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Pete Harpel in the hammer looks like a sure bet to break Sam Felton's record of 180 feet, 5 3/4 inches, but whether or not he does it this afternoon could well depend on the performance of Bixby. John DuMoulin and Doty threaten a Crimson sweep if Bixby falters...
...make observations beyond the earth's atmosphere, the instruments in a satellite must be kept fairly cool. The job is harder than it sounds. Space is neither hot nor cold, but an object exposed to sunlight in space may get pretty hot. The temperature that it reaches will depend on how its surface absorbs and emits radiation. If the energy that it absorbs from sunlight is greater than the energy that it emits as heat rays, the body's temperature will rise. The amount of heat rays that it emits will rise too. Eventually, the outgoing heat will...
...much in the curriculum and organization of the department that might be improved. Quite rightly viewing mastery of the classical languages as essential, the department gives a series of half courses of supposedly ascending difficulty in various authors. Class discussion is quite broad, but examinations for the most part depend on the spewing out of prepared translations with an occasional cursory essay thrown in, and papers are almost unknown. Something beyond this should be expected of students theoretically beyond the elementary level. Analysis of text alone, however worthy as a discipline, leaves a good deal to be desired in transmitting...
Boron compounds do not end the list of possible exotic fuels. Paintlike slurries of powdered aluminum or magnesium, suspended in some combustible liquid, contain a lot of energy. In the case of rocket motors, which do not depend on atmospheric oxygen, both the fuel and the oxidizer material with which the fuel combines can be varied. Nitric acid is popular because it is a convenient form of oxygen and yields additional energy when it decomposes. Liquid fluorine is theoretically the best oxidizer, but it is fantastically corrosive and hard to handle. Some material may be discovered that yields fluorine conveniently...
Despite Office of Defense Mobilization advice that Europe cannot yet depend on Middle Eastern oil, the Texas Railroad Commission last week sharply cut daily Texas output by 224,710 bbl. to 3,564.665 bbl. The commission, which had reluctantly boosted production a month ago, acted on reports of a surplus in U.S. crude that could cut domestic prices all down the line. In addition to an estimate from the Bureau of Mines that daily U.S. demand for April will decrease 425,000 bbl., the commission heard testimony from major refiners that oil lifters (shippers in the emergency oil lift) cannot...