Word: width
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...must be pointed out that the Strand is something like half the width of Broadway and that (due to the crowd) a sharp walk of three and three-quarter miles per hour is even a shade more than improbable. In Threadneedle Street, in the city, it can be said that the people, who swarm like ants, go faster than the presumptive vehicles that dare transgress its sanctity. In England all fares are paid according to distance; taxis are cheaper than in New York...
...many different varieties of expensive clothes as ever. The Dayton Photoproducts Company is said to have developed a practical film, made of paper, which can be marketed at about one-third of the cost of the present gelatine reel. The new product is said to be of standard width, hard to tear, imperishable and practically non-in-flammable-the new projection machine to cost in the neighborhood of $50, thus offering an opportunity for showing standard pictures in the home without great cost or serious risk of fire-two difficulties that have so far blocked all attempts toward "Every Home...
Outstanding features of these new ships are: 850 feet length by 105 feet width; powerful turbine generators and entire dependence upon electrical power for propulsive energy and the operation of minor gear; speed of 33 knots (exactly 38 land miles); weight of 33,000 tons. They will be fitted with the latest giant catapaults, capable of being operated in any direction without interfering with the ship's routine or with gunfire. These catapults are for the projection of planes, giving them a flying start in a minimum distance through...
...sketch must be worked out in two simple colors, and its size as it will appear on the program will be about four inches in heighth and three inches in width. Drawings may be of any size as long as they are in these general proportions, and can be reduced to the above size...
...Junior class, and the one whose design is chosen will become a member of the Junior Dance Committee. The sketch must be worked out in two simple colors, and its size as it will appear on the program will be about four inches in height and three inches in width. Drawings may be of any size as long as they are in these general proportions and can be reduced to the above size...