THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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WHITEilCOMMENTS
ON XRAlY VALUE,
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WILL SHOW BAD) POWDER I
Value of the X-ray lies in the (ex-
anmation of projectiles rather thbani
in: the revealing of fiaws in the guns;
i i the opinion of P1rof. A. E. White, of
the engimeeri 1ig rcsearch ide.11):it-
j 1t. C o~tz~ntii n jU pon the t.r atf
innt of {col. E. 1T. Dickeinson be f or
~the national defense ferum(1of lieAm -
crican Societyv of Mechanical lHogfin-
cers in NowV Yor k recently to the ef-
'fect that the installation of X-r-ay
equipment at thae WatertowD r: tS;ol
for 111P purn o:;e of detectilng flaw S i
'thienmet Aliec structulre of the gn
Would1( materially lessen the, numibe'r
CJ di strous a ccidents, he stated his
ljolief that the X-ray could be put toj
latter use in preventing premature
ai''sos
~"Premature explosions are more of-
t4,n due to defective powder conldition:,. I
I~ i tty fto ses, and 1imperfect p roject ii es
tfia to (defec(tive giuns"," rail Prof, -
s r hite. During the late war he
asin charge of thea cceptance, from
r.- l'1allirgicr I standpoint, of all
gAin'; ul to 14 inch calibre which wr
rt'ceciv(ed by the watr department.
S"No gun will standh un uinder the
renen dous shock resulting when a
;-)clell] explodes, within it," ('ontinuefl
Professor White, "and with laultY
fjti s and defective projectiles there is
thie ever-plresent pos.siliity that: an ex--
1losion will take place within t he
L4i" ases of the projectiles have
.r tendency to show "pipes," or infinit-
cl:iiml holes which penetrate the
on-se. These holes make it almost a
< rl..3ity that, premature explosions
i>ill occur.
k X-rays should serve to determinieV
fi dise flaws and consequently reduceT
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The Anglo-Egypt ian crisis enii--sed by the assass.1 ation ef 1I:tai-Ce m. k a pnear ,oit warl Y
to be at an end, hut fears are held that the heavy penlties levied by B'it;1;a i ill cu eursnsa ogi':g?;'o-
tians, among whom native leaders have been agitating a strong ilationaliJic tet>litl for01'soilie Year,;T', The 8rit-
ish artilery seen drawn up before the Sphinx, is a inong Ilie I ro lswh MII- are tkn over conlt vol oW tip ot
from Egytian forces. Below (left to rught, i1wair aia, the rie v premier; (h'n''ral I,ord AllJ'm by,, :uew a
for "Britain in Egypt; anti Zagloul Pasha, who s t epped down as prem jor rat her fthan a-c'fe wholly to IhIIi
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greatly thew number of preatore cx Seattle Wash., D ec. 8.-Do rfing thir ii
plosions. r~cent visit; here, memberhcis of dwh Ox-
~-"'------------f ord (deba te te(am were enlt ertainiled
rat; dinnivr by the ('lkliodle> scliola so
s z 'an s C ime TO P la i he Iac(llt y aof the University o \Wash-
M-hitnslhmelT Pa
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A s soon as adjulstmnlts (a1. 1', made,'.
Sin ther chain of gears, Micligi; .n's
iiies in the tower of the old en-r
jr ;neering shops will play the foa.l icr
Canihridge Quarters" a half hour ^
Inter than formei ly. In tha morning
1lt,~e pal will sound at 7:58 a,, stu-,
Oc'nts file to classes, instead of at =
l,:28 as formerly, and in the evening ;
.453 8In ?stead ,of 0t.. 5:28 according 1-o
;itnnouncemlelt made at the offices of
;:ecretary Shirley W. Smith.
Action toward _ch)anging the time
of ,ounding the chimes was taken
following suggestLion by Prof. 0. W.
Io ,wton, acting director o;' the engi-
ulecrir~g shops, who pointed ours thalt
thle new hour will more nearly mark
the tine of opening and closing; of the
17niversity day.
Anromicemnen L of change il 11
ine of ringing the chlinm''n, brin g:,;(o
m3ind l'Michigan's cearlte >? iVl :;. It''-"
f"rring to this in all t0 rt;V-Ie ifAlie(
M-ay 1.919, ise of he v Alu1mnii s,
R eferececLil)rIrian ma eri o,, a II v 'm
A. Finnoy, '71, says T, -was It haid increa'rd lto
irn-0than half