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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1950
Page
8
New items include sun glare reducing glass sandwich lenses and plastic gears replacing metal in lathes and washing machines. Mani cure light and egg inspection UV device, plastic dressmaking aids, adjustable whisk broom, easy weigh scale, wall bracket for directories. Send three cent stamp to Gadget Bulletin 526 for more details.
Amateur entomology makes summer science hobby. Dr. Frank E. Lutz collected 1,402 insect species in a 75 by 200 foot yard. Simple, affordable equipment and home-scale observation support beginner collectors, with insect killers avoiding broad collateral damage.
Step by step guide to constructing a portable screened shelter using old or new screens. Frame options include 2-inch square stock or 2 by 3 inch components with corner posts. Hinged stringers, diagonal stays, and rope and stake supports enable quick erection and easy disassembly within half an hour.
The North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station compares a U S corn crop to a cubical bin 1638 feet wide and high. If fields were adjacent the total area would cover 134 275 square miles, larger than Illinois Indiana and Ohio. A rail convoy of 1 934 246 boxcars could move it, stretching 16 480 miles at 50 mph, taking 13 days 18 hours.
Nature Ramblings explains that toads are landbound with dry bumpy skin while frogs are aquatic with smooth skin, but exceptions complicate identification. It describes amphibians general traits and the tadpole metamorphosis from fishlike larvae to adults, noting predatory waters and the transition via lungs and shrinking tails.
The Surinam toad of Brazil and the Guianas has a back pocked with hollow pockets where fertilized eggs are embedded. After intense male cooperation, the eggs hatch and the young emerge from the mother’s back, becoming independent units.
Poison ivy poison oak and poison sumac blister half a million Americans each season. New chemicals ammonium sulfamate and 2,4-D join older agents in woodlands and yards, with caution about wind drift and skin contact.
Navy scientists and researchers from multiple agencies studied silt in Lake Mead for two years. They estimate the lake could remain before filling with silt until 2225 or later, extended by upstream dams catching sediment. The report criticizes inflated siltation estimates and notes erosion control needs.
A cooperative project by the American Mathematical Society and the Office of Naval Research translates 51 Russian mathematics articles. The effort follows 1947 language restrictions and aims to make recent Russian work accessible in English to U.S. mathematicians.
An experimental 500000 volt line near Brilliant Ohio is tested to gauge how rain snow or sleet affects high voltage transmission. Corona glow around wires increases as moisture raises conductivity. Meters cameras radio receivers and a TV set monitor corona loss weather radio waves and humidity.
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