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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1946
Page
6
The item outlines lighted writing pad holders for drivers and police cars, a repeating flash bulb for photographers, a die casting machine, a clean keeper for typewriters, a consumer television receiver about 150 dollars, a floor cleaner on a mop handle, a giant testing machine for steel, and a tiny drill hole gauge. Readers may request Gadget Bulletin 310 from Science Service for details.
War era ocean studies show how waves govern landing and search strategies for planes and boats. Knowledge of wave height and length improves boat design, aerial landings, and storm forecasting. photographs and sonar-like imaging help map depths and sea floor for safer operations.
A science feature describes jack in the pulpit blooming and a photographer capturing it. It then surveys wave dynamics, depth inference from aerial photos, and wartime oceanography work at Woods Hole Scripps Berkeley and Navy labs, led by Ise lin Sverdrup Hord Sears Revelle, with peacetime maritime applications.
A Science Service quiz by Helen M. Davis presents ten true or false statements about atomic power and related science. Answers reveal misconceptions about energy, uranium, plutonium, fission, and future bombs with brief corrections for each item.
Buttercups decorate the crown of May's queen and grow across the North Temperate Zone. They populate high mountain meadows and coastal pastures, with drought adapted species in deserts and others that flourish submerged in water.
California researchers report garter and other snakes can carry Salmonella germs. In seven localities 26 percent of snakes tested carried five types of Salmonella. Dr. W R Hinshaw and Dr. E McNeil presented findings to the American Veterinary Medical Association.
Science Clubs of America outlines a hands on experiment using hoops and a buckshot test to compare horizontal and vertical drops. By shooting through moistened newspaper hoops and rifling through, measurements reveal if a pitch curves or simply falls due to gravity.
Dr. E. W. Gudger of the American Museum of Natural History notes long standing stories of jaguars using their tails to lure and snag fish in Amazon rivers. Observers describe the jaguar tapping the water surface with its tail to attract fish and then striking with its paw to seize prey.
Two albino twin brothers shown share voice and manners with similar vision and schooling needs. They are part of a three million birth statistic for albino identical twins, per Ohio State University researchers noting normal coloring in siblings and parents.
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