Word: rapider
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Fellows '30 opened the real action when he mixed up with R. W. Hale Jr. '30 in a fast and deadly-earnest bout. At the sound of the bell, Fellows charged viciously into Hale with rapid blows, then, as he came into closer range, pummeled his opponent with jabs. In the second round Hale seemed to be gaining control of the tide of battle; Fellows had resorted to his shifting, defensive tactics and let himself be chased around the canvas, with Hale pursuing him and dealing out punishment. In the final period, however, the contest turned into a mauling, with...
...takes place within the void; that is, small electric arcs form, and the molecules of air find themselves in an electric field which causes them to attain high velocities. This effect is called ionization. The ions then impinge on the paper and oil, and have the effect of a rapid and continual bombardment. They not only perforate the paper with holes, but also because of the formation of nitrates and ozone, cause adverse chemical actions in the impregnated oil. This insidious reaction is cumulative, and in the course of time, the papers and compounds become more and more carbonized...
...illumination and to determine the light curve throughout the entire eclipse, but also to measure the absolute brightness and the color index of the Corona for comparison with the results of the previous eclipses. In addition to this, the expedition is equipped with a variety of lenses for rapid photography of the outer reaches of the Corona. A special Ultra Violet camera is being taken from the Mt. Wilson Observatory, which has a silvered quartz lense especially designed for the purpose of photographing this phenomenon in invisible light of too high frequency to effect...
...result are spending a large amount of their time on theses in their special field. With both of these falling due within a period of approximately two weeks the Senior inevitably turns from his larger work to fulfill the course requirement in the easiest and most rapid manner possible. This can hardly be of any great value to the student doing such work, or to the professor demanding...
...With the rapid changes which are constantly being made in the attempt to adjust the circular system to the divisional examinations and the distinction theses, it seems highly probable that the time is not far removed when Seniors who are candidates for distinction will be relieved of all regular work during the last half of the year, when the demands of divisional examinations are falling most heavily upon them...