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...area between Alaska and Hawaii, shielding California in winter from rain-bearing oceanic winds, was breaking in two before his eyes. Half of it had moved southward to the latitude of Mexico while the other half had shifted north ward to the Gulf of Alaska. Through the low-pressure gap that resulted, a stream of warm, moist, tropical air, 500 miles wide and dotted with storms, was flowing toward Northern California...
...with argon gas. Inside it the piece of metal to be plated is hooked up as the cathode (negative pole) of an electrical circuit. The plating material forms the anode (positive pole). When a high-voltage direct current is passed through the circuit, positive argon ions fly across the gap and smack the substrate so hard that they blast it clear of gas or oxide...
...Atoms. Since argon is an inert gas, its ions do not stick. But when Mattox heats the anode, the plating material begins to evaporate. Its own ions jump the gap and stick fast to the perfectly clean substrate. The coating that results adheres as strongly as if it were part of the underlying metal...
Dean Griswold traces the origin of the gap between white and Negro in the United States to the English common law of chattels, which governed the possession of slaves in the American colonies. The law of chattels regarded slaves as no different from any other form of property, having neither personality, nor rights against their owners...
...stock-within the next three months; the announcement promptly jumped over-the-counter prices on Aniline stock from $34 to $46.50 in three days. No individual will be allowed to buy more than 1,000 shares and no institution more than 50,000. For the time being, GAP stock will be widely held by U.S. investors...