Word: maximum
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first large result of hydro-electric development", Mr. Hale continued, "will be to save a large amount of the nation's coal supply. In New York State the maximum utilization of water power sites would conserve approximately one-third of the coal now used in that state, and a proportional reduction could probably be obtained throughout the country. Such a saving would not only relieve the pressure on the nation's fuel resources, but would also be of great advantage to the railroads, which have a great deal of capital tied up in coal cars, which are loaded only...
...progress been made in the building of turbines, larger and with higher speed than was previously thought possible, and now voltages as high as 115,000 in alternating current are being transmitted where a few years ago a current of 30,000 volts was believed to be the maximum. Future developments in transformer capacity and in the transmission of direct rather than alternating current will greatly increase the efficiency of hydro-electric power, and will bring about large changes in the industrial life of the United States...
...prediction of 1.75 seconds of arc and overrides the Newtonian calculations of 87 seconds. But as I have mentioned before the average proves nothing. The real merit of the result lies in the small variation in so many plates. The minimum displacement was 1.58 seconds of arc and the maximum 1.86 seconds. The results were derived from the measurement of 60-80 star displacements on each of four plates. The accuracy of the photography could not be denied, after the consistency of the results is considered...
...team will face the University nine this afternoon at 4 o'clock on Soldiers Field. The Crimson has had a rest since the Princeton game on Saturday, spending the week-end with Mr. H. R. Hardwick '15 at Great Hills, and should go into today's contest with its maximum strength. Honors on the mound will be shared between Spalding and Herrmann, with the former probably starting...
...simple device would help to minimize that disappointment. It was proposed emphatically last fall, yet the Committee has apparently taken no notice of it. Every man should be given the privilege of filing two applications: one for the maximum probable number of tickets, the other for the minimum. Then, when the total demand is known, it will not be difficult to divide the applications so that every man's minimum, at least, is filled, and as many of the maximum as possible, chosen not by lot but in the suggested order of priority. In this way each applicant will understand...