New Machines And Gadgets Bulletin
A list of new devices includes a cigarette cutter with a V edge and insert hole, a heated steering wheel using car power, a writing guide for the blind with a movable cross piece, an aluminum potato rack with V prongs, a pocket humidity indicator with two thermometers, a chip plastic child’s bus with anti collision bumpers, television eyeglasses to reduce glare, and a request for more information via Gadget Bulletin 552 from Science Service in Washington.
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Revelle
Alpine Swap Lets Lakes Be Refilled Trade Cuts Lakeside Volume
Austria and Germany exchange stream rights to restore Achensee. Kesselbach and Duerrch will flow into the lake while Riesbach becomes part of the Isar. A 65 foot dam and a five mile tunnel are under construction to divert waters. Construction uses American machinery funded by ECA. Work began in 1948 and targets spring 1952 completion.
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Germany
Jenbach
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Achensee
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Poisonous Halogeton Threatens Western Sheep Ranges
Pale red flowering halogeton roams Nevada Utah Wyoming and Idaho pastures killing sheep and poisoning cattle with oxalic acid. University of Idaho scientists study control methods while ranchers face financial ruin and lawmakers seek funds to fight the weed nationwide.
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Nevada
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho
John Ward
Raft River Valley
University of Idaho
Lambert C. Erickson
College of Agriculture
O. A. Fitzgerald
Kalogeton
Wildlife Management Institute
Congress
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You Can Do It Drapes Hang True on Well Set Rods
Practical steps to ensure curtains hang evenly by correctly aligning traverse rods. Check parallelism, reset wall or ceiling mounts, add wood spacers and rubber cushions, and use weighted carriers to balance drapes. Also address cord slack with springs and proper cord taper for smooth operation.
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Joseph H. Kraus
Science Service
Nature Ramblings on the Dawn of Dinosaurs and Early Life
The article traces dinosaur origins from Triassic life about 400 million years ago and describes Anchisaurus found in Connecticut. It notes the dinosaur era ended around 60 million B C and contrasts prehistoric life with early humans amid paleontological history.
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Earth
The first dinosaurs and their terrible lizard name
Early scientists formed the term dinosaur from Greek deinos meaning terrible and sauros meaning lizard. The earliest dinos had small heads on long necks and tails with strong rear limbs. later saurian forms became bipeds and developed potbellied bodies. Anchisaurus is cited as the progenitor of the group.
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Anchisaurus
Science Service
Undersea Mountain Range Discovered Near Hawaii
Scientists chart a recently found Pacific seafloor range with summits about 14 000 feet below the surface and extending over 1000 miles westward from Hawaii. The range lies under 2700 feet of water. flat peaks and dredged specimens indicate former shallow-water exposure. A map marks the range and the ships’ courses used in the discovery.
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Pacific
Hawaiian
Empire State Building
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
U. S. Navy Electronics Laboratory
Roger Revelle
Ocean Floor Mystery Reveals Giant Subsea Skyscrapers
A joint expedition led by Prof. Roger Revelle finds undersea mountain ranges, submerged peaks, and ash layers from volcanoes. Coral and reef fossils suggest shallow water origins, while manganese nodules and bacteria persist in seabed muds.
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Marjorie van DE Water
Science Service
Pacific Ocean
Russell Raitt
Swedes Build Bombproof Hydro Plant Deep in Granite
In northern Sweden workers blast through solid rock to carve a 225 foot down water intake and two mile shaft for a 380000 kilowatt underground plant. The lake dam will rise 133 feet and water will run through four tunnels to turbines below. First turbine starts in March.
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Liden
Arctic Circle
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