Word: vaporous
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...nova-like flare-up of the sun might happen tomorrow." If it did, the sunny side of the earth would be burned to a crisp in half an hour, the oceans would boil away in live steam. Within a few days the world would be vapor...
...their primary standard the wavelength of a narrow band of red light in the spectrum of cadmium. Theoretically, a band of green light in the mercury spectrum would be even better: 1) the mercury atom, heavier than cadmium, gives light with a more sharply defined wavelength; 2) mercury vapor glows at low temperatures, while cadmium must be heated very...
...canceled its contract, made Constellations available to airlines. Now Hughes and Frye will get the first twelve Constellations before the other lines get any. By the time Pan Am et al get theirs, TWA expects to have such a start that the postwar air race will be just a vapor trail...
...across. Scientists told newsmen the earth here was pushed downward ten feet by the explosion's force. Stumps of the four reinforced-concrete tower pillars that supported the bomb still stand in the crater, flaked and twisted. The rest of the tower has vanished into vapor...
...demand a very volatile fuel, Standard's fuel would seem to make about as much sense as dousing firewood with water. But Standard's engineers believe that their fuel has been made feasible by recent experiments with new types of engines in which liquid fuel (instead of vapor) is injected directly into the cylinders. At the high temperatures inside a cylinder (well above 105°) the new fuel vaporizes readily and develops as much power as straight 100-octane gasoline...