New Gadgets and Tools Highlighted in Bulletin
The Gadget Bulletin describes a liquid heated battery warmer, a three speed bicycle gearshift, an electric stylus for stencil work, a platinum tipped micro burette, a pocket midget stapler, a litter picker cane, a front worn lawn spreader, and a zirconium arc lamp for microscopes. Readers can request Gadget Bulletin 32 by mailing a three cent stamp.
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Mesquite Killer Trial Hits Pitchfork Ranch Texas
A 1600 acre mesquite area on Pitchfork Ranch near Spur Texas is dying from a chemical 2 4 5 T used in a pioneering large scale aerial spray. The weed killer by C E Fisher of Texas A M experiments spurs range control and ecological impact.
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Texas A. & M
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Mexico
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Moss the Amphibian of the Plant World
An overview describes mosses as nonflowering plants that reproduce via sperm and eggs, lack seeds, and can thrive from swamps to high mountains. It notes misnamed moss relatives, growth habitats, and simple methods for collecting and preserving moss samples for study.
How to stop wobble and jam in wide drawers
Home furniture repairs from 1950 advise adding a solid curtain rod with a screw-eye to rear and front drawer holes to balance movement. A drop shelf with brass arms and wooden strips stabilizes slim spaces, keeps shelves horizontal, and uses paraffin wax on friction surfaces for smoother operation.
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Holly planting and harvest cycles for festive crops
The article explains holly as a cash crop from August cuttings to December markets. It notes gendering of plants with one in ten trees male, handling, rooting, and growth regulators, and mentions the long horizon to bearing fruit while warning of overharvesting native holly.
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Virginia Tidelands
Pacific Northwest
Ancient Holly Revered From Druids to Romans
The text traces holly from pagan celebrations in German forests to Roman esteem and wedding customs. Pliny notes holly trees protecting property from lightning, and Jupiter’s favor ties ancient beliefs to the plant. Early hints appear in Swiss Stone Age lake-dwellers’ refuse heaps with holly remnants.
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Switzerland
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Automatic Systems Promise Increased Passenger Safety
The article discusses aviation fire risks during takeoffs and landings and the move from carbon dioxide to more effective extinguishing chemicals. It highlights methyl bromide and monochlorobromomethane CB, with British practice of separate engine nacelle extinguishers, and US reliance on CO2. It notes dangers of long pipelines, cockpit-enabled discharges, and the B-29 conversions under Walter Kidde supervision, plus concerns about electrical fires and integral wing tanks elevating crash hazards.
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Jesse W. Lankford
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Walter Kidde & Company
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Daylight skylight brightens Birmingham gallery paintings
After wartime rebuilding, Birmingham's city art gallery adopts an inverted skylight named daylight to flood paintings with strong, natural color. The design diffuses light from all but the surface, making images stand out while upcoming night lighting will mix fluorescent and tungsten to closely mimic daylight.
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Deafness Studied in Quiet Denver Testing Chamber
A near silent room in Denver at the University of Denver's speech and hearing clinic tests hearing across ages from 18 months to 91. Patients signal when a regulated tone is heard and when spoken words are understood as sounds are controlled.
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University of Denver
Speech and Hearing Clinic
R. Edwin Shutts
Ruth M. Clark
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