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These examples may give some idea of the range of Professor Bridgman's work, which begins at 3000 atmospheres and goes up to 14,000--the highest ever reached by experiment. At this pressure mercury and hydrogen pass through thick nickel steel as though it were a sieve; and there are six different kinds of ice instead of the one that used to be found in cocktails. At these pressures it was found that white phosphorus when heated to 390 degrees suddenly changed from a colorless, waxy, translucent material to a much denser, jet-black, flaky substance like the graphite...
Bicycles are as thick in Paris as hairs on a dog's back and the expression "No, thanks, I'm going to walk to the office as I haven't time to ride in an automobile," is in daily use. In across-Paris race between a bicycle, an automobile, a subway passenger and a pedestrian, the bicyclist won?time 17 mins., 16 secs., distance about 6 miles...
...front of Newell Boat House is still six inches thick, but below Anderson bridge opposite Weld Boat House the ice is very thin, and below the next two bridges farther down there is clear water, largely due to the hot water discharged into the river from heating plants...
Scores followed thick and fast in the last period. After less than a minute of stick play, Graves took the puck from scrimmage and shot into the corner of the net. Within a few seconds Crosby duplicated the performance...
Vidar Jernberg, Swedish chemical engineer, makes thick and plentiful fogs with a two-foot machine, of value both in warfare and in agriculture. His "smoke buoy", when dropped upon the water, starts producing 35,000 cubic metres of smoke a minute, hiding objects 30 ft. away. The "smoke projector", for land work, generates fog much faster. Several European navies are now using his methods. Their pacific value lies in spreading smoke blankets over orchards, gardens and fields to prevent the ravages of frost. Radiation from the ground is checked...