Word: tripped
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mount Wilson and San Antonio Peak near Pasadena, Calif. The U. S. Geodetic Survey measured the distance between his two instruments, about 22 miles, and assured him that its figure was accurate within one-third of an inch. Playing light from mirror, he timed the 44-mile round trip, calculated the speed of light...
...will exhaust the air, leaving a vacuum. In a vacuum it will not be necessary to make corrections for temperature, pressure and moisture, as it was in the open air. Once more he will set up his mirrors, allow a beam of light to make five round trips through the pipe and time it for the ten-mile trip...
...preparation for the return trip of the Graf Zeppelin to Friedrichshafen, if and after it reaches the U. S. next week as planned, Union Carbide & Carbon Co. last week shipped several tank cars of a new fuel gas to Lakehurst. The German dirigible in its flight to the U. S. last year, used gas instead of gasoline as fuel for its engines?the reason being that when gasoline is used up, an airship becomes lighter and rises unless some of its bag gas is also set free, a costly expedient. Gaseous fuel as it is used up can be replaced...
...Christmas trip, which will last from December 26 to January 2 inclusive will cover an itinerary from Kentucky to New York. Beginning December 26, concerts will be given in Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Louisville, Charleston, Washington, Wilmington, New York and Philadelphia on successive days...
MacHale has showed steady improvement since the team's return from its Southern trip, having turned back Amherst for eight innings and handily defeated New Hampshire in his two starts...