New Gadgets and Inventions Featured in Gadget Bulletin 369
A roundup of items including wire hanger skirt holders, a ballasted plastic duck decoy, waterless hand cleaner, a cabinet stand with swing-out trays, a CO2 holder for tires and fires, open-link conveyor belts, an electronic permanent‑wave machine, and a foldable labor-saving auto jack. Readers may request Gadget Bulletin 369 by sending a three-cent stamp to Science Service in Washington, D. C.
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Cloth Treated for Longer Life and Less Shrinkage
Textile chemists report long lasting fabrics with shrinking proof and wrinkle resistance. New treatments use natural and synthetic fibers, coatings and plastics to produce rot proof flame proof and moth resistant cloth suitable for civilian wear and military gear. Resloom melamine formaldehyde reduces wool shrinkage to about 3 percent and stabilizes delicate all wool summer fabrics.
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Frigid
Baffin Bay
New Guinea
Tropics
Monsanto Chemical Company
Aerotex Cream
American Cyanamid Company
U. S. Department of Agriculture
New Orleans
Change in Location or New Job Sparks Matrimony
A Science Service summary notes surveys in Washington state show migration and relocation may influence marriage patterns among rural and urban youth. Researchers suggest that new surroundings and social life can prompt early matrimony, with city newcomers facing more competition but potential romantic appeal.
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Washington
Paul Landis
State College of Washington
Science Service
Marsh marigold adapts to wetlands with air spaces
The marsh marigold, not a true marigold, is a buttercup relative with a unique feature. It has thick stems containing large air spaces acting as ventilators to deliver oxygen to roots buried in waterlogged mud.
Aviation Crews Need High Carbohydrate Meals
Science Service reports that pilots benefit from carbohydrate rich meals before flights. A meal high in sugars and starches can raise personal ceiling by 0.5 to 0.75 mile, while fat and protein heavy meals lower physical and mental fitness at altitude. Columbia and Northwestern scientists tested instrument operation object recognition and psychological performance.
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Science Service
Columbia
Northwestern
Stretching Rubber Band Compared to Unwinding Coil
The article explains rubber’s polymer chains at Yale professor Raymond Fucsss describe how stretching a rubber band moves chains into extended configurations. When released, molecules diffuse back to preferred configurations by normal thermal motion.
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Raymond M. Fucss
Sterling
Yale University
Dr. Fucss
Fly Grill Counts Flies For Anti Fly Campaigns
Science Clubs of America outlines a fly counting method using a fly grill. H I Scudder designed the device to measure edge resting flies, offering counts from large and small grills and a procedure to compute a fly index for city blocks and establishments.
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H. I. Scudder
U. S. Public Health Service
EP Aso Fine
Wern Gredarinic
Scudder
Savannah
Lion of Saint Mark Likely Precedes Venice
The bronze lion on Venice’s square likely predates the city and may have traveled from Constantinople or the Levant. It is mentioned in a 1293 repair record though the wingsless statue probably formed centuries earlier, reflecting Near Eastern metallurgical influence.
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Saint Mark
Venice
Grand Council
J. B. Ward Perkins
British Quarterly Review of Archaeology
Constantinople
Levant
Mr. Perkins
Greece
Science Service
Cover Milk When Heating To Save B Vitamins
The U S Agriculture Department advises covering milk while heating to protect riboflavin and other B vitamins from light exposure, which can cause vitamin loss.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Fungi Collecting Tips From An Amateur Guide
A 1947 Science Service piece explains mushroom gathering as a hobby, naming edible types like field agaric, morel, honey and oyster mushrooms, and coral fungi. It covers drying methods, labeling, spore prints, and cautions about inky caps and shaggy mane spoiling if not dried promptly.
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