Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...time to see Dr. Michelson perform his light experiments. Since he was a young physics instructor at Annapolis, Dr. Michelson has repeated his measurements from time to time, refining his technique with each performance. In 1926, he shot a beam of light from Mt. Wilson to San Antonio Peak, 22 mi. away, determined that light travels 186,284 mi. per sec. Later he was convinced that he might have made an error of 18.62 mi. per sec. because of earth movements. This time he has prepared a mile-long vacuum tube which will more nearly approach the conditions through which...
...peak of the tercentenary celebration of the settlement of Boston was marked by the annual meeting of the American Legion. Doubtless the founders, could, they have looked down on their city during that week, would have felt honored. The Legion has not been distinguished for the decorum and sobriety of its conventions, but its excesses in Boston seem to have passed the bounds of previous meetings except that at Kansas City...
...tents, found in their subsequent explorations great spurts of steam issuing from cracks in the craters' icy floors. They put a pot of beans over one of the steam streams, baked them for dinner. Another characteristic of the region which made Father Hubbard know that the two great peaks were alive was the lava formation. It was piled up in huge distorted lumps with jagged, jutting corners showing that it has been thrown up recently. Aniakchak and Veniaminoff are two craters of the volcanic range stretching for 2,000 mi. from Mt. Spurr in Alaska to the Aleutian Islands...
...curb, Prince & Whitely Trading Corp. dropped from $7.50 to $.50 before rallying. Brokers pointed to the fact that J. A. Sisto & Co. which failed fortnight ago (TIME. Oct. 13) had had an investment trust, that both Sisto financial and Prince & Whitely trading had been formed near the peak of last year's bull market...
...study of species is complicated in this and the succeeding zone, where the highest mountains of Guatemala are located, by reason of the changes in fauna which occur, not only as one ascends or descends a mountain peak through various levels in its 13,000 or 14,000 feet. In this arid subtropical plateau there are peaks which have birds of the tropical desert at their base, of the arid subtropical plateau upon their slopes, and of the temperate regions on their summits. All this complicates the task of a cataloguer. It is necessary to state at what altitude...