Word: lamps
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...between the truth and demagoguery? The perfect case in point is that of Germany, where millions literally bow down before the emotional appeals of as fanatical a leader as ever ruled a nation. The hope of western civilization lies in those countries which have succeeded in keeping lighted the lamp of truth, and the hope of those countries lies in their institutions of learning, whose duty it is to ensure that the lamp is never extinguished...
Walls and tables were choked with silver rings, pewter ash trays, fashion sketches, electrical equipment, straw hats, parchment lamp shades, gingham dresses. Demonstration classes in French, stenography, music appreciation, beauty culture, etiquette and Budgeting the Family Income chattered and squirmed in the centre of each floor. Behind exhibits and pupils lay the stories of some 75,000 men and wo- men stranded by Depression and floated off poverty, despair or boredom by a movement which has become one of the most significant phenomena of the past decade...
...glass sphere with tubular extensions on opposite sides, the Ignitron is an ordinary mercury vapor lamp except that the electrodes are the pool of mercury in the bottom of the sphere and a graphite pole above it. When struck by the bullet, the copper wire closes a switch which passes electric current to the mercury. A spark then leaps between pool and pole. The flash lasts...
...idle toy, the Westinghouse device serves industry as a delicate circuit breaker for aluminum welding, as a mercury vapor lamp for producing stroboscopic light by which to inspect revolving parts. A very fast series of flashes illuminates the part at the same point of every revolution, and thus, because of persistence of vision in the human eye, the part appears to be standing still. Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have used mercury vapor stroboscopes in connection with a super-fast camera to record the impact of a golf club with the ball, the splash of a drop of milk...
Other "dangerous precedents": The Lamp, organ of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, urged in a recent number that "fuel oil should not displace coal for ordinary purposes." A serious shortage of fuel oil, they indicate, is in prospect...