Word: oiled
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...such voids form, a minute electric discharge takes place within the void; that is, small electric arcs form, and the molecules of air find themselves in an electric field which causes them to attain high velocities. This effect is called ionization. The ions then impinge on the paper and oil, and have the effect of a rapid and continual bombardment. They not only perforate the paper with holes, but also because of the formation of nitrates and ozone, cause adverse chemical actions in the impregnated oil. This insidious reaction is cumulative, and in the course of time, the papers...
...School of Architecture is now holding an exhibition of oil paintings by Raymond Everett '09, of Austin, Texas, who is Professor of Fine Arts in the University of Texas and was formerly a student in the School of Architecture at Harvard. The paintings were done in Texas and in Mexico. They are shown at the old Fogg Museum and will be on view from Wednesday, March 27 through Saturday, April...
...Standard Oil of California (largest U.S. producer of crude oil; third largest refiner in the world), $46,083,817, as against...
...Vacuum Oil Co. (its merger with Standard Oil of N.Y. is persistently rumored, loudly denied), $37,659,458, as against...
...interest to all businessmen, of vital im portance to oilmen, was President Hoover's an nounced decision, last week, to allow no further private development of U. S. -owned oil lands...