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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1948
Page
6
The bulletin highlights quick attach lighting aids for lamps, a water-injector for gasoline engines, a stall-warning device for planes, FM antenna kits, a tiny powered toy unit using flashlight batteries, mineralized roofing plank with fire and moisture resistance, and a dent removal tool for car fenders. Send a three-cent stamp to Science Service for Gadget Bulletin 444.
Experts survey next frontiers in aviation speed propulsion and design. Jet engines and rockets push transcontinental travel toward sonic speeds while ram jet and atomic ideas reshape propulsion. Pilotless planes and guided missiles hint at military uses with safer control and landing systems advancing.
Junior scientists advise safer holiday lights and trees with tips from the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station. Use smaller or artificial trees, keep a real tree outdoors until setup, water regularly, and treat needles with Geon 31X to retard drying. Wire handling advice includes taping bare wires, using putty, checking for short circuits, and avoiding added lamps. Replace worn chains and ensure sockets and plugs are secure for safety.
Fluorescent and phosphorescent pigments enable ornaments to glow after lights go out. Ultraviolet light activates colors and afterglow can last minutes to hours, with zinc sulfide and cadmium compounds common. Home use grows as phosphorescent paint lets you update existing ornaments.
Plenty! conservationists discourage ground pine and native holly for Christmas decorations but praise mistletoe. Modern science labels mistletoe a tree parasite, yet larger displays in doorways may please forest friends who long for a romance of Yule.
A Science Service report says Mount Painter in South Australia hosts a 100 square mile belt of radioactive ore. Geologists note the area was briefly explored in the 1940s during wartime uranium searches but development lagged. A new state sponsored program seeks to map ore quality and extent, potentially making Arkaroo a key atomic site.
Scientists L. T. Aldrich and Alfred Q. Nier of the University of Minnesota describe radioactive potassium decaying to argon as a potential geologic clock. The method gauges prehistoric ages by the potassium to argon ratio, though they warn current accuracy is limited and further refinement is needed for precise measurements.
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