Word: motorize
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...With respect to motor equipment, the policy has been adopted that we must depend upon commercial motor vehicles, which can be produced in great quantities and in a minimum amount of time. This policy is a practical war and peace measure, because the government does not have to rely on its power of establishing in a short period of time a tremendous industry for manufacturing specialized motor equipment, but can fall back on the large normal output of private industries...
...experiment with motor vehicles up to the present time indicate that much reliance must still be placed on the horse. In fact, it is certain that for many years to come the division artillery will be horse drawn. It is interesting to note that a horse drawn light artillery section can cover 60-75 miles on a forced march of a day's duration, while a motor drawn contingent can at the most add but 25 miles to this figure, a 100 mile total. Of course in the case of a division moving day after day, the average is rarely...
...speed beyond his control, struck the sidewalk at a slant and turned on its side. The driver of the Chevrolet, crowded on the small seat by another lady and two men, had jammed on her brakes in a futile effort to stop. But the wheels skidded and the motor swung to the right and up onto the side-walk until it came to a rest under the windows of the corner book shop...
Alternating current was devised to increase the distance to which electrical power could be conveyed, direct current being transmissible only a few miles. Nikola Tesla invented motors to operate on alternating current 35 years ago, but until now there has always been a large fraction of energy wasted in proportion to the " working current." The Fynn-Weichsel motor utilizes the entire current...
...taken to help determine its age. Two other rooms, one walled up, are yet to be opened. The search for undiscovered tombs of other Pharaohs will be undertaken later. Automobile roads in the vicinity of Thebes and Luxor have been opened for tourists by the Egyptian Government and a motor car has been provided for the members of the expedition by George Blumenthal, Metropolitan trustee...