Word: lamp
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...during the fractional distillation (selective boiling) of liquid air, and sold to academic laboratories for $100 a litre if pure, $15 a litre if mixed. Argon or nitrogen at low pressure are the usual fillers for electric tamp bulbs manufactured in the U. S. In Europe, however, krypton-filled lamps have been manufactured by Philips Glowlamp Works of Holland and other companies for about three years. Krypton lamps cost 75?, compared to 25? for argon lamps, but their sponsors claim that a 40-watt krypton lamp sheds as much light as an ordinary 50-watt bulb and that the cooling...
Hannah Dorner's communique does not state expressly whether or not those taking charge will be able to put up additional names. In the event that this is possible, it is reliably reported that local potentates will consider the addition of Margaret Toth ocC, local lady of the lamp...
...instance in the current issue there is quite a piece about a piano player named Raymond Scott, who has recorded, among others. Powerhouse, Toy Trumpet, Reckless Night Aboard an Ocean Liner. Also about another musician who will make Merry Widow on a Spree, Dizzy Debutante, Lullaby to a Lamp Post, Ode to an Old Coat Sleeve...
...committee was named to investigate and assess the value of such property as was damaged. Several men were seen carefully inspecting the lamp posts to see if any paint had been scratched off. They finally gave up and searched for damage to the grass on Cambridge Common from foot prints. The only prints that were heavy enough to be identified were those of horses and City police officers...
...devotee of deep-sea fishing, she also enjoys making ungentlemanly motorists climb lamp-posts and drives a heavy Packard expressly for that purpose...