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...final period the Yardling hockey team had to content themselves with a tie with Andover at the Arena yesterday. Entering the final period with the score two to one in their favor, the Freshmen scored twice in the first five minutes of play and then failed to withstand the five man attack of the Andover sextet which sank three goals to tie it up at four all. No overtime periods could be played since the time reserved in the Arena had elapsed...
Beginning next summer the Mt. Washington observatory will have a new building on the summit. This structure, two stories high, has been designed by the engineering staff of the Boston and Maine railroad to withstand wind velocities of over 200 miles an hour, and will be anchored by bolts sunk four feet into the rock. Construction is already in progress, under the direction of Col. Henry N. Teague...
...Pontalite" is a new plastic, known chemically as methyl methacrylate polymer, which is as clear as optical glass, only half as heavy as common glass, flexible, non-shattering, able to withstand tensions of over four tons per square inch. It can be sawed, cut, drilled, polished, cast into molds. "The transparency, brilliance, strength and permanence of Pontalite are unusual, and the absence of color permits fabrication into delicate tinted shades."-Dr. Harry Robert Dittmar of E. I. du Pont de Nemours...
...Consuls beware that when that moment comes the walls are in such condition and the garrison is so well armed that it can withstand a long and desperate siege...
...Seversky plane which last week was going through its paces at Dayton was a third variation on the Seversky amphibian. A low-wing monoplane with two seats, it is a slower model of the pursuit plane, built husky to withstand the beating Army trainers must take. By stepping up the motor, adding two panels to the multi-box wing, it can readily be converted into the speedy pursuit ship, suitable...