Word: intervale
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Because Professor Allison's magneto-optical apparatus is his own contrivance, many a scientist doubted his discoveries. A few used similar machines, notably Professor Joseph Llewellyn McGhee of Emory University, Atlanta. Light from an electric spark is polarized by a Nicol prism, then sent through a cell containing carbon disulfide...
After a long study of the subject the staff of the Bureau has come to regard the interval-light traffic signal system as almost a panacea for congestion and delays on busy city streets. At the request of the Boston City government the Bureau undertook a thorough survey of conditions...
"Massachusetts Avenue, with the exception of the section running through the Harvard Square district, is one of the most striking examples of modern street traffic regulation. The most important step to consider in making traffic regulation in Harvard Square safe and efficient is the installation of these lights throughout. Massachusetts...
A woman newspaper correspondent's story of that "quaint old Down East fishing village, full of quaint old interesting characters and quaint old interesting furniture and fashionable summer people," sends the Masseys with their daughters, Enid and Clarissa, to Mary's Neck. Their first mistake is to arrive...
In 1917 the collapse of Imperial Russia freed Prisoner Svinhufvud who was hailed as a hero on his return to Helsingfors. became President of the Senate (1917-18) and Regent of Finland (1918). Threatened by Red Russia. Regent Svinhufvud offered the Crown of Finland to Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse...