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...physics book Skipper Wheeler had read that black absorbs sun rays, holds heat. His black strip, he reasoned, would hold the small heat of the feeble spring sunshine, melt the ice earlier...
...month his 29-mi. black ribbon cut down into the ice one foot. It continued to melt the ice away and the Casca sailed out some 30 days earlier than usual through a nicely defined channel...
...When freezing weather arrives pour two to four gallons of water into the pit each day. By the time of spring thaw there will be a block of ice eight feet square by more than six feet thick, on which perishables may be preserved. The ice will not all melt before the autumn freezes come...
...your outer clothing!" pleaded Sister Theoneste. But the Tiger was obstinate. For years he has gone to bed fully dressed, merely kicking off his slippers and loosening his collar. "Because how do I know at what moment I may get up and write?" The iron will had begun to melt when at last he let the Sister put him into night clothes...
Exclaimed Mr. Fokker: "My ship is not a lump of sugar. It won't melt in the rain." In flight the huge ship showed stability, maneuverability. Universal Air Lines ordered the plane and four replicas for its proposed day-&-night transcontinental service...