New gadgets and devices listed in science service bulletin
A roundup of new items includes a battery feeder for cars, a parachute watch that autoopens at set altitude, instant playback sound films, fast-drying masking solution, sponge mittens for cleaning, a telephone speaker amplifier, a baby holder restraining infant movement, and a Chromium plated trailer hitch with boat-keel undercarriage. Readers can request Gadget Bulletin 451 by sending a three cent stamp to Science Service.
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Slope-Line Approach Lights Guide Aircraft In Four Directions
New slope-line approach lighting uses 45 degree oriented boxes in V formations with ten lamps per unit to form invisible junctions guiding pilots to the runway. Krypton and neon lamps enhance visibility in fog while a bi direction system aids landings from either direction. Westinghouse and GEAGA systems are tested with high intensity, reduced glare lighting at Arcata and other airports.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
H. J. Cory Pearson
CAA
M. S. Gilbert
Cleveland
New York
New International
Westinghouse
Arcata
General Electric-American Gas Accumulator Company
Ge-Aga
John Bartow
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Lobotomy Described as New Surgical Treatment
The article explains lobotomy as a new operation to treat severe mental illness unresponsive to other treatments. By severing connections between the frontal lobes and other brain areas, it aims to reduce worry and anxiety, aiding those who are severely despairing or may be suicidal.
French Seek to Reclaim North African Land With Science
Dr. Walter C. Lowdermilk reports French North African land reclamation faces erosion and salinity challenges. Native Moslems resist new methods while irrigation and dam projects confront salt-affected soils. In Algeria and Tunis French settlement expands via swamp drainage and palm clearings.
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North Africa
Walter C. Lowdermilk
Berkeley
Calif
Morocco
Lowilk
Lowdermilk
Algeria
Tunis
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The Lesser Pines and Their Hardy Domain
Nature Ramblings discusses pine varieties from grand white pines to lesser lodgepole pines. It notes habitats from sandy coasts and clay hills to rocky shores and desolate deserts, where wind and salt crest cause gnomish forms and spaced stands, shaping trunk development and forest density.
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Serpentine
New England
Lake States
Nebraska
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Pacific
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Do It Yourself Window Glass Replacement Guide
Home gardeners and homeowners can replace broken window panes using simple tools. Create a custom glass-cutting and pressing tool from metal stock, measure openings carefully for square fit, prepare the frame, cut and fit glass with glazier’s triangles, press putty, and finish with paint after 24 hours.
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Air U S From One Spot By Science Service
The entire United States could be photographed from space by a cluster of cameras carried to an altitude of 300 miles. At double that height North America would appear as a continent.
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Cabbage Butterfly and Its Hidden Enemy Unearthed
An English naturalist photographer captured the battle between Pieris rapae and its foe Apantela glomeratus in a Surrey garden. The ichneumon fly lays eggs inside cabbage butterfly pupae, releasing hungry larvae that destroy the pupa from within and spawn new Apantelas, a global check on cabbage pests.
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Pieris Rapae
Europe
Apantela
Douglas F. Lawson
Surrey
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