Word: sending
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...these anechoic chambers, in the ear splitting noise room, and in half a dozen instrument paneled laboratories, myths and hearsays of the world of sound were refuted or sustained by rigorous investigations. The ancient fable, that a certain frequency with a certain intensity would send a man into raving insanity, was sent back ot the writers of science fiction wood pulps. Incessant testing of human guinea pigs proved that loud and constant noise does no hamper efficiency or make for neurotic individuals. A steady stream of practical inventions for wartime communications and medical purposes poured forth form this laboratory...
Emphasizing that all educational institutions in the New England area, with or without AVC units already present on their campuses, are invited to send representatives to lend the broadcast possible scope to the discussions, Rivkin urged students interested to attend...
Sizing up a delicate situation, Publicity Director Martin Shwartz 2G promptly began to send out publicity that stressed the negative angle. On Friday Boston papers discreetly announced that the Eve of "Adam the Creator" would not appear in a fig leaf ensemble. Only the CRIMSON managed to identify Miss Hogan...
...other gadget: sonar, radar's supersonic cousin. A sonar-equipped locomotive, by means of an oscillator and amplifier, would keep sending out whistle blasts pitched so high that nobody could hear them; but if a signal box ahead had its danger arm up, a reflector would send back the sound waves to the locomotive. There a microphone would detect the supersonic racket, a bell would ring (or a light flash), and the engineer would throttle down to his foggy-foggy...
Mail Order. In Baltimore, Crag Wold decided to make $1,000,000, sat down to write 1,000,000 letters, asked recipients to "please send me one dollar...