Word: metalic
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...loomed no pianoforte's harp-shaped shadow; no fiddlers tried their strings; no brisk conductor raised his arm. It was bare as Mother Hubbard's cupboard. At the back of this bare stage, there stood a huge screen, black-bordered; down by the footlights were certain metal boxes, each topped with a keyboard of sliding buttons. Before the concert began, a man made a speech. He was Thomas Wilfred, Danish singer, who invented the instrument so curiously composed of the metal boxes, the great screen. He explained his invention, the Clavilux or light-organ, that makes symphonies...
...Balkans, Austria, Hungary, Germany and other parts of Europe. Such is its character that the man who suffers from it burrows in darkness, and lives out his life (for the disease is generally incurable) in dread of the light. Any brightness sears the nerves of the brain like molten metal. Great efforts have been made to keep the disease out of the U. S.; it has nevertheless crept in. Over 70,000 Amerindians are reported to have it. It is most common in the Alleghenies, Tennessee, North Carolina, Kentucky, Illinois. Last week, it was suggested that trachoma be made...
...falcons, pursued it, rackets poised. In turn they beat the ball afresh to make it go faster-whack, whack, like pistol shots against the walls. Now and again one would miss his stroke. Now and again came a great clang as the ball crashed into the "tell-tale," or metal strip across the bottom of the front wall. For an hour or so the two men and the little white ball flashed hither and thither in the little red room. Then they desisted-and William Rand Jr. of Manhattan, congratulated his conqueror, R. Earl Fink of Brooklyn, upon winning...
According to Dr. Hall the synthetic gold, if it could be produced cheaply enough would have a large number of practical uses beside its present use for jewelry and coinage. Its properties are very similar to copper, and if it could be produced as cheaply as that metal it could be used for electrical wiring, as it is a good conductor. We might also see roofs, and cooking utensils made of the substance. It would have the added advantage of not tarnishing in the air. In chemical work it might find some use as a material for containers of various...
...wings of 2,400 sq. ft. The sturdy 60-ft. hull, built of the wonderfully light and strong duralumin, is lighter and less liable to soakage than the wooden-hull type of construction it Displaces, can keep afloat in the roughest sea. The wings, while fabric-covered, are also metal in their structure. Two huge Packard engines of 800 horsepower each revolve at 2,200 times a minute-hence their large power for comparatively small weight-while the propellers are geared down and therefore work more slowly and efficiently. The engines are placed in tandem, with a propeller at front...