New Gadgets and Inventions Featured in Gadget Bulletin 162
The bulletin showcases a waterproof flashlight bulb for divers with a head light triggered from a belt battery, a suspender belt system with a four-piece strap, multi-mode electric field cables for Army use, a metal-free insecticide spray gun made of plastics and paper, mass-produced folds for surgical dressings, steel and furnace process updates, a back-scrubbing device, and other wartime utility devices from the Gadget Bulletin 162 issued by Rodence Service in Washington DC.
Stratosphere Chamber Tests for Aviators and Engines
Scientists describe a stratosphere chamber used in preflight tests to simulate 40 000 foot conditions. Temperature can reach 70 degrees below zero and pressure drops to about 2.0 psi. Tests assess pilots and equipment under extreme cold and low air pressure, with safety measures and observation from outside.
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Earth
Farmers’ Bulletin
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Safe Canning Methods Use Pressure and Water Bath
The article explains home canning and the science behind pressure cookers versus hot water baths. It covers safe temperatures, processing times, altitude adjustments, and improvised equipment for handling hot jars, with references to vegetables meats and acid foods and a 1943 Science Service bulletin.
Toad Habitat Guidance From Local Science Service
A fragment notes a toad’s role in gardens or vicinities where insects abound. The passage emphasizes the toad’s constant presence and usefulness in natural pest control, framed as practical advice from a science service.
Junior Scientist Makes Drawing Duplicator From Film
A junior scientist explains how to create a low cost duplicator using exposed photographic film. By soaking film in water and using hectograph ink, one can produce 25 to 50 copies from a single impression with simple techniques and common supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Science Service
Ghosts of Sex Hormone Tablets Impede Effects
A British journal report details how implanted sex hormone tablets in cows form a ghost shell in the body that may slow absorption and skew dosage calculations. The hollow, fragile skeleton forms from tissue deposits and could hamper medicinal effects. synthetic estrogens show the effect, natural hormones and other animals remain uncertain.
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Science Service
Nature
S. J. Folley
National Institute For Research In Dairying
University of Reading
Not Rationed Wayside Weeds Have Food Value
Eva L. Gordon highlights wild edible plants along roads and in woods that require no ration points. From curly duck and garden sorrel to dandelion leaves and stinging nettle, these greens can be used in salads, soups, or as cooked vegetables, with notes on preparation and flavor.
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Eva L. Gordon
New York State College of Agriculture
Cornell University
Miss Gordon
Jerusalem
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Washington, D, D. C
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York Ice Machinery Corporation
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Banting Institute
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Curtiss- Wright Corporation
Buffalo
By Joseph H. Kraus
Science Clubs of America
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Washington, D.C
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