Word: wave
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Theodore Lyman, 79, retired Harvard physicist and past president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American Physical Society; in Cambridge, Mass. A pioneer in the investigation of ultraviolet radiation, tall, aloof Bachelor Lyman discovered the "Lyman series" of wave lengths, which contributed fundamentally to the development of atomic theory...
...news the crowd had gathered to hear: in London representatives of Italy and Yugoslavia had signed the agreement (TIME, Oct. 11) giving Zone B of the Free Territory of Trieste to Yugoslavia and Zone A-with the city itself-to Italy. "Triestini," cried the voice from the balcony, "now wave your flags...
Tepper is not sure what starts an atmospheric wave; often an advancing mass of cold air seems to be the cause. But once the wave gets going, its front gets steeper and steeper and the air in the wave may rise more than a mile in a few minutes. This causes a sudden rise of barometric pressure that shows as a sharp jog on the chart of a specially sensitive barograph...
...wave, which meteorologists call the "jump-line.'' is not dangerous, but the Weather Bureau has found that it is apt to set off the violent thunderstorms that lash the earth with twisters. In one study, 82% of the tornadoes struck within an hour of a pressure jump...
...jump-line detectors can be made in quantity for less than $100 each. Spotted through tornado areas in police stations and other always-open institutions, they should enable the weathermen to keep track of each jump-line as it moves crosscountry. Since the average speed of the tornado-triggering wave is only about about 35 m.p.h., the weatherman should have time to give plenty of warning...