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...furnace and ventilating blowers cooling the factory Dr. McCauley could not make himself heard. He signaled his orders with his arm. A workman sprang to a windlass operating one of the furnace doors. Eight others manned the 20-ft. handle of a big ladle, hanging from an overhead monorail. By clenching a peg between his teeth, the '"front" man kept in place a rectangular face-shield. Above the din the carrier truck screeched on the overhead rail as the ladle was trundled up to the furnace. The door swung open to a blinding glare from the inferno inside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Pouring Day | 4/2/1934 | See Source »

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