Word: vessels
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...starts by immersing ground crude ore in chemicals and water to float out some foreign matter. The Chemico method, using ammonia or acid, dissolves this concentrate in an "autoclave," similar to a huge pressure cooker. The resulting ore-bearing liquid is piped through a filter into another pressure vessel, where terrific heat and force precipitate the pure metal as a fine powder...
...Tiki in reverse in a slightly safer vessel is the plan of a noted South Sea sailor physician who this week sets out on a 9,000 mile voyage from Wellington, New Zealand to Cambridge where he intends to study at the School of Public Health...
...South Sea trading Vessel captain and a Polynesian princess, Davis hopes to reach Peru in 50 days, but he cannot tell how long it will take to reach Cambridge...
...beginning of the maneuver, Lieut. Hoefer testified, the destroyer's captain, running on the inside of the Wasp's sweeping turn, ordered "right standard rudder," thus turning his vessel in the same direction as the Wasp. But shortly thereafter he called for "left standard rudder" and turned the Hobson toward the path of the onrushing carrier...
...Hoefer, who was officer of the deck, had "stepped to the starboard wing of the bridge and asked the captain if he had the conn," i.e., if the captain was taking over responsibility for the ship's course. "He answered, 'I have the conn.' " After the vessel turned to the left, the O.O.D. went so far as to warn the skipper that the Wasp was closing perilously fast. Tierney, he testified, did not reply, and, with the Wasp 1,240 yards away, ordered "left standard rudder" a second time...