Word: method
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...last of the Canary Islands disappear. "By nightfall . . . the three ships had an uncharted ocean to themselves." How did Columbus know where he was on that sea? "The Admiral liked to pose as an expert in celestial navigation. . . . Yet the testimony of his own journals proves that the simple method of finding latitude from a meridional observation of the sun . . . was unknown to Columbus." He was unable to use the newly invented astrolabe, and probably had none aboard. The common quadrant was his only instrument of celestial navigation. Mostly he sailed by dead reckoning, "which means simply laying down your...
...have to be precise to the last detail. Every test that is used to train spotters, gunners, etc. requires exactly scaled models. In training gunners, for example, it is necessary to teach them to recognize whether a ship is going at maximum or at cruising speed, and the only method they have of estimating range is the size of the plane in their ring sights. Since the models are built on the precise scale of 1 to 72 (one inch represents six feet of the actual plane), the model looks to the gunner at 35 feet exactly...
...worksheets are pamphlets outlining a method for the comprehensive study of a particular subject. Last semester the seminar prepared 18 of these on such topics as "Hitler--the man," and "The ABC's of Wartime Rumor...
...whether a job is being properly run will be that there will always be a few men standing around with nothing to do. This may seem like gross in-efficiency but if you grant that "one plane today is worth ten planes a year from today," then the method will appear less mad. Thus, the point where there is just the maximum number working is not easy to determine. So it is proposed that it is better to look for the point which is 1 or 2 per cent above maximum rather than operate at 30 or 50 per cent...
...first broadcast of the Council at the end of last term on "Our War Aims in the Far East" demonstrated the round table method that will be followed in the weekly broadcasts this winter. These will consist of discussions between professors and members of the Council on major problems of the post-war world, and will fellow the course of study that the Council is pursuing...