Word: speed
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Harvard Clubs have shown great enthusiasm in arranging to entertain the members of the clubs and have generously undertaken to make all provisions necessary for a successful concert. Two standard Pullman cars and one baggage car will convey the clubs throughout the whole trip and between some places, where speed must be made, a special engine will be engaged...
After demonstrating the principles of soaring, by blackboard diagrams, Mr. Merrill went on to explain the present weakness of the aeroplane, namely, the engine. It is the inefficiency of the motive power which has and still does limit the range and speed of the heavier-than-air machine. It is on the engine that French scientists are now putting their greatest efforts. To get the maximum horse-power with a minimum weight is the present problem of aeronautics. If the engine ceases to supply power the aeroplane has to descend and if this happens over a country devoid of suitable...
...preparation for the final games was brought to an end by the defeat of Brown by the score of 23 to 0. The large score was a surprise, but it was due not so much to any unusual weakness in the visiting eleven as to the power and speed of the Yale backfield. The individual playing of the Yale line was remarkable and often brilliant, but lacked unity. Philbin, in the latter part of the second half, caught a punt on his own 35-yard line, and, with tremendous speed, dodged through the whole Brown team and ran 75 yards...
Today is "Aeronautical Day" at the Boston 1915 exhibition. At 9 o'clock this evening Mr. Albert A. Merrill will speak on "Aeroplanes," illustrating his lecture with the Curtiss machine, which won the speed race at Rheims last summer...
...will be given have shown great enthusiasm in arranging entertainments for the members of the clubs, and the management of the concerts will be entirely in their hands. Two standard Pullman cars and one baggage car will accompany the clubs throughout the whole trip and between some places, where speed must be made, a special engine will draw the cars...