Word: shell
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...March 23, 1918 the first shell from the German long range gun fell in Paris. By afternoon the French had reconstructed the shell from fragments, determined the bore and weight, of the shells and the line of fire. The sound ranging equipment on the front had learned the general location of the gun and had discovered that it took three minutes from the time of the suspected explosion to the arrival of the shell in Paris...
...Guns. Senator Hale se cured from the Navy wooden models of 6-in. guns and 8-in. guns as used on cruisers, set them up in his office to outline his objections to the treaty. Carefully he explained that a 6-in. gun would fire a 105-lb. shell 10 miles; an 8-in. gun a 260-lb. shell 18 miles. What seemed to displease him most was that, whereas under the 1929 naval plan 23 cruisers of 10,000 tons each, armed with 8-in. guns, would have been constructed, under the treaty this force would...
...oysters was a little too salty, and hence inviting to starfish. No enemy so annoys the oyster as the starfish which, unintelligent in many matters, is smart enough to clutch the bivalve in a deathly grip and tug until Ostrea Virginica in a moment of exhausted abandon opens his shell and allows himself to glide into the starfish's protuberant stomach. Oystermen have learned to clear the water of starfish by using a long mop, but other foes lurk beneath the surface. There are snailfish molluscs known as drills, borers, whelks and conches that congregate upon the oyster...
...oyster business is one of the largest U. S. fisheries, with an annual value of around $14,000,000. About 65,000 persons are engaged in the industry, including the actual oystermen, workers in shucking and canning plants, laborers in shell kilns, and the wholesale mongers...
...lightweights were picked up by the Harvard launch, and carried to the Tech boathouse, where Coach Bill Maines of M. I. T. sent them back to Newell in a Tech launch. The Harvard shell was carried to the Tech float for examination, then towed by the Harvard, launch back to Newell Boat House. None of the men in the capsized boat were injured...