Word: ib
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...request citizens had contributed $30,000 to construct at the naval aircraft factory at Philadelphia a racing plane for him to pilot in last year's Schneider cup races in England. The plane. Mercury II, was 880 Ib. overweight, would not fly. He wanted to take it to England anyway, crack it up at the starting line and thus conceal the naval aircraft factory's "bungling construction." For six years the Navy had hampered his speed experiments. When in February he was ordered to sea duty, he resigned from the service in the belief that only in private aviation could...
Chief sponsor for this motorway was Lester P. Barlow of Stamford, Conn., President of N. Y. & N. E. M. Corp. Mr. Barlow once invented a flying torpedo which according to his specifications, giant motors would drive 225 m. p. h. for 1,000 miles to discharge 500 Ib. of TNT. More practicable, less lethal was the plan Mr. Barlow lately drew up and presented to President Hoover for a system of private turnpikes linking all major U. S. cities. Last week Mr. Barlow assembled at his Stamford home his friends and supporters, outlined his plans for local cooperation on this...
...Woolson last month flew a Diesel-powered Stinson from Detroit to Miami, approximately 1,200 miles, on $8.50 worth of fuel. Of prime importance to airplane builders is the reduction of Diesel engine weights to compare with gasoline engines of equivalent horsepower. Ordinary Diesels weigh about 25 Ib. per horsepower. The Packard Diesel weighs 2.26 Ib. per horsepower. A Whirlwind weighs 1.75 Ib. per horsepower...
...their last chance to vote these rates lower than they are in either the Senate or House Bill. Another section of the House- members from 13 beet sugar states- combined to protest any vote on sugar, lest, somehow, it be reduced below the possible maximum (3? per Ib.) set by the House Bill. A third section of the House - regular eastern Republicans - wanted the bill sent directly to conference without any voting which might alter their expensive handiwork. Among these contending forces, G. 0. P. leaders struggled to effect an agreement...
Bull fur seals, about 6 ft. long, 4½ ft, around, weigh from 400 to 500 Ib. They are able to stand nearly erect on land, to lollop along over a rocky beach as fast as a man, though they soon get out of breath. During the mating season they will chase creatures who trespass on their breeding grounds. Sharp-toothed, they can bite savagely. They live to be about 14 years old. They arrive at the Pribilof Islands early in May, three weeks before the cows, stay there until August. Each bull has a seraglio of from...