Word: wilson
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...diesels or their modifications, for plane-power or other drive.* Several manufacturers have been experimenting with diesel modifications for aircraft. Some of their representatives were at Langley Field last week, attending the fourth annual Engineering Research Conference conducted by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (initiated by President Wilson). It was to astonish their peers that Packard Engineers Woolson and Lees had flown the 650 wind-jostled miles from Detroit. It was to frustrate competitive inquisitiveness that they hooded their motor...
...years of experiment Professor Albert Abraham Michelson, now the world famed physicist of Chicago University, has little by little whittled away the inaccuracies surrounding the calculated speed of light. In 1926, he set up two reflecting mirrors of his own design on Mount Wilson and San Antonio Peak near Pasadena, Calif. The U. S. Geodetic Survey measured the distance between his two instruments, about 22 miles, and assured him that its figure was accurate within one-third of an inch. Playing light from mirror, he timed the 44-mile round trip, calculated the speed of light...
...third horse was African, owned by R. T. Wilson Jr. African and Dr. Freeland were jointly entered by their owners. People who bet on African were paid $9.70 for a $2 mutuel ticket just as though they had bet on Dr. Freeland...
...Gilligan, r.f. 1 0 1 0 0 0 Todd, r.f. 3 1 1 1 0 0 Dudley, c. 5 0 0 3 0 1 MacHale, p. 4 0 0 1 5 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 39 16 14 27 14 6 LAFAYETTE a.b. r. h. p.o. a. e. Wilson, 1b. 5 1 1 5 0 1 Chimenti, 3b. 5 1 1 2 5 0 Shellenberger, s.s. 5 1 0 1 4 1 J. H. Thompson r.f. 5 0 0 1 0 0 Pursell, c.f. 4 1 3 1 0 0 Sarin, l.f. 4 1 0 2 0 1 J. L. Thompson...
HARVARD LAFAYETTE Bassett, c.f. 1b., Wilson Nugent, 2b. 3b., Chimenti McGrath, s.s. s.s., Shellenberger Donaghy, 3b. r.f., J.H. Thompson Prior, 1b. c.f., Pursell Whitney, l.f. l.f., Sarni Gilligan, r.f. 2b., J.L., Thompson Dudley, c. C., Reaser MacHale, p. p., Murberg...