Word: steams
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...thought they would hit producing sand at 9,000 or 10,000 ft. They "spudded in" at midnight on June 21, 1937, using a 20-in. bit. In drilling for oil, the bit is carried on a shaft of hollow pipe, in 30-ft. lengths screwed together. A powerful steam engine on the surface spins the pipe and the bit. When a bit needs changing, all the pipe must be snaked out of the hole and then lowered again by the derrick. The pipe is kept full of mud to counteract the gas pressures below, which might otherwise blow...
...Department of Interior last week reported that Yellowstone Park's geysers have recently shown a remarkable increase of activity. Grand Geyser, which throws a column of steam and hot water 200 ft. high, used to erupt at intervals of 36 to 48 hours. Now it is running on a schedule of 30 hours. The Giantess (150-200 ft.), which erupts only at long intervals but once started keeps going for twelve to 36 hours, has been putting on its show once or twice a year; yet in the last nine months it has spouted at least three times, probably...
What made this mile-a-minute pace fairly easy was a 15% increase in locomotive efficiency and 15 to 30% reductions in train weight. Head end of the Century on its steam haul was a 96-foot, futuristically jacketed Hudson-type engine. Pulling the Broadway over its more rugged mileage was a Pacific-type locomotive, sheathed like the Century's, just as efficiently geared...
...files were endorsements for 223 candidates for these vacancies -important political ammunition in an election year. And while the President studied his shots, more Federal Court vacancies came to hand, in the Third Circuit Court at Philadelphia. A rugged rock in the path of the New Deal steam roller was this Third Circuit Court. Four of its aged justices-Joseph Buffmgton, J. Whitaker Thompson, Victor B. Woolley, J. Warren Davis-had worked together for years in closest conservative harmony...
Thus copper, an excellent gauge of business pressure, showed foreign industry still moving under good steam. But in the U. S. pressure remained low. The latest Federal Reserve index of industrial production (for April) stood at 17, down two points from March. Statisticians guessed that by last week it had dropped another point or two. Other metals besides copper reflected this trend: Scrap steel and tin were off slightly for the week, lead was down to 4? a pound from...