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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1930
Page
5
Science reports a home sun lamp by Dr. Walter H. Eddy of Columbia University. The device uses carbon lamps to emit powerful rays, claimed to be twelve times stronger than natural sunlight and useful against diseases like rickets.
The article describes Dr Edmund Jacobsons progressive relaxation system for muscle relaxation and sleep, and Dr Joshua Rosetts air garment for full body massage. It then details development of fused quartz window glass to transmit ultraviolet health rays and the manufacturing advances reducing cost.
Indianapolis inventor Thomas W. Mitchell created a new bathtub with a seat and a hood to prevent splashing. Pablo Escobedo of East St. Louis patents a fishlike magnesium flying craft with flapping fins and an observation tower. A paperbox opener using a removable safety-razor blade cuts various containers by sliding along an edge.
A car owner explains a new device by Thomas Taylor of Chicago that snaps a photo of the offending vehicle at the moment of a collision. The camera mounts in the top rear of the car and uses an automatic shutter release. A night alert flashlight synchronizes with the shutter for nighttime collisions.
An illustration describes a giant aerological thermometer with two mercury bulbs a wet bulb wrapped in saturated fabric and a dry bulb of normal design. Evaporation cools the wet bulb, keeping about 60 degrees while the dry bulb nears 70, enabling humidity assessment.
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