This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... two days, fearing that Milwaukee was not sufficiently metropolitan. Milwaukee was honored at last, however. Three gentlemen from New York stood all through the long speeches at the banquet, in a laudable effort to show the West how gracefully tuxedo coats can be worn when competently cut and properly ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... two days, fearing that Milwaukee was not sufficiently metropolitan. Milwaukee was honored at last, however. Three gentlemen from New York stood all through the long speeches at the banquet, in a laudable effort to show the West how gracefully tuxedo coats can be worn when competently cut and properly filled--or perhaps they stood in order to hear better. Wasn't it nice for Bucyrus to send its brass band just when the local musicians were fainting from exhaustion? The R. R. booth at the Auditorium was greatly appreciated. The service was prompt, accurate and courteous, and the Pullman representatives seemed to have charts of a new type of car, for no one had to take an upper berth. They distinguish tea by color instead of geography in Milwaukee. A man ordered Ceylon tea and was asked whether he wanted green tea or black tea. He replied, "Green, of course, is the color of safe tea." The Milwaukee FOR the first time the manufacturers had all the room they wanted for the display of their products, as the basement of the Auditorium was of huge dimensions and afforded a perhaps unequalcd opportunity for this purpose. The Acme Motion Ficture Projector Company of Chicago displayed its portable projectors, which have become so popular with safety engineers. The jEtna Life Insurance Company of Hartford showed its model factory and also a new 3-story model of an elevator, perfect in detail, and showing the operation of 6 different types of gates. Safety devices were installed, which were actuated by the breaking of the hoisting cable or by the action of the speed governor. The American Abrasive Metals Company of New York was disappointed by the nonarrival of its full exhibit because of delay in transit, but hand samples of Feralun were...
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Add this copy of Safety Engineering, Volume 40 to cart. $56.22, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Nabu Press.
