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...statistics indicate that the Liberty motor must be overhauled after approximately 72 hours of flight at a cost of 300 man-hours and over $600. The Navy has been giving the question of improved engine reliability the most concentrated attention, and, without great modifications in principle, by better detail design and more skillful use of materials has greatly raised engine endurance. Engines now are expected to run continuously for 300 hours without deterioration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Carburetor | 5/19/1923 | See Source »

...mechanical dolls that flood these departments represent untold effort by their perpetrators, and no less wasted energy on the part of those who have to catalogue them and search the archives for previous patents. Wisdom in the choice of a subject is certainly as important as subsequent ingenuity in design...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "WANTED--THE MILLENIUM" | 5/19/1923 | See Source »

...thrown upon the screen showing, the palace at Versailles,--its plans, exteriors and interiors, views of its parks and statuary. The famous muscums, the Louvre and the Invalides, were also shown as famous examples of French architecture of that period. Among the chateaux that were shown for their beautiful design were those at Vaux and Marly. In addition many examples of commemorative architecture were exhibited...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRENCH ARCHITECTURE DESCRIBED BY HAFFNER | 5/9/1923 | See Source »

Professor Haffner pointed out the harmony that existed between the dress of the period and the architectural design of the panelling and furnishings. In concluding his talk, Professor Haffner stated that toward the latter part of the eighteenth century, French architecture was copied to a great extent by other foreign countries, but without much success because of the misinterpretation that resulted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRENCH ARCHITECTURE DESCRIBED BY HAFFNER | 5/9/1923 | See Source »

Bourdelle, French " spiritual realist " sculptor, has been asked to design a war memorial in concrete, 25 x 10 meters, to be set against the rocks near Grenoble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arts: Pittsburgh | 5/5/1923 | See Source »

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