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...Victor instruments were evolved upon a basic patent taken out in 1887 by of Thomas Alva Edison, primarily in that the spiral sound-recording lines incised upon the records have a uniform depth and zig-zag laterally, while Mr. Edison has adhered to lines of uniform width going over "hill and dale." A good account of Mr. Edison's first phonograph (1877) is contained in Edison: The Man and His Work by George S. Bryan, lately published (Knopf, $4.00). He had his mechanician mount a metal drum on a shaft with a balance wheel at one end, a crank...
Leaving Rock Creek, we turned north, climbing 1,000 feet by many of Mt. Guyot, and came to a gap at steep zig zags and skirting the east base 11,000 feet. Then, passing over flat areas covered with granite sand and huge pine, we came down to Crabtree Meadows, on the creek of the same name...
...puzzle unpleasant in the unravelling. To see a tiny bit of pig skin move back and forth in the zig zag of modern football remain among the few stalwart pleasures of modern life. And when those who do the zig zaggling represent Yale and Harvard the journey of the Ten Thousand is purely a Fighteous crusade and Cerberus not half the monster that he might be longjours landace pour le sport...
...Lorillard Co. (B. L. Belt, President)?Murads, Helmars, Deities, Moguls, Between the Acts; Philip Morris & Co., Ltd., Inc. (R. M. Ellis, President)?Philip Morris, Marlboro, English Oval. This last concern is affiliated with the American Tobacco Products Co. (T. B. Yuille, President), which controls the Surburg Co. (Zig-Zags), Stephano Bros. (Rameses), and the United Cigar...
Zarakov, at center, was easily the star of the game. He was able to pick the puck out of a scrimmage quickly and zig zag up the rink to bring it within shooting distance, thus opening the way to several of the nine Freshman goals...