Word: inch
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...inch photographic telescope is being used for the study of variable stars in the southern Milky Way, and in the Magellanic Clouds. A special telescope with wide-angle lens carries on the photographic patrol of the whole southern sky--an investigation long maintained by the University in order to have a continuous record of the variations or of any unusual behavior of the brighter stars...
...Prince. Crown Prince Hirohito, who, since November, 1921, has acted as Regent on account of his father's illness, was found to have escaped death "by one inch." The Prince continued on his way as if nothing had happened. Arriving in the Upper House of the Diet, he read an address to the members of the House in a calm voice, then returned to the Imperial Palace under heavy guard. No one present at the reading of the address knew of the shooting, but after the Prince had departed and the news became known, all expressed their highest admiration...
...mineral desired are poured into a small platinum tube sealed with solid gold, which is placed in a "bomb" of the finest steel, along with a small electric furnace made of rubies. Heat up to 2,500° Fahrenheit, and pressure up to 200,000 Ibs. a square inch are applied gradually. Suddenly the pressure drops. When the container is opened, small quantities of rock or mineral are found...
What is more, the man-made products actually improve on those of Nature. They are completely free from impurities. Some seeming miracles have been accomplished under high pressure-water, though incompressible, can, under a pressure of 130,000 Ibs. to the square inch, be frozen into a cake of ice so dense that it sinks in water. Mercury can be frozen under a pressure of 170,000 Ibs. Water can be injected into rocks under the same conditions until they become soft and gelatinlike. All of these processes are at present prohibitively costly. A synthetic tombstone would cost a billion...
...Winnipeg, one Stanley Carlson equipped himself with a cowhide suit covered with spikes an inch long, announced his intention of departing soon for Port Arthur to slay wolves by clouting them on the head with an axe while they nibble at his armor...