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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1948
Page
6
A roundup of new devices includes a safety rail for bathtubs, an air preservER for storage life, a fertilizer attachment for gardens, a high rebound golf ball, an electric pencil, a moisture absorber for damp storage, and a brake pressure auto adjuster. Science Service invites readers to request Gadget Bulletin 415 with a three cent stamp.
The article explains that the lady's slipper's Linnaean name Cypripedium means Venus slip, noting its pink, white, and brown striped yellow flowers. It argues these native orchids rival tropical orchids like Cattleyas and Oncidiums in beauty, deserving high regard among flower enthusiasts.
The article surveys future liquid fuels from crude oil and synthetic sources. It explains deep wells and costs, shale oil, natural gas liquids, and coal liquefaction methods like hydrogenation and Fischer Tropsch. It notes U.S. reserves, continental shelves, and early plants in Texas, Kansas, and Missouri for synthetic fuels.
The article explains creating a plankton net from muslin cloth, a wire coat hanger, and a screw cap bottle. It covers assembly, handling, and techniques for collecting pond and stream specimens, with tips for deep water use, weighting, and sweeping motions.
Medical scientists report two mold combating methods from the Journal of the American Medical Association. B D Wyke of the University of Sydney advises keeping humidity below 75 percent and using silica gel on shelves to prevent mold, with reactivation by heating. Dr Duncan C Heathing ton of Duke University recommends wiping moldy bindings with a thymol crystal mercury bichloride ether benzene solution, effective on books and leather items but hazardous for clothing.
A good farm pond can yield as much food per acre as pasture land with up to 300 pounds of fish per acre. Wallace L. Anderson of the Soil Conservation Service notes ponds need fertilizer and should be murky. A simple test involves sticking a hand into water. if the hand is visible, more fertilizer is needed.
Ernest C. Crocker of Arthur D. Little explains only five of the 96 elements are used in common flavors and odors. The elements are carbon hydrogen oxygen sulfur and nitrogen. Flavor chemicals typically include carbon hydrogen and oxygen and may also contain sulfur or nitrogen. The other 91 elements are almost never involved.
Corpell University researchers spent six years and batches up to 50 pounds testing vegetable cooking. They found short cooking with small water amounts preserves vitamin C and improves appearance and flavor. Steam cooking, though less visually appealing, retains more vitamin C than boiling.
Dr. George B. Kistiakowsky, Harvard chemist, notes shock waves from blasts travel about 8 000 yards per second, over 16 000 miles per hour. He explains detonations are instantaneous once triggered, with ammonium nitrate burning before detonation and dynamite caps firing minutes after ignition.
A postwar German textile chemical named LU 3/158a, an octadecy ether, was developed at I G Farbenindustrie Ludwigshafen by U S Office of Technical Services researchers. It reportedly improves laundering fastness and repellency compared with other German repellents.
Fossilized resins found as honeycomb seams in Utah coal mines are recovered commercially. The deposits resist coal formation and are an important natural material for varnishes inks synthetic rubber compounds and other uses, notably as electrical insulators.
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