Word: compressive
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Dates: during 1931-1931
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...railroads spread out and opened up almost limitless tracts of new Texas land for cotton cultivation, the State's production tripled in 20 years. In 1899 Texas was the No. 1 U. S. cotton State with 2,500,000 bales. This year its 10,000 gins will compress 5,000,000 bales or 33% of the U. S. crop...
...based upon one type of a process of refining crude oil known as "cracking the molecules." The heavy oil is pumped through a steel-pipe coil, the interior of which is kept at about 900° F. heat and under great pressure. Dubbs's invention: making the oil compress itself. Suddenly this heated and compressed oil passes into an insulated chamber. There it breaks down into gasoline. The latest Dubbs "cracking" unit will convert 3,000 bbl. of oil per day, making 60% or more high-test antiknock motor fuel...