Word: pistoning
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...again in one hour. Even that squeeze has not been duplicated elsewhere. In principle the Bridgman pressure apparatus is simple, like Archimedes' theoretical lever with which the old Greek said he could move the world. It is a hydraulic press, in which is utilized the fact that a piston bearing on a small area of a confined liquid delivers its pressure against every other area of equal size in the tank. Thus if a force of 100 lb. is brought against a piston one square inch in cross section, the force transferred through the liquid...
Walter H. Piston, Jr. '24, assistant professor of Music, is first chairman of the Committee and the other College representative are Dr. Hugo Leichtentritt who was appointed Lecturer on Music last year and MR. Hellman who relinquished his professorship...
...Hoffmann, who has been a pupil of Albert Spalding, graduated with honors at only 18. During the 13 years he spent in Germany, he gained prominence as a director of symphonies and operas. Upon his recent return to Boston, he was appointed by the Piston government committee as Director of Music for Boston...
Walter H. Piston '24, assistant professor of Music, is to receive assistance for creative work in musical composition both here and abroad. Professor Piston has been holder of the John Knowles Paine Fellowship and has written a book entitled, "Principles of Harmonic Analysis." His compositions have been played by the Boston, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles Symphony Orchestras and by orchestras in Paris...
...weren't enough cars in the low priced field, Graham has seen fit to put out a 2500 pound six, which boasts more inside room than any of its competitors, and seems to have it. All models have the new water jacketed cylinders through the full length of the piston stroke, and "Outboard Springs...