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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1946
Page
10
A roundup of novel devices includes a precision ball bearing fishing reel, a locomotive shock absorber with a sway bar, a dust precipitator for ducts, future floor units, a 30 inch power mower, a cooling tobacco pipe with fins, a home pasteurizer for milk, window cooling units for homes, and an aluminum aircraft passenger ramp. Science Service offers Gadget Bulletin 319 on request.
Native flowers receive praise for American lilies such as the Philadelphia lily and the Turk's cap lily. The article notes seedsmen and nurserymen increasingly include native species in gardens, contrasting with import focus.
A four man research team at Princeton University used ultra high speed motion pictures and microsecond X rays to study how high velocity bullets injure limbs. Tests on animals involved sleep agents and lethal doses, with shots fired to measure blood loss and fracture patterns.
A study using eighth and three-sixteenth inch steel projectiles at about 3000 feet per second reveals rapid tissue bulging and large-area disorganization around the wound. Postmortem dissections show bone breaks, nerve and vessel displacement, and tissue cavitation similar to a miniature TNT blast. Gelatin and water tests illustrate shock waves and recoil patterns analogous to earthquake rays, aiding military medical treatment.
Rural sociologist Dr. W. A. Anderson surveyed 344 couples and found self perceived leadership and wealth influence community involvement. About half view themselves as average leaders, while tenants and poor farmers feel least capable, shaping participation and status in rural areas.
The Occupational Research Institute in New York City plans similar guides for 36 cities to assist job seekers. The directory lists names addresses and telephone numbers of each service and agency, with over 200 000 copies distributed free via New York Savings Banks.
Westinghouse laboratories introduce a gyroscopic stabilizer for railway cars to reduce sway on rough track. The device tilts the car body on curves and uses an auxiliary gyro to counter centrifugal vibrations, improving ride quality across speeds and road beds.
Metropolitan Life statisticians find foreign-born boys and girls in the United States increasingly marry natives. Today two out of three foreign-born brides wed native men, up from two in five previously, while three out of four foreign-born grooms marry native brides, up from about one in two twenty years ago.
Junior Scientists describe creating stereoscopic pictures with two rapid successive shots from a single camera. They advise shifting the camera about 2 3/16 inches, aligning prints on one sheet, and viewing through twin lenses to merge into a single image with depth.
New long range radio altimeter installed on transport planes provides continuous height readings from ground level to 400 feet. It reduces crash risk over cities with tall buildings by signaling altitude changes and aids blind landings. Derived from wartime Army air forces tech, it measures terrain distance by reflected signals.
The U S Public Health Service developed a simple 98 percent effective scalp ringworm treatment shown at a San Francisco exhibit. It uses salicylanilide and copper undecytenate in daily ointments applied at school with head clipping and caps to prevent spread.
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