Word: testing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...will be "stratosphere" ships (air-conditioned for passengers up to 20,000 ft.) for Pan American, designed to embody high flight principles worked out by Pan American research with Boeing engineers since 1929. The next six, for TWA, may be similarly adapted for high altitudes if the 500-hr. test flying required by Pan American on its ships is satisfactory...
...nervousness often cause '"archer's freeze" which paralyzes the bowman's arm, prevents him from lifting it to the point of aim. Immunity to "archer's freeze" is a major requisite for winning the U. S. championship which is thus almost as much a test of pure physical endurance as of marksmanship...
...customary for the King to say a good deal more than this on issues of Government policy (TIME, Oct. 26) but in England many authorities consider it "unconstitutional" and last week, when new King George VI & Queen Elizabeth undertook to visit South Wales, it was something of a test case whether they would express themselves about what they saw. As a matter of fact nothing has been "done for Wales." The Government do not claim to have brought about the pick-up in Welsh coal exports which has reduced the registered unemployed figure to 33,000, increased the employed...
...pressure). Also, he could descend at will by putting several balloons out of commission with a pistol. He thought 2,000 four-foot rubber balloons would be enough for a record flight. Last week's ascent, using only 80 balloons, was in the nature of an experiment to test the efficacy of the method. Prof. Piccard took off from Rochester, Minn., ascended to 11,000 ft., came down six hours later no miles away, avoiding the Mississippi River but hitting a tree. He had three methods of releasing or destroying balloons: 1) scissors to cut the balloon cords...
...group of syphilologists calling themselves the American Committee on the Evaluation of Serodiagnostic Tests for Syphilis quieted the doubts of many doctors concerning the trustworthiness of tests for syphilis. Victims of yaws, relapsing fever and leprosy always give a positive syphilis test. Victims of malaria sometimes do. And many a syphilitic, especially after a few injections of antisyphilitic drugs, gives a false negative reaction. Most reliable tests, the Committee on Evaluation announced, are Dr. John Kolmer's of Philadelphia, Dr. Reuben Kahn's of the University of Michigan, Dr. Benjamin S. Kline's of Cleveland...