New Gadgets and Tools Featured in Gadget Bulletin 395
A summary of new devices includes cap-catching bottle opener housing, fiberglas acoustical tiles, lightweight one tent-square ceiling tiles, adjustable radius circular desk chair, butter conditioner in refrigerators, airtight plastic paint brush bag, rubber lung for drowning victims, pipe cutter with push button release, and a flexible rubber-to-steel belt for power transmission. Science Service at 1719 N St. NW, Washington, D C offers Gadget Bulletin 395 for more information.
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Fiberglas
Science Service
Washington, D. C
Fuel for Winters Birds and Suet Safety
When feeding winter birds offer suet as fuel to keep them warm and active. Nail or wire to branches to guard against squirrels, but use a thick wire or secure holder so perching birds can access it while squirrels are deterred. This protects birds’ feeding rights and ensures they receive energy-rich sustenance.
Laboratory Stones Must Have Nature's Brilliancy and Life
A Science Service feature surveys artificial gems such as titania night stones created from rutile by Dr. Charles N. Moore at National Lead Co. South Amboy. It describes synthetic sapphires rubies and pearls, their production via controlled flames and coatings, and notes the higher fire, brilliancy and color range possible versus natural stones.
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Titanium Division
National Lead Company
South Amboy
N. J
Charles N. Moore
Moore
Science Service
Duplicate Drawings Using Wet Carbon Reproduction Method
Instructional notice explains a wet carbon duplicating process for 30 to 50 copies using alcohol dampened paper and a carbon sheet. Steps include preparing a damp stack, pressing, and drying, with reuse of the carbon for repeated runs. Suitable for teachers science clubs and art students for distributing notices and sketches.
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Typewriter
Science Clubs
Science Service
Quack Grass Killer Discovered From Gas Industry By-Product
Ammonium thiocyanate, a gas industry by-product, kills quack grass effectively though it harms most plants. Use it at fall plowing time and let soil lie fallow until spring before reseeding to avoid harming desirable crops.
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A. M. S. Pridham
Cornell University
Diffraction Camera Reaches Record 3096 Degrees In Ohio
A high temperature X ray diffraction camera built at Ohio State University by James W Edwards with Rudolph Speiser and Herrick L Johnston takes internal structure pictures of metals at temperatures over 3000 degrees Fahrenheit. The upright brass device uses induction heating and cooling to prevent burning, with a pyrometer for temperature readings. The record achieved was 3096 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Ohio State University
James W. Edwards
Rudolph Speiser
Herrick L. Johnston
Science Service
German war era Viledon synthetic leather from cotton waste
A German wartime leather substitute called Viledon used cotton flax hemp and ramie textile waste to produce shoe lining leather for shoes bags trunks and roofing. It is made from a fiber fleece impregnated with a polymerisate resin and processed through carding binding adhesive resin emulsion rinsing drying lacquering and pressing. The U S Department of Commerce report details the process.
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Germany
America
U. S. Department of Commerce
Skinning the Sun Would Expose Ionized Gases
Harvard astronomer Dr Harlow Shapley explains that removing the outer one percent of the sun would reveal million degree ionized gases and trigger a sun nova. The brief flare would scorch Earth and nearby planets, melting surfaces before the sun settles back to normal.
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Harlow Shapley
Harvard College Observatory
Earth
Dr. Shapley
Instrument Tracks Ionosphere For Better Radio Broadcasts
A new instrument measures ionized layers 50 to 9250 miles up to predict the best shortwave frequencies. It records ionospheric changes with a motion picture camera, aiding forecasts and improving long distance radio reception.
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National Bureau of Standards
Science Service
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