Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Freshmen, may climb into the Varsity 155-1b. berth this season. A member of the Exeter squad for some years before he came to Harvard to win several titles for the Yardlings, Illman knows more about the game than any one else, has not the speed and muscle of either Harkness or Glendinning...
...Speeds ranging from 1-1,000 to 1-1,500,000 of a second are attained by the new method. Although the general principles of the process have been known for many decades, not until Riggs' refinements has so high a speed been obtainable...
...purposes of comparison the widely known photographic apparatus developed at M. I. T., which snaps a drop of water, for instance, in various stages of splashing, attains only 1-600,000 of a second speed...
...tremendous electrical discharge causes a spark of approximately 900,000 candlepower to flash for 1-1,000,000 to 1-1,500,00 of a second. It is the inconceivable brevity of the flash and the enormous voltage released suddenly by the condenser that make possible such a high-speed picture. The entire process is done in a dark room...
...practical applications, the apparatus will open new fields of investigation in ballistics formerly unknown. By detecting defects in high speed machinery, by "freezing" practically any action, the new apparatus will show both how and why a machine breaks. Its applications in the automobile industry alone promise wide-renown for Riggs...