A pin was dropped on a tfe«k by Eft. Gano Dunn in the course of his address at the dedication o! tha new building of tire National Academy or Sciences and the National Research Council in Washington. Without bo Tng warned to silence, every person in the high-domed, wide-winged hall heard the pia as it 6fcruck th© ivoodwork. Thousands of wireless listeners, hundreds of miles away, also heard. Specially designed artificial stone walla made the sound clear and distinct. That pin-fall sounded an engineering triumph in the long-neglected science of acoustics. jack is heavy and spetdy, while the btcjw are «lusive &nd possess nsor« than the aver. age amount •ol race. Ml eatmtry train services have bean dolaycd, thut oflcrdißtf ©ouniry patrons an «pportwnity at witnessing tho game and raturzusr home ih* san>« evening. The final of tba fourth grade championship will ba played fta ft curtainraiser. The Englishmen return from th» GcMt to-morrow evening, and leat-e after Saturday's match for en roate for Kaglacd, via San Francisco.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18150, 13 August 1924, Page 13
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