Word: meter
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...deadly is a curie? Thirring starts with the assumption that 2,000 roentgens (the unit of radiation) will kill a man. After considering many factors, he concludes that a radioactive poison spread over the ground at the rate of two curies per square meter would give a man eight roentgens of radiation per hour. In about ten days this would build up to the lethal dose of 2,000 roentgens. The period of grace, thinks Ridenour, makes radiological poison a rather humane weapon. The inhabitants of a contaminated city could save their lives if they set out promptly...
...Manhattan. The U.S. chain-reacting piles at Hanford, Wash., Ridenour says, are now operating at a rate of at least 3,000,000 kilowatts. This means that the radioactive materials they produce in a month could contaminate (at the rate of two curies per square meter) about 144 square miles of territory. The area of Manhattan Island, Ridenour points out cheerfully, is slightly more than 22 square miles...
...River near Perth, Australia, Marshall showed an early liking for water, has made it a second home ever since. In 1946, at the age of 16, he perfected his stroke under ace Australian Coach Tom Donnet. In the 1948 Olympics in London, Marshall placed second in the 1,500-meter event. It was at that point that the 152-Ib. youngster met famed Yale Swimming Coach Bob Kiphuth, decided...
Hiring a private plane and an electric organ, Mike crosshatched the state, 'hammering at Elmer. In little towns, he would leave his car overtime by a parking meter, then identify himself and pay the fine ("Always good for a box on Page One," explained Mike). He used the "Brannan Plan" as an epithet, never let farmers forget that Thomas had sponsored it. He reminded Oklahoma's 100,000 rural voters, who get electricity from REA lines, that Thomas has opposed federal-built dams to provide cheap power. Thomas, he declared, is a "messenger" for private utilities...
...Crimson, on the other hand, has beaten all challengers except M.I.T. in the E.A.R.C. 2000-meter sprint, which the Engineers won by one tenth of a second. Yale placed sixth in this regatta...