Word: locus
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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From Rochester, N. Y., locus of the Eastman Kodak Works, came news. An experiment had been made with aerial photography at night by flashlight. A Martin bomber 3000 feet up dropped 50 pounds of flashlight powder which was detonated in midair. Seven special cameras and a cinema machine clicked. There was a swift and powerful flash-it lasted only one-fiftieth of a second-then a tremendous explosion "rocked the buildings," "broke windows" (a few). The photographs were a "success." "Useful in war," said observers...
...have been assured a dozen times, is in sight and gasping undergraduates and alumni, in fact all those who flock to see the cross section of American life seen on the observation cars, at the Griswold, and perchance on the yachts, will be able once again to locus their attention on things more serious than electric fans and cooling drinks...