Word: cuing
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Wildcatters," is his widow, daughter of a vice president of St. Louis-San Francisco Railway. Last week on land belonging to the railroad, and on which is located a roundhouse, the Slick interests brought in a well yielding 50,000 bbl. of oil and 4,000,000,000 cu. ft. of gas daily...
...valves, demolished the surmounting derrick. The well turned into the "wildest ever seen," much more powerful and dangerous than the nearby Mary Sudik, which last spring kept Oklahoma citizens alarmed for ten days (TIME, April 14). C. E. Stout No. 1 cast up daily about 100,000,000 cu. ft. of gas, about 60,000 bbl. of oil valued at around $125,000. The oil slimed the State Capitol far to the north on West 23rd St., fouled the Canadian River water 30 mi. away. Fire started in a creek near the well, swept toward the gusher, was doused...
...Engineer George A. Posey adapted Mr. Singstad's method to his 3,545-ft. Oakland Tube. The Detroit & Canada Tunnel (thus incorporated) is ventilated by a system derived from Singstad and Posey. At each end it has six intake, six exhaust fans, capable of supplying 1,000,000 cu. ft. of air per minute and of changing the entire tunnel atmosphere every...
Helium. The explosion of the 5,500,000 cu. ft. of hydrogen inflating the R-101 caused practically all the devastation. Rear Admiral William Adger Moffett of the U. S. Navy last week pointed out that if non-inflammable helium (gas next lightest to hydrogen) had been used the R-101 would not have exploded. British commentators had already noted this obvious fact, with the implication that the U. S., monopolist of the world's helium supply, had selfishly prevented any of the gas from being exported. President Hoover deemed this insinuation worthy of White House denial. The Department...
...Cardington. One evening last week the R-101 nuzzled her mooring mast, ready for her initial flight to India. She was a beautiful tuber, biggest thing of the air? length 777 ft.; capacity 5,500,000 cu. ft.; lifting capacity 155 tons, five oil-driven motors...