Profiles in science Elias Howe sewing machine inventor
Patrick and Getz recount Elias Howe born 1819 in Massachusetts who created the sewing machine after observing his mother's worn hands. The piece notes his early poverty, move to Boston, patent battles, royalties, and a closing plug for the Profiles in Science book series with an offer to order.
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Elias Howe
Howe
Massachusetts
Boston
Ari Davis
Harvard College
Davis
England
New England
P. G. Hubert
Luther Burbank
New Language Translator Glasses? Device Converts Speech to Multilingual Print
An experimental system unveiled in New York translates spoken English into four languages and prints them in real time. Dr. Harry F. Olson of RCA lead a team using a speech analyzer, word translator, and a printer to output translations in French German Spanish and English. The device could one day relay speeches to UN units or other broad audiences.
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New York
HTNS
Harry F. Olson
Radio Corporation of America
Accoustical and Electromechanical Laboratory
Olson
Herbert Belar
Ricardo de Sobrino
Dr. Olson
Acoustical Society of America
Salk Rejects Lab Routine for Free Institute of Science
Dr Jonas Salk plans a new kind of research institute in La Jolla with complete researcher independence. The project, backed by the National Foundation, moves toward a core group of outstanding co workers and four non resident fellows while Salk pledges to stay connected to the lab.
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New York
HTNS
Jonas Salk
Science
Salk
la Jolla
Calif
National Foundation
Dr. Salk
Gerald Piel
Sientific American
Institute
Seymour Benzer
Purdue University
United States
Jacob Bronowski
National Coal Board of England
Melvin Cohn
Stanford University
Pasteur Institute
Renato Dulbecco
Calfornia Institute of Technology
Edwin Sexxon
New York University
Francs H. C. Crick
Unversity
Cambridge
Jacques Monod
Leo Szilard
The
Unversity of Chicago
Warren Weaver
Alfred P.sloan Foundation
Mental illness patterns by gender and setting
A study shows men in cities and women at home differ in mental health. Unmarried men are sicker than unmarried women or married men or women. Rural areas report higher mental disturbance among women in bucolic settings and poverty elevates illness in the poor. Disorganized groups also show higher rates. Many exhibit psychological symptoms without full illness, potentially four in five in some groups.
Space flights fenced off from A-tests planed schedule
Space flight and nuclear test programs are tightly coordinated to avoid overlapping days so as not to disrupt space communications. The ionosphere, vital for long range radio, can be degraded by upper atmosphere blasts causing hours of blackout and risking loss of contact with astronauts.
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Space
Earth
Pacific Ocean
Scientific ignorance among college graduates stressed
Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, head of the Atomic Energy Commission, warned at the Prelude to Independence ceremonies in Williamsburg that the nation risks “scientific democracy” stagnation if science and liberal arts remain uncoupled. He cited continuing declines in science and math in curricula and urged an informed electorate to guide the third revolution in science and society.
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Williamsburg
HTNS
Glenn T. Seaborg
Atomic Energy Commission
Seaborg
House of Burgesses
Virginia
Continental Congress
United States
U. S
Dr. Seaborg
Citzen
Small space hops must pay off big
Stuart H. Loory discusses space exploration data, noting astronauts like M. Scott Carpenter and John H. Glenn provide firsthand thoughts via tape and medical tests after splashdowns. He compares early space ventures to Lewis and Clark, stressing the need to capture extensive data to validate value and future progress.
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Grand Turk Island
B.W.L
M. Scott Carpenter
John H. Glenn
Yuri Gagarin
Gherman S. Titov
Admiral Kary
Henry Stanley
Carpenter
Atlantic Ocean
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Patrick
Getz
Chronicle- Telegram
P.O. Box
Los Angeles
California
Lab
University of California
Stanford
America
Stanford Research Institute
Air Force
By Stuart H. Loory
Cocoa Beach
Fla
Maine
Florida
Cape Canaveral
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Christmas Island
Johnston Island
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Atomic Energy
Melvin E Ae
ER Tck
Hawthorne
Don Irwin
Dr.Seaborg
Stuart H. Loory
Bonnell
Maes
Gienn
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