Word: hug
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that the mercury 1) dissolved a lot of rust from the steel tubes it moved through, 2) did not heat uniformly, so that it flowed poorly, overheating certain boiler pipes. A corps of chemists, metallurgists, engineers finally figured out the reason. Mercury-with its well-known tendency to hug itself in little globules-was not "wetting" the steel heating tubes in intimate contact. Hence oxygen crept between the two metals and rusted the steel, and the uneven contact led to uneven heating. What was needed was a wetting agent for the mercury. Scientists found it by putting traces of magnesium...
...Navy: "Probably one-fourth of the famous submarine fleet has been sunk. Surface vessels hug the harbors because of lack of oil, disrepair and a healthy respect for British gun power...
...girl friend Wun Hug was also confident in predicting a Cambridge victory...
...hope he Knox Hill out'a him," muttered Wun Hug, Huey's girl friend, apparently referring to the horned quadruped, as Huey skirted down the sidelines...
...That goat will knock him Flathmann," cried Wun Hug, and Harlow will sabotage the Navy...