Word: waters
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...them. In this way I saved the price of 44 tons of coal, which will keep me in penwipers for the rest of my life. You may be interested to know that I was the one who originated the term 'white coal', which has since been erroneously applied to water power...
...side of the submarine, and give the men diving suits in which to rise to the surface. Little did they know that at least three hours is required to put a man in a diving suit and instruct him in the use of it. By this time enough water would have poured through the hole to fill the entire ship. Another suggestion was to have the men shoot themselves out of the torpedo tubes. One doesn't shoot himself out a tube, he merely crawls to the end, opens the door and then tries to get out. The pressure...
...salvaging party had no derricks with a lifting capacity equal to the weight of the submarine but the largest ones obtainable were in use. The derrick that was in use could have raised a vessel of 200 tons, but the S-4 weighed 800 tons, and if the water had filled the compartments it would have weighed an additional 500 tons...
...Other ships of war in the harbor heard an explosion, saw a sheet of flame. Smoke poured from a gaping hole in the Langley's side abaft her bridge. Three sailors who had been working in a launch slung from the Langley's davits, struggled in the water...
...nighttime last week fire again came to destroy the monastery. The monks hastily pulled on their squared-toed shoes, their black gowns; they ran to the student dormitories and herded the sleepy boys to safety. They knew that they had neither chance nor means to extinguish the blaze. Water was too scant in the mountains. They telephoned Fort Smith. The night telephone operator there saw their signal flashing redly from her switchboard; asked, respectfully, what they wished; put them in instant connection with the Fort Smith fire department...