Word: volts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Russia, as we descended from the plane, was the quality of the metal ladder-flimsy, antique, short by half a step, and made of some queer light metal, ornately engraved. Dozens of times later, I saw similar ladders. The Russians can build a ten-billion electron-volt cyclotron, but a good simple flashlight seems beyond them. Priority goes to what counts; nobody cares if you break a leg hoisting yourself on an airplane, but to put an artificial moon in the sky is something else again...
After reviewing "new departures within the University during 1956-57," such as the new Department of Statistics, the new Center for International Affairs, the new Center for International Legal Studies, the new six billion volt electron accelerator now under construction, the Program for Harvard College, and numerous research efforts, the President speaks "a word" about athletics...
...ground was officially broken yesterday for the six billion electron volt Cambridge Electron Accelerator, with President Pusey and Chancellor Julius A. Stratton of M. I. T. wielding the double-handled spade together...
...Bigger Cooler. The first 1-h.p. room air conditioner operating on ordinary 7½-ampere, 115-volt house current was brought out by Fedders-Quigan Corp. Previously, models over ¼ h.p. usually required special wiring. The new air conditioner, which can be plugged in anywhere in most homes, has 35% more cooling power than ¾-h.p. model. Retail price...
...disabled joints are manned by physical therapists, who make house calls. The therapists give treatment and advise the family on how to continue it. ij Stanford University radiologists reported hopefully on one year's use of the first linear accelerator built for medical purposes: a 6,000,000-volt unit, it generates electrons in a straight line, fires them at precious-metal targets to produce X-rays that can be focused sharply on cancers deep in the body. Of 74 patients treated, with a variety of tumors in the throat, lungs, prostate, kidney, bladder and brain, two-thirds...