Word: speeded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...review of automobile styles for 1935 (TIME, Jan. 14) prompts the following letter. As interested seekers for an automobile in which the primary emphasis is placed upon sturdiness and durability we have become increasingly concerned with the general trend in automobile manufacture toward the production of cars built for speed, beauty, comfort, luxurious appointments and gadgets which fit them primarily for paved highways...
...Collieries Ltd. has decided to spend $1,250,000 at Seaham Harbor putting up a huge plant for extraction of oil from Seaham coal. "This will mean jobs for 1,500 additional men in the mines," said a Londonderry executive. By rushing construction of the great plant at a speed unprecedented in Britain, Londonderry expects to open it in March, the General Election being expected shortly afterward...
...What this dingus needs," he reflected, "is speed...
Although the heart is an automatic motor, it cannot govern its own speed. Two nerves and two body chemicals do that. The accelerator nerve and adrenalin (hormone of the adrenal glands) speed up the heart. The vagus nerve and acetylcholine (hormone produced by the vagus nerve) slow down the heart...
...Evinrude-Elto with 1½ h.p. ($55). Principal development in larger motors was V-drive construction, with motors mounted at the extreme stern to make more cabin or cockpit room. Interesting to many were three silent electric boats for anglers, 15-to-18 ft. long. Speed: 5-9 m. p. h. Price: $175-$750. One has a bow-rudder...