Word: motorize
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...gasolene at one dollar a gallon it quoted Dr. Warren K. Lewis, head of the department of Chemical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology to show that motor fuel substitutes would supersede gasolene at that price...
...William Bell, of the British Institute of Patentees, has published a list of inventions which the world needs, including glass that will bend, a smooth road surface that will not be slippery in wet weather, unshrinkable flannel, a noiseless airplane, a motor of one pound weight per horsepower, methods of reducing friction, practical ways of utilizing the tides...
...Williams team has made its head-quarters at the Hotel Lenox, and its members spent yesterday at the theatre. This morning the squad will motor to Soldiers Field to hold a light work-out. HARVARD WILLIAMS Clark, c.f. c.f., Buck Gordon, l.f. 3b., O'Brien Buell, 3b. 1b., Richmond Owen, 1b. r.f., Fisher Hill, s.s. l.f., Monjo Hammond, 2b. 2b., Hoyt Burgess, r.f. s.s., Mallon Larrabee, c. c., Coe Herrmann, p. p., Clement...
...famous flights of Macready and Kelly indicated that the body of the airplane, its structure and flying controls are sound, its heart?the power plant?is weak and constantly giving trouble. Navy Department statistics indicate that the Liberty motor must be overhauled after approximately 72 hours of flight at a cost of 300 man-hours and over $600. The Navy has been giving the question of improved engine reliability the most concentrated attention, and, without great modifications in principle, by better detail design and more skillful use of materials has greatly raised engine endurance. Engines now are expected...
...Worcester. About 9.30 last night William Eastwood of Framingham reported to the Framingham Chief of Police that he had picked up a man answering to Clapp's description at about 8.30 o'clock Thursday morning outside Framingham. Eastwood was on his way to Marlboro by motor and found a man in a blue serge suit "and white sneakers" without hat walking along the highway towards Worcester. He said he was a Harvard student working his way to Albany. Eastwood took him as far as Framingham Center where he took the Worcester road on foot...