New Gadgets Put On Display In Science Service Gadget Bulletin
A roundup of recently patented and emerging consumer devices includes a salt shaker with an electrical heater for sticky salt, an aluminum headrest for bathtub readers, a plastic cut-out design educational toy, a traction device with pivoting spikes for tires, a hayfever spraying device, a flexible carrying handle for bowling balls, an odor absorber for refrigerators, and instructions to request Gadget Bulletin 479 from Science Service.
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Anti Histamine Drugs Help Fight Allergies
An article explains histamine as a body chemical triggering stomach secretions and potentially causing allergies, vomiting, and diarrhea. It notes anti histamine drugs such as benadryl thepho on and thenylene rride counteract histamine to treat hay fever asthma hives and other allergies.
World Wide War on Animal Ills and Vaccine Fight
A Science Service piece explains international veterinary research tackling diseases from rinderpest to mastitis and brucellosis. It highlights FAO and UNRRA efforts to vaccinate cattle in China, the value of vaccines grown in incubated eggs, and links between animal diseases and human health, including poliomyelitis.
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M. Kaplan
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China
United States
Canada
St. Lawrence River
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Fao—Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Europe
South America
Mexico
Rio Grande
Malta
Man
Czechoslovakia
Teschen
K. V. L. Kesteven
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Heat Might Have Ended Dinosaurs by Sterilization
University of California paleobiology study proposes that extreme global heat rendered male dinosaurs sterile, preventing fertilization and offspring. Reptiles lack advanced thermoregulation, while modern cold blooded species show distress on hot rocks. giant Cretaceous saurians remained near feverish warmth, possibly ending line via no heirs.
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Earth
Raymond R. Cowles
University of California At Los Angeles
Cowles
California
Science Service
Polaris as temporary pole star due to Earth's wobble
Science Service explains the precession of the equinoxes causing pole star changes. Polaris currently marks the axis but will drift toward Vega by 13 000 A D as Thuban did 5 000 years ago, with a faint companion making Polaris a triple-star system when observed closely.
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Earth
Egypt
Thuban
Vega
Lyra
Science Service
Tall Buffalograss Created By Science Service
A tall buffalograss strain was developed to secure seed supplies. The grass is intended to restore Great Plains range lands but proved hard to harvest as it did not reach sufficient height for harvesting machines.
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Great Plains
Safe storage for screens and storm sash in the cellar
The piece offers methods to store screens and storm sashes to avoid damage. It describes vertical cord loop suspensions from rafters and overhead rack options with wooden spacers. Instructions include measuring sash thickness, building U shaped brackets, mounting on rafters, and using nail pins with fish line loops for easy removal.
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Themia
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Fishing use of sonar develops from wartime gear
War era echo ranging devices or sonar now aid commercial fishing by locating schools of fish and revealing fishing banks. The Bendix depth recorder shows fish locations with interpretable doodles, though cost may limit widespread use on trips.
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Science Service
Navy
Bendix
Roy Goodwin
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