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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1948
Page
6
A roundup of new devices includes a fast drying odorless paint, a tongue depressor confection holder, a moisture meter for sand and soil, a see through glow wash glass assembly for washing machines, a portable Paneye fluorescent wall lamp, a hearing aid selector with 140 component combinations, and a plastic screw anchor for hard materials. Readers can request Gadget Bulletin 385 by mail for more details.
Spanish explorers called the large river reptiles el lagarto. English speakers mispronounced and merged the term to alli gator. The name traces from el lagarto to lacerta in Latin, with a natural language shift shaping the familiar word.
The old home furnace will stay in use for years despite new smokeless furnaces and solar heating ideas. Experts advise better firing, reduced heat loss, improved insulation and regular chimney cleaning to maximize heat from fuels. Solar and earth heat show potential but storage remains costly. MIT and other colleges test systems using heat storage chemicals like Glauber’s salt to store heat for night use.
A wire screen cylinder demonstration recreates Sir Humphry Davy's safety lamp. A candle inside the mesh lights simulated mine gas without igniting outside air, illustrating heat dissipation and confinement. The text notes Davy’s lack of patent and his humane motivation.
Scientists from Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center report lysozyme may trigger both stomach ulcers and ulcerative colitis by dissolving protective mucus in the stomach and colon. Increased lysozyme was found in patients with ulcers and colitis, while nerve cutting reduced stomach lysozyme levels. Nisulfazole, an anti lysozyme sulfa drug, showed potential for treatment.
Four newborn beavers five days old were found after a wide search by motion picture enthusiast T. J. Courtney of Halifax Nova Scotia. Hidden in a ball of grass their squeaks led to their discovery in meadow grass near the beaver house, Courtney reports in the Journal of Mammalogy.
Mrs. Mary G. Henry of Gladwyne Pennsylvania discovers a new native American lily in extreme southern Alabama and the western Florida panhandle. The golden recurved flowers are brown spotted and the plant, named Lilium iridellae, shows hardiness into the North with bulbs and rosettes surviving Pennsylvania winters.
H Durant of the British Institute of Public Opinion says people generally tell the truth in polls. Exceptions occur on questions of social prestige, taboos, or sanctions. Respondents often do not know why they answer as they do, with age cited as a possible underlying factor.
Dr. Harry F. Olson of RCA finds listeners prefer the full frequency range of an orchestra over the limited radio reproduction. He used a radio and a small orchestra in experiments and plans further tests on frequency ranges for radio listeners.
A sky note explains that within a few months people near the equator can see all the zodiac signs, while only six signs north of the celestial equator are visible from the North Pole.
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