Word: frictional
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...principle of the Dardelet Threadlock is that a nut remains fixed when its friction on a bolt is greater than its friction against the face of the part that is being clamped. By mathematically designed taperings on the thread, the Dardelet nut and bolt become wedged into one mass, cannot possibly shake loose, yet are uninjured when separated. Separation is accomplished easily with a wrench...
...Daughters of the American Revolution on world peace and U. S. entry into the World Court, he carefully assembled all the best arguments in behalf of this prime U. S. policy (TIME, April 21). He balanced the reduction of national defense against the elimination of international jealousies and friction. He spoke of the London Naval Conference achievements in terms of reduced ill will rather than reduced warship tonnage. He de- clared...
Last week Wisconsin's dynamic President Glenn Frank announced that the experimental college would be abandoned in June. Reason: internal friction. Gratifying to Dr. Meiklejohn was the announcement that some of the experiment's principles would be applied to freshmen and sophomores in the whole university...
...equal calm and skill, feeling that as long as they were working for different concerns on different jobs they could restrain any evil feelings that might otherwise have arisen. The break came when some of Zimble's non-union men did a job for Shaughnessy. At once there was friction in the air. Labor unions representing all the workers employed at the plant investigated the state of affairs, and incidentally ordered a strike. For the past week no work has gone on in consequence, and with the continuance of the break it was feared that the 1800 union men working...
...announcement was also a happy one for Mr. French. When he left the Yale faculty he had accepted the provostship of Avon Old Farms School, experimental venture in secondary education. Last week he had lost his job. Friction between the school's executive committee and the Pope-Brooks Foundation (chief donor) about the status of the provostship, had ended in the resignation of the committee and the withdrawal of Mr. French...