Word: weathered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Open Nights consist of a short non-technical talk, followed, weather permitting, by telescopic observations of the heavens. Members of the club will also explain exhibits showing the work of the observatory...
...engine as a source of power, the engineers are now debating between the use of steam and gasoline. Steam engines in cold weather such as is now here are inconvenient in that there is a constant danger of freezing when the engines are not in use. Gasoline engines of course are not as inconvenient in this respect, but for use in hoisting large weights they are bad in that they start up very rapidly, a fact that necessitates an extremely strong cable to take care of the inertia of the weights being lifted. In the pulley system that will probably...
...Claude is positive he can so perfect his machine that it will be commercially efficient. In answer to reported criticisms made by Dr. William J. Humphreys of the U. S. Weather Bureau. Washington, he retorted: "I may assure you that it is just another example of bad prophecies being useless...
...crew. Aboard the Thebaud were Captains Powers, Johnson, Mallock, Sparrow, Prior and Domin-gos-masters all. On a day of white piling seas the two boats put out around the 37-mi. course. Though a 14-knot breeze was blowing, Captain Walters of Bluenose scoffed the idea that the weather was rough. Rough for amateur yachtsmen, perhaps, with their useless boats that have to duck into harbor whenever a breeze strikes...
...windward and leeward off Gibson Island Clubhouse, to a buoy and back, and sometimes around a little triangular course in which they turned eight buoys although the course totaled only 10? mi. Stars are fast in light airs, but on the Chesapeake they had two days of strong racing weather. On the last morning the bay was choppy and little puffs heeled the gunwales down so that many of the racers shipped water. There were 22 racers out the last day, but the winners in points for the series seemed pretty sure to be Temple IV of California or Peggy...