Word: weigh
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...thought there is in it, he'll not stop to weigh...
Flying Pianos One's impression of pianos, got by watching furniture movers, is that they are immensely heavy. As a matter of fact, the heaviest grand piano does not weigh more than 1,000 pounds. The Sikorsky twin Liberty biplane, at any rate, had no difficulty in carrying two baby grands securely lashed to the floor of the cabin from Roosevelt Field, L. I., to Boiling Field, Washington, D. C., covering the 225 miles in a strong head wind in 2 hours, 45 minutes...
...proposed system neither would be. The Junior League is meeting with great success in applying the system. They are accepting the services of all volunteers, but giving them to understand what is expected of them. They are placing their girls carefully, shifting them to determine their bent. Then they weigh their abilities, sift out their best and most interesting workers, and turn failure to success...
...Weigh and Cast...
...horsepower locomotive may weigh 20 or 30 tons. A small Ford motor weighs over 200 pounds and develops only 25 horsepower or so. The Liberty motor weighs 873 pounds for its 400 horsepower, i. e. a little over two pounds per horsepower. The great object of the aero-engine design is to achieve the truly wonderful goal of one pound per horsepower. This is almost attained by the two new Packard motors, descriptions of which have just been made public by Mr. Macauley. The smaller of the two develops 500 horsepower at 2,000 revolutions per minute and weighs...