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...group will meet this afternoon at 1 o'clock in front of Sever Hall to inspect the factory of the Lever Brothers' Soap Company in Cambridge. These industrial excursions, which are also under the direction of Mr. Miller, are free. The Cambridge plant is one of the largest in the world and visitors will have the opportunity to see the various processes of asponification, and the manufactures of Lux and laundry cleansers...
...series of industrial excursions to take place on Tuesday afternoons has also been arranged. The schedule follows: July 11, Athenaeum Press; July 18, General Baking Company; July 25, Lever Brothers Company; August 1, Boston Fish Pier; August 8, W. F. Schrafft & Sons Corporation...
...Lever or Club? Last week both professional Wets and Drys wished they knew the answer to the question: What effect will beer have upon the war for Repeal? Wets prayed that the first excitement over beer's return would quickly subside into a system of non-political control which would demonstrate the country's capacity to handle hard liquor with decent moderation, a lever for Repeal...
...French gunnery school at Cazeaux a camera that resembled, in outward appearance, a Lewis machine gun. This "camera gun" was mounted parallel to axis of the airplane and was charged with a small film roll-like an ordinary Kodak. A fresh film was moved into position by pulling a lever. When in mock combat, the student tried to get his sights on his opponent and "fire" by pulling a trigger-the developed film showed the concentric rings of a conventional target plus the photograph of the "enemy" plane. These pictures were developed and graded like examination papers at school...
...signal to back.* Then he throws the locomotive into reverse. If he has a power reverse gear he just turns a little wheel, steam doing the rest. If he has a hand reverse gear he has to push hard and knows that the antic steam may kick the lever and break...