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In 1922, two former engineering college roommates Laurence K. Marshall and Vannevar Bush, along with scientist Charles G. Smith, founded the American Appliance Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[5] Its focus, which was originally on new refrigeration technology, soon shifted to electronics. The company's first product was a gaseous (helium) rectifier that was based on Charles Smith's earlier astronomical research of the star Zeta Puppis.[6] The electron tube was christened with the name Raytheon ("light of/from the gods") and was used in a battery eliminator, a type of radio-receiver power supply that plugged into the power grid in place of large batteries. This made it possible to convert household alternating current to direct current for radios and ... eliminate the need for expensive, short-lived batteries.
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If the Yanks as a whole had a difficult time getting things going in 1922, consider Ruth's plight. The Bambino didn't appear in a league game until May 20. He and Bob Meusel had been suspended by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis for making an unauthorized barnstorming tour after the 1921 Series. Later, the Babe was handed short suspensions after run-ins with umpires and other indiscretions. When the pennant chase roared to a finish, Ruth had appeared in only 110 of 154 games. His batting average plummeted 63 points from the previous season, falling to .315, and naturally his home-run and RBIs totals suffered.
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The modern MVP Award was established in the American League in 1922 as successor to the defunct Chalmers Award, last given in 1914. Sisler won handily over Philadelphia knuckleballer Eddie Rommel, who went 27-13 to lead the American League in wins. Sisler's teammate Ken Williams led the American League in home runs with 39, two more than runner-up Tilly Walker of the Athletics. Williams ... led the league in runs batted in with 155 and total bases with 367.
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The PGA Tour stopped at La Cantera in San Antonio this past week for the Valero Texas Open Golf Tournament, in a tradition that dates back to 1922. Wedged into a dramatic and gorgeous section of the Texas Hill Country, the golf courses at La Cantera are legendary. Breathtaking changes in elevation between tee boxes and greens, craggy white cliffs and infinite views of San Antonio make for exciting golf.
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The Goode's School Atlas, named for its first editor, Dr. J. Paul Goode, was published in 1922. It became a standard text for high school and college geography curricula. Later retitled Goode's World Atlas, it is now in its 21st edition.
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Proust died of pneumonia on November 18, 1922. The remaining volumes of his novel, which he had finished but not completely revised, were published by his brother Robert, with the help of Jacques Rivière and Jean Paulhan, directors of La Nouvelle Revue Française. These volumes were La Prisonnière (1923), Albertine disparue (1925) and Le Temps retrouvé (1927).
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