New Machines And Gadgets in a Gadget Bulletin
A list of innovations includes an aluminum luggage carrier with 15 cubic feet weatherproof space and four vacuum cups, an induction apparatus for steel carbon content testing, durable melamine desks, nylon driveshafts in electric razors, a pull out bathroom heater, a garage door control with magnetic driveway switch, a static charged air filter, and a power saw sharpener. Send a three cent stamp to Science Service for Gadget Bulletin 51.
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Dutch Pumps Replacing Windmills to Fight Sea Sinking Holland
Delft scientist Prof. Jan Thijsse and Dutch engineers study fluid mechanics with a Rhine delta model to gauge tidal saltwater intrusion. New steam electric and diesel pumps replace windmills as Holland sinks toward the sea, with 2025 as the optimistic turning point.
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Delft
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Jan T. Thiisse
Delft Technical College
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Disappearing Potatoes Stymie Western Ranchers
Science Service reports ground squirrels raid supplemental potato feed on western ranges. In a San Joaquin pasture at O Neals California about 18 squirrels consumed 100 pounds of fresh potatoes in 18 days, then 190 pounds dehydrated and spread were carried away quickly. Dentists urge tight control to protect livestock feed.
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Agricultural Experiment Station
Sanoaquin Range
O'Neals
Calif
Lvetock
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You Can Do It Sediment Faucet Insures Hot Water
A home plumbing tip explains adding a low side faucet on the hot water line to remove rust and sludge buildup in the exchanger area. The article details replacing an elbow with a pipe tee, attaching a faucet, using pipe compound and cotton cord, and running water to flush the line without shutting down the furnace, noting rusty water may appear for a day and gradually clear.
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Everglades Egret Among Southern Florida Birds
Nature Ramblings notes the southern tip of Florida as a new U S national park with mangrove wetlands drawing winter visitors. It highlights the snowy egret Egretta candidissima among graceful wading birds, its size, nesting plumes, and the historical hunt that endangered the birds and aigrettes.
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U. S. National Park
Everglades
Milady
The Egret’s Retreat Northward and Its Threats
The piece notes poaching remains a danger to egret populations though laws and public sentiment protect them. Egret colonies now cluster near cities and tourist routes, with historical range shrinking from Indiana to North Carolina and west to Louisiana due to habitat loss and fashion demand for feathers.
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National Audubon Society
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South
Indiana
North Carolina
Louisiana
America
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Deep scattering layer could yield new food source
Researchers describe a universal deep scattering layer in the oceans, a moving mass of living organisms detected by echo sounding. Scientists debate its composition, from zooplankton to tiny euphausiid shrimp and possible fish schools, with potential vast food resources if proven edible.
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Uccmit
Philadelphia
Lionel A. Walford
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
American Philosophical Society
Walford
University of California
Division of War Research
California
National Geographic Society
The
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution of Massachusetts
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Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
Antartica
Hawaii
Arctic
J. B. Hersey
H. B. Moore
Scripps Institution of Ocean
Navy
San Diego
Marshall Islands
Roger Revelle
Scripps Institution
Fish and Wildlife Service
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Cave Drawings Found on Levanto Island Sicily
Italian archaeologist Prof. Paulo Graziosi reports Paleo lithic rock drawings on Levanto Island off Sicily. The site yields stylized human figures, mask wearing males, and animals including stags bulls and a horse linked to chasing rituals during a glacial period when sea level was lower.
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Levanto
Sicily
Trapani
Paulo Graziosi
Florence University
Crete
Troy
Spain
Graziosi
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Icelandic engineers strike steam from volcanic bedrock near Reykjavik
Iceland relies on peat and imported fuels while water power is limited. Engineers began drilling 18 months ago and in a 700 foot borehole a jet of steam rose 200 feet high after a rumbling precursor. The 5000 hp jet crashed the 28 inch concrete bed.
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Reykjavik
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New Rabies Vaccine Protects Dogs for 18 Months
A vaccine developed to protect dogs against rabies uses a modified rabies virus grown in chick embryos. It maintains immunizing capacity for 18 months and a single injection provides complete resistance.
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