Word: loads
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...name-William David Upshaw-but is commonly known as 'Earnest Willie.' He comes from the Bible-loving, liquor-hating region of Georgia, and like most cripples who do not become incurably bitter, he is an incurable romantic. When he was 18, he fell from a load of wood, hurt his back, remained for seven years in a bed constructed upon four tree trunks coming up through his house because vibration caused him agony. That was 42 years...
...bits of freshness-Magda de Bries in a rattling dance, Moran and Mack, funny in spite of stale skits, Julius Tannen, dialogue comedian, and best of all, Julius Tannen's trained seal, who misbehaved beautifully. This is hardly enough light to brighten a whole freight-car load of carnality. Seats must be purchased at least a week in advance...
...battery (collection of cells), that the liver is the negative pole. Heart, lungs, stomach are only accessories to the electrical operation of liver and brain. He found much data to support his hypothesis, found many applications to the principles involved. Sleep permits the brain to re-establish its positive load of electricity.* Such facts pertinent to a conception of life as an electrical phenomenon, Dr. Crile, with the editorial aid of his laboratory coworker, Amy F. W. Rowland, has collated in his book, A Bipolar Theory of Living Processes, just issued by Macmillan's ($5.00). His thesis...
...thrust that it is geared to one half the motor's speed turning only 1,100 revolutions per minute. (Smaller propellers must make 1,400 to 2,400 r.p.m.) Engineering skill has arranged that 50% of the Cyclops' final flying weight, 16,600 Ibs., shall be "useful load", i.e. 4,000 lbs. of bombs; 2,500 lbs. of fuel, enough for 500 mi.; 1,000 Ibs. of personnel; 500 lbs. of munitions for machine guns. Without bombs and cartridges, 5,000 Ibs. of fuel could be carried and the Cyclops flown to Europe. Five machine guns are carried...
...planes used are of a new commercial type called "Carrier Pigeons." The transport company is maintaining ten of them, each costing: $20,000. Specifications: 400-horse Liberty motor, 42-ft. wingspread, 28 ft. long, 12 ft. high, 3,500 Ib. weight, average speed 100 miles per hour. The heaviest load carried on the first day was 276½lb. of mail (about 10,000 letters). The first day's total postage: $8,411.14. The post-office rates: 10? an ounce between Chicago and Dallas; 15? an ounce to points east of Chicago...