Word: pipeful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...time would seem ripe for some new gentlemen's agreement which would bring to Harvard and her major competitors an equal share in the disadvantages of a certain proportion of public practice sessions. With all parties starting thus from scratch, no one could pipe up and point to defeats as the result of too few secret practices; and the team might regain some of that organic unity with the student and alumni, the loss of which has lead to the recent plaintive whining about lack of vocal support...
Meanwhile steel-pipe makers have been whistling through their fingers. Steel is iron mixed with and hardened by carbon. Because it is easier to produce steel than to rid iron of its impurities, steel is cheaper than pure iron. It is also cheaper than-iron or steel alloys, and than copper alloys. But it oxidizes (rusts) many times faster than do those other materials...
Last week steel-pipe makers rejoiced when Clarence T. Coley, operating manager of Manhattan's old and lofty Equitable Building, and his Chief Engineer Carl W. Poulsen announced that they had discovered a simple way to clear rust from the steel plumbing of their building. They drain the water off and force dry steam into the pipes. The heat makes the pipes expand, the rust shrink loose from the pipes. The steam is released and water flushes the rust away. The pipes become clean, although pitted, and thinner than when bought...
...production of about 43% of total U. S. steel capacity. Bethlehem can pro duce about 15% of the total, leaving about 42% for independent companies. Prominent among these companies are: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. Three-fourths of the plant, nearly all the directorate, in Youngstown, Ohio. Makes principally pipe, sheet and tube; therefore best customers are the oil and automobile companies. Merger with Inland Steel Co. (Chicago district) has been frequently reported, was once almost completed, is still rumored. Ranks as Third Largest (3,000, 000-ton capacity); earned $10,-466.300 ($9.54 a share) in 1928. Jones & Laughlin. Fourth...
...Byers Co. Largest U. S. manufacturer of wrought iron pipe; is building a $10,000,000 plant for production of seamless pipe using a new process (Aston process) that reduces cost of wrought iron; affiliated with Oil Well Supply Co., which distributes Byers pipe to oil industry...