Word: weather
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Those who have found the weather disagreeable this winter will sympathize heartily with Mr. Robert Condit of Miami, Florida, not, however, because weather in Florida has fallen below its usual standards of hotel prospectus perfection, but because the peculiar atmospheric conditions of the last few weeks have prevented Professor Condit, for such is his title, from making a most ambitious long distance flight. Mr. Condit, who sees elevating possibilities in the study of chemistry, has constructed an ingenious, gas-filled contrivance, which will project him permanently into the ether. For his destination, he has chosen rather than the conventional mars...
...right side of Venus, he must start before March 6, and although the time may be profitably passed charging admission to his hangar, the Vernean scientist is disturbed by the obstinate weather. When pundits inform Condit that the friction of the air will melt the rocket and likewise the already ardent professor within, he smiles knowingly. When visitors asked him how he would return, it is reported that he answered, "Why cross bridges?" speaking, one presumes, metaphorically. The inhabitants of Miami, however, although they like Mr. Condit, fear he will come back to earth too speedily...
...regard as primarily, constructive, not as an excuse for tearing apart everything the artist does. Above all, however, the public should not take the decision of one individual as a final standard: people should remember that this one man is influenced not only by his digestion, but by the weather, the surroundings he lives in and thousands of other circumstances...
...signal strength of radio reception in connection with sun-spot observations. The study revealed that there was a definite correlation between the appearance of spots on the sun's surface and the conditions of radio reception. The new machine, by means of a device that is similar to a weather graph, can measure the amount of change that takes place in the signal strength of radios during the sun-spot cycle...
...Railroad Company. The race will be rowed at '6 o'clock. Eastern Standard Time, and the course is to be down-stream this year. Although a definite time has been set, the actual beginning of the race will depend, as usual, on the weather and water conditions...