Word: paired
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This explosion-to-prevent-an-explosion is the unexpected byproduct of research conducted by a pair of English chemists, W. G. Glendinning and A. M. MacLennan. Four years ago, the two scientists set out to compare the "explodability" of kerosene and gasoline vapors. When they first blew up test mixtures of kerosene mist, they discovered that the intricate process of combustion was much slower than they had expected. It took all of one-hundredth of a second for the expanding pressure of the explosion to rise one pound per square inch. That left "bags of time," they decided, to quench...
...Good Night. In Milford, Mass., not a creature was stirring in the Red Shutter Restaurant, except someone who journeyed to its Nativity scene, made off with a candle, two angels, a pair of camels, two Wise...
...unusual gifts go, BIGELOW, KENNARD COMPANY, at 384 Boylston Street in Boston, has the unusual gift idea of the year. This pair of binoculars, strong, useful, and good-looking, folds up into its leather case to the size of a wallet. It sells for only $18.00. Also at Bigelow's is this Parker butane lighter, which will mystify friends and provide a year of lights to the heaviest smoker without refilling. It costs...
These stylish warm socks come for only $5.90 in half dozen lots or go for $2.50 a pair. This is only one of the fabulous bargains to be found at J. August in the Square. Made of cashmere and wool, here is an opportunity no one can afford to miss. To hold them up we have chosen a pair of garters that are sure to delight everyone including the frustrated mathematician. Not only are they good loking, but they will not dig the leg. They sell for only $2.50 at J. AUGUST in the Square...
Buddies & Torpedoes. Conservatives among U.S. sculptors, some of whom boycotted the show because they considered the jury too modern, still got their share of space. But, for the most part, they wasted it. Cecil Howard's sleek, plaster Adonis, Sacrifice, and Paul Manship's pair of bare-chested soldiers, striding arm in arm, entitled Buddies, were spiritless war-memorial stereotypes...