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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 1949

Page

9

New Gadgets Highlighted In Gadget Bulletin 449

The report describes a comb brush cleaner for bathrooms with a threaded cleaning tape and wide-toothed plastic comb. It notes one way glass peepholes, factory built complete bathrooms, a voltmeter for car batteries, a combination screwdriver and hammer, a transparent lighters with visible fuel, a 7 electric fan with adjustable mounting, and a self recording gage for underground explosion impulse.

Penicillin Story from 1949 Science Service

Penicillin is a mold derived medicine found by accident and valued for safety and disease control. It is not a cure all and requires a prescription. The name comes from Penicillium notatum, the mold producing it.

Hattie Junior Science Service

Science Talent Search Test Promises Insight into Ability

Thousands of high school seniors nationwide took the three hour Science Talent Search, part of the Eighth Science Talent Search by Science Service. Readers can try a sample test including Part A B and C with questions on chemistry biology and physics to gauge their scientific reasoning and finish what they start.

Science Service Science Clubs of America Washington America

Oyster Hothouse Horror Shows Bottled Growth

A larval oyster settles inside an empty bottle near Morehead City North Carolina and grows its shell through the neck, becoming permanently deformed as it is forced to finish shell making outside the bottle. Photos by William A Ellison Jr director of UNC Fisheries Research Institute.

North Carolina Morehead City William A. Ellison, Jr New Institute of Fisheries Research University of North Carolina

You Can Do It Vacuum Cleaner Feather Ticking Transfer

The guide explains using a vacuum cleaner to replace feather pillow ticking by stuffing feathers into a new bag through a small opening. Steps cover cutting ticking, turning, running the cleaner, shaking the pillow, and careful feather transfer while avoiding clogs, finishing with sewn closing and troubleshooting hose blocks.

Science Service

Insects in Winter Nature Ramblings

The piece notes winter insects defy expectations by surviving thaw periods. It highlights winter-wandering ladybird beetles and box elder bugs, woolly bear caterpillars, and the rare mourning cloak butterfly, detailing how adults appear during sunlit winter hours and how wings conceal themselves at rest.

Science Service

Here Are Super Quiz Answers By Science Service

After completing the science aptitude test you can check your results. Your score reflects the number answered correctly with a 35+ suggesting talent. The piece notes average scores 21 to 34 and that few questions were answered correctly by over 90 percent of seniors.

Science Service

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