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Water was run into the hole through a wide hose, and formed a solution with loose soil at the bottom. The resultant mixture was forced to the top through a very narrow pipe, and was collected in a trough...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two Workmen Sink Shaft In Parking Plot to Test Soil | 1/7/1937 | See Source »

...normal pressure of 6 lb. per sq. in. Both axles are pivoted so that each wheel can rise two feet without distorting the frame. There are ten forward speeds, six reverse. All four wheels are powered. In water or on marsh, traction is provided by sections of inflated hose strapped around the tires just as normal motorists strap on winter chains. In case of puncture, the tire is kept inflated by a compressor which feeds air constantly to the tube...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Marsh Buggy | 12/28/1936 | See Source »

...week it took 500 tons of ice fed through grinders to keep the floor and ski slide snowy. During performances of the show, spectators were spellbound when workmen fed one of the machines 50-lb. chunks of ice, which it chewed into flakes, spewed out of a six-inch hose, as glittering, precious Snow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Indoor Winter | 12/21/1936 | See Source »

...Ribbed Wool Hose, checks and cross striped effects are destined to be worn in great numbers this season. Brightly patterned Argyles and Checks always are popular for winter wear...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOCKS, SHIRTS AND TIES MOVE IN STYLE TREND TOWARD BRIGHTER COLORS IN MODERN PATTERNS | 12/2/1936 | See Source »

Died. Philip Joseph ("Mac") Magrath, 59, Manhattan's famed fistfighting priest who for 24 years (1907-31) crusaded against waterfront gangs (Hudson Dusters, Tin Can Athletic Club, Pig Alley Sports, Vinegar Hill Gang) with prayer-book and an 8-in. rubber hose vhich, he said, "drops 'em just as quick but doesn't crack the skull"; of heart disease; in Manhattan. In his Catholic Seamen's Mission hung a bold sign: "If you want to know who's boss START SOMETHING...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 31, 1936 | 8/31/1936 | See Source »

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