California fig shipments prove fan cooled reefers work
California grown Kadota figs reach Chicago Boston New York and nearby areas as fan equipped refrigerator cars deliver uniform low temperatures and higher load capacity. Tests show temperature spread shrinks to about three degrees, enabling greater load heights and potential revenue gains of 25 to 60 percent for various perishable goods.
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This Week in the Sky from Hayden Planetarium
The moon is new on Monday and no planets are visible at dusk. By 9 PM Libra, the Scales, appears in the southeast as a parallelogram west of Scorpius the Scorpion, with Virgo and its bright star Spica near the meridian.
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Milestone Photometer Aids Spectrographic Plate Study
Milestones of science outline a new photometer from Schenectady labs for spectrographic analysis to verify metallic mixtures in casting. Reported future trends include milk fiber textiles at chemurgic conferences and soy bean neckwear while Germany develops a resinous plastic for newspapers and periodicals.
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