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Word: wiches (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week, after hundreds of careful time measurements between Paris, Green wich and the U. S., Dr. Stetson had perfected an alternative explanation: The signals do actually vary in speed because they choose different paths across the world. On some days they lope along near the equator, where the terrestrial magnetic field is weak, and keep up to, or very close to, the speed of light. Other days they go by way of the polar regions, where the strong magnetic field slows them down. As to why the same signal should stray one way one day and another the next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Stray Waves | 6/15/1936 | See Source »

From herbs as medicines Mrs. Leyel has developed a goodly business, wich Modern Herbal may extend from England to the U. S. In a catalog fortified with testimonials she advertises, for example...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Simples | 12/21/1931 | See Source »

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