Word: maye
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...valve by which the aquatic animal closes the ear, man may substitute rubber stoppers or plugs of oiled wool or cotton. . . . This precautionary measure also lessens the occurrence of the various forms of otomycosis [fungus disease] that are frequently observed during the swimming season...
...Never dive feet foremost. "The rush of water into the nasal cavities may readily cause acute infections of the sinuses, the middle ear and the mastoid in swimmers of all ages...
Sirela is founded on the mathematical basis that the seven syllables of the scale, plus a Spatari-added Bo, may be arranged into no less than 1,000,000 pronounceable combinations. These combinations are used to express not only single words, but complete thoughts. To these combinations at present there is no rhyme nor clue. They stand for what Carlo Spatari believes they ought to stand for. Originally he had thought of making them up so they could be sung, but that idea proved unmelodious...
...apple falling from a tree may have started Isaac Newton on the way to the Law of Gravitation, but such falls are disastrous to modern orchardists. They want to pick their fruit from the trees, not gather it off the ground. Grounded apples are spoiled by bruises and rotting. Science cannot suspend the Law of Gravitation for beleaguered orchardists, but last week it offered them a substitute in the form of a chemical apple-stem toughener...
...definition, the aim of science is not to produce but to know. Thus many "pure" scientists, who pursue knowledge for its own sake, do not consider the industrial and military technologists who apply other people's knowledge as scientists at all. The application may be far removed from the original discovery. For example, phosgene, which was first used as a military weapon in World War I, was first made by British Chemist John Davy...