Wright brothers papers to be published in two volumes
Oberlin College announced a contract with McGraw-Hill to print more than 1 200 pages of Wright brothers papers including letters diaries and charts before the Wrights' Kitty Hawk anniversary. The volumes will include correspondence with Octave Chanute diaries and 120 pages of illustrations.
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Oberlin, O
Wright Brothers
Oberlin College
McGraw-Hill Book Co
New York
Kitty Hawk
N.C
Wilbur Wright
Orville
Library of Congress
Wrights
Wilburn
Octave Chanute
Oberlin
Katherine
Henry J. Haskell
Dayton
Rat Trap A Help In Scientific Research
GE researchers in Schenectady use common items in experiments. A windshield wiper mechanism powers a stirring rod in a freezing bath to prevent temperature unevenness. A rat trap with a carbon contact brush measures electric pulses to study breakdown of insulators.
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Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Research Laboratories
Sinking Sausages In Gary Incident
Ernest J. Lichtenstein read the Gary Post-Tribune and saw 1,100 cases of his canned sausages lost at sea after a British freighter burned off the California coast. The ship carried $5,500 worth of meat bound for Manila on Lichtenstein's run.
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Gary, Ind
Ernest J. Lichtenstein
Gary Post-Tribune
California
Manila
Lichtenstein
Oddities and anecdotes from wartime, business, and daily life
A collection of misc items from the era including Navy ammo usage comparisons to WWII, psychology of charity mailings, local road junctions, Bendix Palm Beach pools, fashion retail trends, Marciano’s youth runs, a speaking scale gag, acoustical speech in large rooms, Eisenhower’s card skills, a Danish shoe tester paid to walk, a New England tourist influx remark, Times of London editor anecdotes, Bar Harbor’s Mount Desert Herald, Horace Greeley on news plurality, odd billiard ball defects with bullets inside tusks, and new British rail signaling with color lights.
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U. S. Navy
Easy Street
Whiskey Road
Saratoga
N. Y
Vincent Bendix
Palm Beach
Aparel
Brockton
Mass
Marciano
Bridgewater
Ethel
Mabel
Joan
Times of London
Bar Harbor
William Hamilton
Mount Sort
Horace Greeley
Blueberry Cream Cake Roll Dessert Delights Spring Kitchen
A spring time dessert uses a pancake ready mix to create a light sponge cake that is rolled with whipped cream and blueberries. The recipe yields eight servings and includes gelatine, sugar, and lemon flavoring with detailed steps for baking, cooling, filling, and refrigerating before serving.
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Ries
Protect Your Grain With Airtight Bins
Insects and rodents destroy about 5 percent of stored grain in the United States each year. Protect your grain in airtight bins.
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U. S
Pentagon Air Conditioning Makes It A Cool Big Building
The Pentagon with 32 acres and 32 000 workers uses a sophisticated solar compensated air conditioning system. Eight electronic compensators on the roof and rooftop sensors regulate cooling to match sun heat, shade and outside temperature. The system reportedly provides cooling equivalent to melting 14 000 tons of ice daily.
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Harman W. Nichols
Uni
Corre Washington
Pentagon
Corps of Engineers
Empire State Building
New York
Charles Leopold
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
Honeywell
White House
Leopold
Tiniest gun linked to Watertown man found in Waterford
Waterford historian Col. Sidney Hammersley once connected to the Watervliet Arsenal owns a tiny rolled steel pistol claimed as the smallest gun ever made at the arsenal. The holed gun, nonfunctional, took months to craft in spare time and draws a contrast to a larger personal achievement.
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Waterford
N. Y
Watervliet Arsenal
Sidney Hammersley
Hammersley
Ancient Romans Used Artificial Incubation for Eggs
The article notes that in ancient Rome hens eggs were incubated by artificial means. It discusses methods and the historical context of early poultry incubation practices.
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Eisenhower
New England
British Railways
Watertown Man
Studebaker
America
Mobilgas
Lewis Motor CO
S. Wrenn ST
Alman-Bass Furniture Company
Thrifty
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