Word: inched
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...those are the facts. In the intercollegiate track meet of 1922 the record throw was made by Hartranft of Leland Stanford for 140 feet 1-8 inch. 12 feet under Carpenter's throw. And the best heave on the University records is that made by Carpenter himself in the dual meet with Yale last spring for a flat 135 feet. The only records which Carpenter failed to better were the world's record, and the mark of 155 feet 2 inches established in 1916 by A. W. Mucks of the University of Wisconsin as the best American throw on record...
Munitions. Under contract No. 2,010 the Navy Department ordered some 3-inch projectiles from the Edward Valve and Manufacturing Co., Chicago, and partially cancelled this order when the Armistice was signed. The munitions makers claimed $2,259,783.27. Their attorney succeeded in getting $574,291.42, said attorney being the Hon. James Hamilton Lewis, onetime Senator (Democrat...
...track at Soldiers Field has been almost completely made over since last spring. An eight-inch surface was put on during the summer and new concrete poles around the border have recently been completed...
...same token, Irene despised the flesh. Her father's memory was an abomination-not less so since her sister was every inch his daughter. She made her prayers with the passion wherewith they loved...
There are three exciting adventures now in progress, according to Professor Davis, which if successful will revolutionize the transformation of heat into power, which is the basis of all mechanical. engineering. The development of a steam pressure of 1200 pounds to the square inch, or over four times the maximum pressure possible a decade ago, is imminent. The use of mercury turbines which, although dangerous to the extreme, would save infinite leakage of heat is the second of these experiments. The third is a new internal combustion engine involving a water jacket which would eliminate the necessary high temperatures...