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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1929
Page
17
Dr G C W Krimmins explains in Pearson's Weekly why children form shadow friends during early childhood. The article notes a phase around ages three to six where invisible playmates become prominent, influencing toy use and social development as normal behavior.
A feature discusses how ocean evaporation powers rain and climate and shifts to child psychology. It cites Dr Krimmins and the Carnegie Institution on invisible playmates in three to six year olds, noting cross national presence and the decline of such phantasy after age six.
The world’s largest wind tunnel fan, a 28 foot aluminum device at Laneley field in Virginia, powers a test chamber for airplane models. Eight blades weigh 600 pounds total, driving a three and a half ton structure that creates winds up to 100 mph for studying air resistance and streamlining effects on planes and vehicles.
Science and Invention reports high frequency currents used to paralyze chinook salmon without killing them. Professor I O McMillan and R Winters show a weak voltage gradient suffices to stop movement, with longer fish more easily paralyzed. duration affects mortality.
A collection of inventor notes describes ollets with anaesthetic needles for live animal capture, a smoke lighter and automatic cigarette dispenser, a German odor test wheel for dogs, a hand wind flashlight with a tiny dynamo, and electrical studies on fish paralysis. It also covers motorist vehicle smoothness in wet weather due to humidity and carburetor adjustments for consistent power.
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