New Inventions and Gadgets Highlighted in Bulletin 412
A list of new devices and ideas includes a garbage incinerator using refuse as fuel and a dry draft system for drying and burning waste. Other items feature glass office partitions, two‑pane windows, magnifying lenses, a lightweight plastic television lens, a compact desk pencil sharpener, an X ray apparatus claim, a microammeter for tiny currents, a photofolio triangulator, an editor’s tool for image selection, an English scented hairbrush with a refillable perfume base, and request for Bulletin 412 information via stamp to Science Service.
Immigrant Beauty Immigrant Beauty By Science Service
Lilacs are described as immigrants in the American scene with origins in southeastern Europe and the Caucasus. The Persian lilac is noted as delicate and fragrant, extending toward Persia and eastward, overlapping the term common lilac on the west.
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Billions of Stars to be Found by 200-Inch Mt Palomar Telescope
The 200 inch Palomar telescope will probe space twice as far and offer eight times the volume for study enabling discovery of hundreds of millions of star systems and nebulae. It will be run jointly by Caltech and the Carnegie Institution with shared staff led by Dr Iran S Bowen and open to other astronomers.
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Rockefeller Foundation
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Iran S. Bowen
Mount Wilson
Palomar Observatories
Andromeda
Better Photo Plates Boost Palomar Telescope Vision
The 200 inch Palomar telescope gains extended reach as four times faster photo graphic plates from Fastman Kodak replace earlier astronomical emulsions. With this upgrade the giant telescope, the world’s largest camera, can see farther into space than if built two decades ago.
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Fastman Kodak
Bacteria Said to Help Form Petroleum Deposits
French bacteriologist Dr J Laigret argues bacteria contribute to petroleum creation. He claims adding his isolated bacterial culture to olive oil starts a 23 hour fermentation yielding a product similar to petroleum, noting the same with soap solution. American scientist Dr Claude ZoBell of Scripps Oceanography supports a related theory.
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J. Laigret
Pasteur
Saigon
Dakar
Brazzaville
Laigret
United States
Claude E. ZoBell
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Annular Eclipse to Map Earth's Shape From Asia to Alaska
Annular solar eclipse of May 8 9 draws seven international expeditions under the National Geographic Society to Burma Siam China Japan Korea and the Aleutians. Observers use 35mm film chronometers radio time signals and motion pictures to measure sun moon contacts and determine Earth’s figure with precision amid cloud risks.
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Burma
Siam
China
Japan
Korea
Aleutian Islands
National Geographic Society
U. S. Naval Observatory
U. S. Army
Navy
Air Force
Bureau
Standards, Coast and Geodetic Survey
State Department
E. A. Halbach
Milwaukee Astronomical Society
Mergui
Bangkok
Charles H. Smiley
Brown University
Ladd Observatory
C. W. Miller
Brown Physics Department
Y. C. Chang
Father Heyden
Wu-k‘ang
George van Bies
Aleutians
Science Service
Junior Scientists Make Frost Like Crystals For Ornamenting Glass
A classroom guide explains forming crystal patterns on glass using Epsom salt and common household agents. It covers techniques, weather effects, and ways to embed crystals in films for microscopic study and decorative use.
Robot Nose Detects Gas Leaks In Refrigeration System
Dr. John S. Hickey and team at General Electric Research Laboratory Schenectady unveil a robot nose a supersensitive gas detector using hot platinum ion emission. It detects halogen vapors including carbon tetrachloride chloroform and Freon with audible warnings, guiding leak location by click rate.
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General Electric Research Laboratory
Schenectady
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