Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Commercial Press, the largest printing establishment in the far East. It is the result of steady improvement since its invention in 1919, though it is not yet entirely efficient. A capable operator can write at the rate of 1000 characters an hour, which seems slow in comparison with the speed of an American machine. This is, however, twice the speed with which one can print Chinese by hand. Furthermore, it is a greater speed than one thinks, because most Chinese words consist of only one or two characters, whereas English words consist of many more. Mr. Chiu in illustrating this...
...residents of the vicinity were considerably disturbed by a high pitched sound which seemed to be produced by the water pipes. After thorough investigation it was found that the noise was due to the number of blades in the rotors of the turbines and their relation to the speed of propagation of vibrations through water. A mere modification of the rotor allowed the disturbed people to sleep comfortably...
...mean that it should be a game of indoor football; but a great many officials have been too strict in handling a game. At present many games are being won from the foul line instead of from the floor. A uniform type of official who will speed up the action is needed; and I believe that the meeting at the end of the month is an excellent step toward the solution of the problem...
...great handicap of the radial engine is that its spreading cylinders create wind resistance and so slow an airplane's speed...
...work of the team on the Garden ice Saturday night was a special tribute to the direction of Coach Stubbs. Where Yale boasted more and more brilliant individual performers, Harvard presented a game based on lines of sound coaching which checked and smothered the Yale speed. Especially notable was the Harvard defense method of meeting the attack at center ice and taking its sting before it was near the goal. It is such achievements as this, in the face of dubious odds, that bring home forcibly the fact that the University sport teams are guided by men who know their...