New Gadgets And Inventions Featured In Gadget Bulletin 427
A roundup of innovative devices includes a one third length rail-view golf bag with twelve club slots and locking tips, zinc salts in adhesive plasters to prevent skin irritation, a non sharpening pinker cloth cutter, a curved blade cake cutter with a non tearing fork end, a pancake flipper with wrist free turning, a desk-type facsimile machine for telegrams, and a compact 37 inch .22 caliber carbine with a hinged forearm grip. Readers are invited to request Gadget Bulletin 427 by mail.
Porpoises Playful Companions Close to Boats at Sea
Porpoises, the lesser cousins of whales, are friendly and intelligent. They often loop around boats and even enter crowded harbors, a comforting sight compared with sharks.
Ion exchange speeds water softening and more by resins
Chemistry advances with artificial ion exchange resins that soften water and replace scale forming minerals in one pass. The method enables simultaneous processing, recovers salts, and enables extraction of quinine nicotine amino acids heavy metals and rare earths including fission product sorting at Oak Ridge.
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Resinous Products and Chemical Co
Philadelphia
Rohm and Haas Co
Resinous Products Company
Ublic
Oak Ridge
Science Service
Iowa State College
European Bison May Yet Be Rescued By Science Service
Postwar survey records 93 European bison, 50 cows, with 11 German borderlines potential pure blood. A new pedigree book by the International Society for the Protection of the European Bison lists pure-blood stock and excludes hybrids. Breeding zones now include Poland, Germany, Sweden, Netherlands, USSR, with a Bedforshire estate holding a few animals. Breeding focuses on preserving species and distinct strains.
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International Society For the Protection
Jan Zabinski
Warsaw Zoological Park
Germany
Sweden
Netherlands
Ussr
Duke of Bedford
England
Poland
Bialowicz
Caucasus
Science Service
Olives Create Mushroom Sauce Substitute by UC Scientists
Green olives and vegetables are processed to mimic mushroom sauce without using mushrooms. The University of California Division of Food Technology developed a method that blends olives, green peppers, salt, garlic, onions, and tomato sauce, cooks, and cans the result to resemble traditional mushroom sauce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of California
Divison of Food Technology
Mosquito Proof Clothing Tested With Mesh Lining
USDA entomologists report coarse mesh lining or undergarment protects soldiers from bites during WWII tests in Florida. Fabrics like Byrd cloth nylon weaves Jo cloth and some poplins and broadcloths proved effective, while standard herringbone twill did not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Florida
Science trick with rubber diaphragm and tuning fork
A simple kitchen lab trick uses a rubber diaphragm stretched over a horn and a tuning fork to amplify sound. By adjusting distance between nozzle and diaphragm a stream of water produces a resonant tone. moving either part changes pitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Science Service
Head Shape of Race Reconsidered Cradle Board Evidence
The Dinaric people of Montenegro and Albania, once labeled a race for their round heads, may be reclassified after researchers suggest head flattening results from cradle boards. Studies by Ehrich and Coon indicate cradling, not genetics, explains the trait, aligning them with nearby round-headed groups. Armenoid groups show similar effects.
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Montenegro
Albania
Robert W. Ehrich
Brooklyn College
Carleton S. Coon
Harvard University
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