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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1943
Page
7
Amateur scientists can build a functional glass blowing torch from inexpensive hardware parts and a vacuum cleaner. The article details steps, safety notes, and how to fuse glass to create items like condensers and simple lab equipment, with tips on heating and cooling.
Navy technicians develop a stage training method using dim lighting to sharpen lookouts sighting distant ships and periscopes. Precision models of Japanese warships and Nazi vessels simulate horizon and water conditions to build rapid, accurate observations in blackout conditions.
A DIY guide describes improvised gardening tools to control weeds. It covers heated forks, sharpened knives, nail cultivators, brush hooks from horseshoes, and a dandelion destroyer with sulfuric acid, plus safety notes about handling acids and keeping plants weed-free for higher yields.
A Science Service Gadget Bulletin 157 describes a miniature wind tunnel and wing section for student pre flight courses, black light aircraft signal lamp, lightweight plastic hinges, moth-killing refrigeration in airfields, a color distinguishing electronic device for camouflage, a speedy watch winding device, a leaf spring landing gear for training planes, a glass based phonograph record, and improved glass gauges for Army factories. Readers can request details by sending a stamp to Science Service in Washington.
A projection device with globes as slides displays the sky in correct proportion. The system shows constellations accurately, with illuminated star images varying in size, colored ink for star types, and lenses to zoom or shrink view. A motor moves stars across the horizon to mimic their nightly motion.
Barley bubbles may appear on Australian tables as a breakfast option if chemical research succeeds. Surplus barley, over 12 million bushels, arose from lost export markets and prompts chemists to create a nutrition rich new food form. Barley has ancient roots and was revered in early cultures, including barley ears in the hair of the goddess Ceres.
The spring beauty is a child friendly flower that grows broadly in open woodlands. It cannot be pulled up by the roots because it grows from a stout rootstock buried just inches underground.
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