Word: rusts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...last begun war upon the Reds, eight famed Communists were arrested by operatives of Scotland Yard. They were: Albert Inkpin, secretary of the British Communist party; John Campbell, editor of the Communist Workers' Weekly; T. W. Wintringham, assistant editor; Harry Pollit, Secretary of the Communist National Minority movement; W. Rust, Secretary of the Young Communist League; E. W. Cant; Thomas Bell; "Willie" Gallacher...
...group of 18, at Pearl Harbor, having a capacity of 150,000 barrels each, were the biggest tanks in the world. One of them was half filled. The other 17 were dry as the widow's cruse, were rapidly deteriorating into a useless mass of rust. Admiral McDonald, Commandant of the Pearl Harbor Naval District, admitted that corrosion had developed in at least one case to the depth of 3/16...
Corrosion. Rust and corrosion annually destroy some $300,000,000 worth of metals. Only lately has their cause been agreed upon. Not direct oxidation by water or air nor colloidal reaction is now blamed, but electricity set up in metals by the chemical action of contiguous water, air or (especially) the two mixed. The currents disintegrate the metals, producing oxides and carbonates?iron rust, verdigris, tarnish, "bronze disease." Dr. Willis R. Whitney, Director of the Research Laboratory of the General Electric Co., is accredited the founder of the electro-chemical theory of corrosion...
...caused by a positive charge of elecricity. It was reversed by charging corroded metal negatively. A cathode or negative electric action set up in corroded objects liberated oxygen from the incrustations and brought them back to their original metallic condition. An ugly gray-green cup of Egyptian bronze rust returned to its shape of a bronze cat and kitten. Old coins revealed names and dates. A statue of Isis shed the rust of 30 centuries from necklace, hair, headdress, garments, finger-and toenails. ? Dr. Colin G. Fink, Columbia University...
...Coolidge's gown for the reception was described as "rust colored satin-faced crêpe, made on a narrow tube foundation, with a single piece of drapery crossing the skirt at the hips in plain, close lines so as to give a jabot effect in front ... an enameled buckle of rust and jade . . . sleeves long and close-fitting, the neckline square in front with high shoulders . . . string of small jade beads . . . gown eight or possibly nine inches off the floor . . . satin pumps and hosiery of the same neutral tones, with pumps darker than the hosiery...