Word: tour
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES- James Boswell -Viking...
...first ridiculed as "the whirling dervish of the air," the autogiro gradually improved during a long tour of Europe punctuated by frequent crashes, which proved the giro's safety because Pilot de la Cierva was never hurt. In 1928, when he flew the English Channel, he won recognition. From then on, England was autogiro headquarters. English capital financed the Cierva Autogiro Co. Inventor de la Cierva, Royalist son of King Alfonso's Minister of War, was glad to stay away from Spain after King Alfonso was dethroned. Except for an occasional spree with his four children, he devoted...
...always a good thing to carry a piece of paraffin along on a tour, as the snow texture is liable to change unexpectedly at any time; thus if you have waxed for dry snow (mix and very smooth surface) and you run into wet snow, by rubbing a rough coating of paraffin over the other wax it will enable the skis to glide freely...
...real art of waxing comes in combining various forms of waxes. For instance, on a long tour the snow at the starting point is fairly wet, but a few hundred feet above it is freezing. For this one can put on an original coating of medium," allow it to cool, and cover it with a very thin coating of "mix." The "mix" will glide well over the dry snow at the beginning of the run down, and will wear off soon after reaching the wet snow, then the under coating of medium will serve its purpose...
Inch chatted amicably with Chairman Landis and his fellow Commissioners, made an inspection tour of the SEC division which will police his business if Bond & Share loses its case. Why Mr. Inch suddenly decided to call on his worst enemy was not revealed but the immediate explanation was that he had a forehanded desire to get acquainted...