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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When danger was such as required a long fast "hop," or straight run at maximum speed, the fish flew near the surface with its body bent downward in a curve from its midsection so that the tail touched the water occasionally, giving it accelerating bursts of speed. The wings move so as to make splash-points with the down-curved tips, at intervals resembling a column of colons exactly as described by Geologist Troxell. This flight ended in a glide with tail touching in a swimming motion several yards before the fish plopped down and submerged. In landing from...
Awarded to the most promising candidates regardless of financial need, the scholarships carry maximum stipends of $1,000 in the first year and $1,200 each year thereafter...
...decided what causes stars to explode. Something seems to go wrong with the delicate mechanism that keeps the outward force of radiation pressure balanced against the inward force of gravity. Then the star throws off rapidly expanding shells of hot gas, increases greatly in brightness. Ordinary novae attain a maximum brightness about 25,000 times that of the sun. Therefore, since the difference between actual brightness and apparent brightness depends on distance, novae have provided important clues to the distances of the nebulae in which they occur. About 130 novae have been recorded-most of them found by chance...
...ground to suit various operating conditions. In 1933 the Hamilton Standard Propellers division of United Aircraft Corp. won the Collier Trophy by producing the first controllable pitch propeller, ''the gearshift of the air." This allowed a pilot to change propeller pitch during flight and achieve maximum propeller efficiency both at take-off and at high speed. A further refinement was the constant speed propeller, which changes pitch automatically as the plane climbs, dives or cruises so that the engine's r.p.m. remain constant...
When a man outruns a horse, it isn't news. Last December Jesse Owens beat a race horse over a hundred-yard course in Havana, but it is an old carnival stunt. A man reaches his maximum speed in a few seconds. Over limited distances he can run up a big lead before the horse gets going. But last week in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., a man-&-horse race was given a new twist...