Word: stainless
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There is a stainless-steel pylon in front of Harkness Commons now; workmen put it up over Christmas. It is officially called a "construction," and its sculptor, Richard Lippold, has some interesting things to say about...
...rectangular trays came into use in 1946, succeeding the stainless steel trays used by the Navy here during the war. Before the war students ate from plates...
...essential part is a spherical stainless steel tank one foot in diameter. Inside is a water solution of uranyl nitrate which contains 1.9 lb. of fissionable U-235. Water running through a coiled tube keeps the reactor cool, and another tube piercing the sphere gives access to its interior. One big advantage of HYPO is that it is self-regulating. If the chain reaction gets going too fast, the solution heats up and expands, reducing its density and therefore its reactivity. So the reaction slows down automatically until the solution has cooled off. This built-in stability makes HYPO...
...thin, spiralling design is the creation of Richard Lippord, an artist in the molding of stainless steel. It is expected that erection of the nameless structure will be finished within a month...
Walter Gropius explained last night that the pylon being completed in the courtyard of the Graduate Center will be "the beautiful stainless steel construction" that will add a final grandeur to the design of the Center...