Word: solids
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...patented trade name of the product of Dryice Corp. It has become the popular name for the products of its competitors as well. Dry-Ice is solid carbon dioxide, an efficient refrigerant. Last week Dryice Corp., pioneer in the field and largely owned by Capitalist August Heckscher, merged with its old rival Solid Carbonic Co., a concern closely affiliated with the du Pont interests. Although the merged companies will control more than half of the industry's capacity, they will not lack formidable competition Much of it will come from powerful-privately-held Michigan Alkali Co., a rich concern...
Great were the hopes for Dry-Ice when the company was first launched. Its patents, however, were not impregnable and competitors arose. Now the entire solid C0 2 industry, still small, not profitable, is facing a climax...
...present outcome hinges largely on cost. In 1929 2 cost 5? a lb., or $100 a ton against $4 for ice. Although solid...
...twice as cooling and cheaper to handle, it could not overcome the 25-1 water-ice advantage. During the last few years solid 2 has dropped steadily in price, sold recently at 3? with some large users obtaining it at 2-2½?. One large maker says it will drop to 1½? by summer. At 2?, or $40 a ton, the CO 2 men think their product can compete with water-ice. In addition to being twice as cooling, solid CO 2 leaves a blanket of gas which insulates against heat for so long a time as to make...
...Intrudes" next week. Upon the success or failure of this new play may well depend the continued existence of the Club itself. If the Dramatic Club can prove itself financially and artistically it will have gained a new lease on life and will have re-established itself upon a solid basis. At the present time everything favors success...