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...most powerful radio station in Berlin, 100-kilowatt Berlin-Tegel, broadcasts in German, has its studios in the British sector, its transmitter in the French sector, and its lines run through the American sector. But what comes out over the air is all decided upon by the Russians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Redside Radio | 10/22/1945 | See Source »

...that energy is equal to mass multiplied by the square of the velocity of light. Light's speed is so enormous" (186,000 miles a second), and its square (self-multiplication) so much more enormous still, that one pound of matter is equal to more than ten billion kilowatt-hours of energy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Origins | 8/20/1945 | See Source »

...Regularly irrigate the vast, fertile, but often drought-parched San Joaquin Valley. ¶Supply 1,500,000,000 kilowatt hours annually to northern California's power-hungry industry through five turbines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONSTRUCTION: By a Damsite | 6/19/1944 | See Source »

This indictment got a partial reply last week when Allied Headquarters in North Africa revealed that broadcasting had begun with a new U.S. propaganda line over the first powerful U.S. transmitter (50 kilowatt, medium wave) in North Africa. Unlike past broadcasts from the U.S., the programs are not called the Voice of America but speak for all the United Nations from North Africa. They are dedicated to telling the news about the war, calmly, matter-of-factly, even when it is unfavorable to the United Nations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Radio, Jul. 12, 1943 | 7/12/1943 | See Source »

...gram of coal burning yields about 1/100th of a kilowatt hour.) This is ample to explain the sun's energy, and the supply is big enough to last 30 billion years at its present rate of consumption...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Solar Fuel | 1/4/1943 | See Source »

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