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Danish Diesel. In the usual Diesel engine, fuel oil and air are sprayed together into the cylinders and exploded under 1,000-lb. pressure. Burmeister & Wain, Danish motor builders, have redesigned a Diesel which uses oil under 5,000-lb. pressure and takes in its air on the cylinder down-strokes. No time is needed to get up steam, as in the locomotor (15 min.) or the usual locomotive (30 min.). Operating cost is, by report, one-fifth that of ordinary Diesels. The unit is 10% to 15% lighter, and powerful enough to draw a train. Danish railroads are testing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Locomotives | 4/15/1929 | See Source »

...name of Jacob Orgen to the scroll of those who have paid with their lives for attempting to advance their fellow man, who put their shoulder to the wheel of the wain of progress only to have the wain turn juggernaut. But in the Ghetto read the name as "Little Augie," a pioneer in a now overcrowded profession, who added finesse to the art of unmodified murder. He was the first to shudder at the crudeness of a Jimmie Valentine's jimmy and to shrug fastidious shoulders at the alien importations of Dr. Fu Manchu. One of the most minor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE OLD GUARD DIES | 10/19/1927 | See Source »

Score, Harvard 1926 52, Allen Military School 5. Goals from floor, Jones 5, Rauh 5, Smith 4, Endicott 3, Reed 2, Elberfeld, Atwater, Di Luglio, Wain. Goals from fouls, Smith 8, Holmes 2, Hamilton. Referee, Hoyt. Timekeeper, Prince. Time of halves, 20 minutes. HARVARD 1926. ALLEN M. S. Jones, Nash, Roates, r.f. l.g., Merrow Smith, Feist, l.f. r.g., Healy, Allen Endicott, Rauh, c. c., Hamilton, Reed Elberfeld, Atwater, Holmes, r.g. l.f., Di Luglio Reed, Hunt, l.g. r.f., Geldert, Wain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1926 SWAMPS ALLEN SCHOOL | 2/1/1923 | See Source »

HARVARD 1926 ALLEN M. S. Jones (captain), r.f. l.g., Merrow Smith, l.f. r.g., Healy Endicott, c. c., Hamilton Elberfeld, r.g. l.f., Di Luglio (captain) A. E. Reed, l.g. r.f., Wain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1926 FACES MILITARY SCHOOL | 1/31/1923 | See Source »

...that the University men had much the better of the argument, but an analysis of the play showed that little ground was gained through the black team on straight rushing. Not the least part of the second substitutes good work was due to the excellent defense provided by McEl- wain's long punts, who also distinguished himself on one particular occasion by running 30 yards after a bad pass from his centre...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SECONDS FORCED FIRST ELEVEN TO THE LIMIT | 10/1/1915 | See Source »

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