Word: feet
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...TIME, Dec. 9, p. 61, under Science, you say "The deepest man-made hole in the world is in Orange County, Cal., 8,201 feet deep...
...Texon, Tex., the Group One Oil Corp., had drilled an oil well to 8,525 feet when I left that vicinity last fall. The well came in on low production but, to the amazement of oil men, volume both of gas and oil began to mount soon after, increasing markedly each 24-hour period. Oil was of such high gravity it was said to be fit for use for fuel for automobiles without refining...
Navy Yard workmen who had built the V-5 gave Mrs. Adams a silver platter on which was an engraved likeness of their handiwork. The V-5 is a long-range cruising vessel, 371 feet long, with a surface displacement of 2,760 tons.* She will be commissioned next May. Plans were hastened for starting construction on her twin...
...troubled directors of Trumbull Steel Co. sat around a table and wondered where they could get money enough to put their wavering company firmly on its feet. They had been sitting for a long time without finding a way out of their difficulties when, miraculously, a taL stranger walked into their sanctum, slapped down on the table a $20,000,000 check, said, "There is my letter of introduction...
...South Manchester, Conn., Mary Keating, widow, sat in her window for two days while neighbors passed by and nodded to her. One of them, more observant than the rest, entered, found the Widow Keating, her feet in the oven, dead...