Word: height
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...heat an electric iron for a day. By experimenting with artificial lightning of about 2,000,000 volts, it was found that lightning does not always strike the highest object, except when that object is 2.5% or more of the distance from the ground to the cloud. When the height of the object is 1.1% of the distance from the ground to the cloud, the chances of its being hit are about 50-50. Nevertheless, a man standing is 15 times more likely to be hit than is a man lying down. Around every high object there is a safety...
NamePosition Age Weight Height J. W. Adie '26, center 20 176 6.00 C. E. Baldwin '26, end 19 172 6.00 E. M. Beals '25, end 21 175 6.01 E. H. Bradford '26, end 20 173 6.00 C. H. Bradford '26, guard 20 186 6.01 George Braden '25, end 24 165 5.07 C. E. Bohlen '27, tackle 20 175 6.01 R. W. Chase '25, end 20 175 6.01 M. A. Cheek '26, back 21 175 5.10 C. D. Coady '27, end 21 195 6.01 L. F. Daley '27, line 22 190 6.00 E. S. Daniell '26, guard...
...Bakelite type. People will read Bakeliterature, Bakelitigate their cases, offer Bakeliturgies for their dead, bring young into the world in Bakelitters. Dr. Baekeland is a man in middle years, erect, rugged, taciturn, with the sensitive mouth of a field marshal and the cold eyes of a philanthropist. Of medium height, courtly, dignified, he adopts the old-world manner, shuns personal publicity, wants to be known only in connection with his scientific work, makes many addresses before scientific societies. In addressing the Society last week, he spoke of Science as an enemy of War, making the point that as modern discoveries...
...hunger and expire like dogs." The intense agitation on the part of the workers caused considerable nervousness among the Moscow Governmental hierarchy. Krassin, Kamenev and Zinoviev maintained that grain must be exported. Rykov, President of the Council of People's Commissaries, wavered. War Lord Trotzky thought it the height of folly to flout the people's wishes and recommended export of butter, timber, eggs, flax, oil to the West and of sugar to the East instead of export of grain. No decision was reached...
...height of folly...