New Gadgets And Innovations Featured In Gadget Bulletin 397
A catalog of new devices including shoulder test for hands free telephoning with cast aluminum construction and rubber grips. Floor wheels and resin casters claim floor protection and durability. Electric eye beam sensitivity up to 1000 feet. mercury switch auto ignition cut. Floor waxer uses a four foot handle and wax reservoir. Bird feeder design with front opening and perches. Mining blasting unit from the Bureau of Mines fires 10 detonators with low gas risk. Twin cylinder engines power balloon tires with minimal wear. Bottle resealer provides air tight protection for carbonated drinks. Send three cent stamp to Science Service for Gadget Bulletin 397.
Test of Science Talent Search Challenges Young Minds
Thousands of high school seniors took the Seventh Annual Science Talent Search test for Westinghouse Scholarships. The article notes the test is deliberately difficult to filter for perseverance and scientific ability, with winners to be announced after a Washington meeting and scholarship awards.
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UVLAL
Westinghouse
Science Service
Science Clubs of America
Washington
America
Westinghouse Science
N St
N. W
Washington, D. C
Test of Your Science Aptitude and True False Items
A mixed set of questions asks readers to select correct options for ratios and match true false statements about intelligence, anatomy, senses, learning, and scientific facts. Some items discuss brain size, inheritance, and recent physics findings with risky or unsupported claims.
All Winter Ornaments From Tree Seeds
Christmas trees have shed their bright globes, but ornaments of packed down-winged seeds cling to sycamore and buttonwood, hanging all winter. The seeds drift loose in late winter as rains and winds scatter them like brownish snow.
2000 Year Old Murder Victim Found in Danish Bog
The well preserved nude male corpse with a noose and crushed skull was unearthed in a Danish peat bog near a first century Lake Dweller village site. Stomach contents and blankets accompany the find. Little is known of the victim.
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Denmark
Basilisk Lizards Bring Water-Walking Wonder to Chicago
A basilisk lizard from Central America was sent to Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. Named by Laurenti, the creature echoes legends of an evil monster while locals call it Jesus Cristo for its water walking manner. Specimens were collected by Oden and Olivia Meeker during travels in Central America.
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Chicago
Lincoln Park Zoo
Central America
Laurenti
Central American
Jesus Cristo
Chicago Park District
Oden
Olivia Meeker
Engraving Plastics With Reused Phonograph Needles
A detailed guide for DIY plastic engraving using discarded phonograph needles, dowel rods, and wooden penholders. It covers tracing from photographs, depth control, color filling with dyes and nail polish, and tools from simple to electric, with step by step tips for flowers and cameos.
Complete Rubber Library Planned for Akron Ohio
The Bierce Library at the University of Akron will host the world's most complete library on rubber technology starting with a full file of journals in rubber resins and plastics. Researchers nationwide can borrow from the collection. The effort is led by the American Chemical Society rubber chemistry division with Dr. B. S. Garvey Jr. of Sharples Chemicals, and includes cooperation from Firestone General Goodyear Goodrich and United States Rubber.
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University of Akron
Bierce
Akron
Ohio
American Chemical Society
Rubber Chemistry
B. S. Garvey, Jr
Sharples Chemicals
Philadelphia
Firestone, General, Goodrich, Goodyear
United States Rubber Companies
Answers to Science Aptitude Test Revealed
The text presents the correct answers for a science aptitude test and explains scoring. It notes that high scores indicate talent, with 33 or more correct answers suggesting real potential, and 21 to 32 as average. It invites readers to obtain the complete test by sending stamps to Science Service in Washington.
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Science Service
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