Word: pitch
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...compass, of the earth-inductor type, was announced by the U. S. Bureau of Standards. It is said to possess many advantages over the usual magnetic type of ship's compass, which not only has to be corrected by sun and stars, but errs with the roll and pitch of the vessel. When, during a test, the ship's compass oscillated two degrees, the new instrument was found to be free from "roll and pitch errors." It also moved freely and without oscillation when a sudden change of course was made...
...week in Italy was somewhat obscured by a strict news censorship, but there was every reason to believe that the murder of Socialist Deputy Giacomo Matteoti (allegedly by disciples of Premier Benito Mussolini ?TIME, June 23) had aroused the Italian people to a dangerous pitch and shaken the very foundation of Fascismo...
Theatregoers keyed up to musical comedy pitch will vibrate in sympathy with Kid Boots, Poppy, Chariot's Revue...
...alert. Certainly Macready needed all his alertness, coolness and skill in his hazardous exploit of last week. On a recent night flight from Columbus, Macready found his motor dead when passing over Dayton. The usual method of gliding to safety in some field or other was impossible in the pitch dark. With his altimeter reading between 3,000 and 4,000 feet, the pilot guided his plane to the outskirts of the town, to minimize danger to others, and stayed on board as long as he dared. He then unloosed his safety belt, crawled out on the wing, and jumped...
Theatregoers keyed up to musical comedy pitch will vibrate in sympathy with Kid Boots, Poppy, Chariot's Revue...