Word: motioned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Michelson-Morley experiment of 1887 he split a ray of light in two and raced the fractions against each other. This single experiment disproved the theory of a drifting ether, broke down old scientific philosophy, triggered off Einstein's study of relativity, created a new conception of time, space, motion of reality itself...
...four great rotating blades, or vanes, affixed to an upright tripod. It is this rotor that gives the ship its windmill appearance and that accounts for its amazing stability. Because the blades are turned not by the engine but simply by the wind induced by the ship's motion, the rotor is not a propeller, and the autogiro is not to be confused with a helicopter. Rotation of the rotors cannot stop so long as the craft...
...votes followed, the second most significant. On the straight Conservative motion of noconfidence, the Government won 310 to 235. Immediately the Liberals, with the Government's official support, proposed an amendment appointing a commission to study budgetary economics. The Conservatives were also agreeable, and the amendment should have passed unanimously. Instead, all the Left Laborites bolted, and their 21 votes were the only ones cast in opposition...
...good friend of His Holiness, fell to his knees, kissed the papal ring. The Pope was smiling, showed traces of excitement. The Mar chese Marconi and entourage entered the small building over a thick red-and-blue carpet. Whimsically His Holiness threw in switches which set electrical devices in motion; he tapped a wireless key, punched a teletypewriter's keys, proceeded to the transmitting room where from a throne he spoke to All Creation...
Lotte Reiniger's silhouette motion picture, "The Adventures of Prince Achmed," will be shown twice this afternoon in the Fogg Art Museum, at 2 and 3.45 o'clock. The demand for tickets so far exceeded the space for the first performance last Saturday that it was decided to give two more showings today...