Investigation of Dirigible Disasters: Hearings Before ..., 73-1 Pursuant to H. Con. Res. 15 ..., May 22 to June 6, 1933

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Page 4 - In the testimony you are about to give before this committee, do you solemnly swear that you will tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God ? Mr.
Page 290 - ... in said description shall be taken for the Commonwealth. Said board, upon entering upon any land for the purpose of using the same for carrying out any of the purposes of this act, shall sign and cause to be recorded in the registry aforesaid a statement containing a general description of the land and the purposes for which it is to be used, and the probable time for which the same is to be used, and after they have taken any property under the right of eminent domain shall notify the owner...
Page 521 - Principle states that a body wholly or partially immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by it.
Page 527 - The subcommittee met, pursuant to the call of the chairman, at 10 o'clock am in the committee room of the Committee on Banking and Currency, Room 301, Senate Office Building, Senator William H.
Page 633 - This sum was increased later by further gifts from Mr. Guggenheim. The purpose of the Fund was to promote aeronautical education throughout the country; to assist in the extension of aeronautical science ; and to further the development of commercial aircraft, particularly in its use as a regular means of transportation of both goods and people.
Page 475 - ... bites his nails. The applicability of this statement, however, to the entire age range is open to question as is revealed below. Second, the frequency of the nail-biting mannerism for each age level, statistically 1 The opinions and assertions herewith expressed are those of the author and are not to be construed as those of the Navy Department or of the naval service at large. 2 This is true because an unknown number of draftees had been rejected for military service before naval induction.

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