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That the statistical position of the petroleum industry during July, although not so poor as indicated by the figures, was, nevertheless weak for that time of the year, is the conclusion drawn by William J. Kemnitzer, petroleum technologist, from reports issued by the United States Bureau of Mines.
Bentley, P, Inheritance
ill; bout with Schmeling postponed
Tour physicist is supposed to be a hard, matter-of-fact measurer who suppresses romantic speculation and talks only of energy, volts, ions and electrons. Confront him with a mystery and he proves to be as human as the rest of us. Consider the cosmic rays. For years MILLIKAN in this country and KOLHOER-STER, HESS, REGENER and others in Europe have been studying them only to their own mystification and ours.
1932Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian physicist and astronaut (died 2002)[†]
Nikolai Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 10, Soyuz 16, and Soyuz 33. Two of these missions, Soyuz 10 and Soyuz 33, were intended to dock with Salyut space stations, but failed to do so.