Word: motorize
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...observed that he is neither stupid nor reticent. In fact, he may be very wise about certain things, such as farms, or gasoline engines, or boats, and he can talk to you almost with eloquence about what makes the bees swarm, or what causes that sputter in your motor car, or how to shoot the sun with a sextant. If you take the trouble to ask, he will perhaps reveal to you his shy ambition to become a ranger in the government forestry service, to join the merchant marine, to be a dairy farmer, or to set up in business...
...that flight; largely responsible for the catapults which put aviation into the Fleet; and recognized as the foremost international authority on the design of seaplane floats and flying boat hulls. That he is not "the Chief Designer," but is employed in the capacity of Director of Engineering by Allied Motor Industries, Inc., parent company of Great Lakes Aircraft Corporation, thus making his services available to the latter corporation as well as others in the Allied group.* 5) That the Great Lakes plant now employs over 800 men. . . . 6) That Great Lakes is a recognized source of supply...
...equipment and extra fare as the old 20-hour trains. Detroit-Pontiac. The Grand Trunk Railway last week announced plans to electrify its lines between Detroit and Pontiac. A four-track, 40-minute suburban system will be provided-and over the hurrying interurban trains will be a four-lane motor speedway to permit hurrying autoists to cross some 25 miles of country in almost no time...
...currents of rivers into currents of electricity. Once in operation, however, an electric utility is almost a natural monopoly with unlimited possibilities for expansion and a product equally essential to U. S. homes and U. S. factories. A power house is a match to light a thousand lamps, a motor to turn a thousand wheels...
...same temperature chrome nickel steel's tensile strength is 30,000 lbs. per sq. in. Name given the new material is konel metal - from ko(balt) plus n(ick)el. Uses are for the filaments of radio vacuum tubes, turbine blades, motor pistons, valves & valve stems...