical engineers obtain controlled temperatures of about 900° F. with an organic substance, diphenyl. Highest degree to which water can go and remain water is 698° F. Its pressure against pipes is then almost 2,900 lb. per sq. in. This difficulty gives...
Representative headlines are "Big-Shot Life Not All Gravy; 'Campus Heat' Gets Too Hot"; "What About Repeal, Will Administration Lead With Its Chin?"; and "Local Sports Critics a Couple of Monday Pool-Room Coaches...
Trials in the fall sculling regatta closed yesterday afternoon, with only two heats in the Junior singles race scheduled. In the first heat A. V. Meigs 11, won from John Hallowell '31, covering the three-quarter mile course in 5 minutes, 8 seconds. William P. Hazard '36 took the second race in the slower time of 5 minutes, 23 seconds, while Henry S. Miller '35 was a close second...
...Only one heat was rowed in the half-mile narrow compromise race. Richard G. Ames '34 covering the course in 3 min., 41 sec., with John A. Carley '36, a close second...
Racing home bow and bow in the first heat of the novice singles race in the fall sculling regatta yesterday afternoon. Andrew Marshall, Jr. '34 and John L. Ward '34 covered the half-mile course in 3 min., 37 sec., thus qualifying for the finals to be held on Friday. In the other heat, H. W. Herne '37 nosed ahead at the finish to win from B. W. Creelman '37, in 3 min., 41 sec. Both these men also will row in the finals...