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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1947
Page
6
A series of newly patented or showcased items includes a odorless fast-drying waterborne paint, a tongue depressor with a confection cavity, a moisture meter for sand, a light glass discharge tube insert for washing machines, a portable fluorescent wall lamp with two 20 watt tubes, a hearing aid selector with up to 140 component combinations, and a plastic anchor screw plug for secure fixing in hard materials.
The term alligator traces to Spanish explorers who called the animals el lagarto meaning the lizard. English colonists altered el lagarto into alli gator through pronunciation shifts linking language traditions.
The article argues furnaces will stay in use despite new smokeless designs and solar or earth heat schemes. It notes heat losses in homes from improper firing and poor insulation, and outlines better firing, insulation, and storage solutions. It highlights solar storage advances at MIT and other colleges, including a salt-based heat storage system with high density and reversibility.
Junior scientists assemble a wire screen Davy lamp to illustrate how the device safely contains flame from a candle inside a cylinder placed over a gas burner. The model explains why heat-diffusion and mesh cooling prevent ignition of surrounding gas, reflecting Humphry Davy’s invention and its humane motive.
Scientists from Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center report lysozyme, a chemical related to penicillin, may trigger stomach ulcers and ulcerative colitis by destroying protective mucus. Elevated gastric lysozyme found in ulcer patients. reductions observed after vagus nerve cutting. Colitis shows high colonic lysozyme with nisulfazole as an anti lysozyme treatment.
Four five day old baby beavers nearly tossed after a photo hunt by T. J. Courtney of Halifax Nova Scotia. Hidden squeaks led to discovery in tall meadow grass as the guide removed the beaver house mass.
A new species of native American lily, Lilium iridellae, was found in extreme southern Alabama and the western Florida panhandle by Mrs. Mary G. Henry of Gladwyne Pennsylvania. The bloom features warm buff yellow recurved petals with brown spots and reflects hardiness beyond its southern origin.
H Durant of the British Institute of Public Opinion says people generally tell the truth to pollsters though social prestige and taboos can skew replies. He notes many answers reflect underlying reasons like age, even if respondents do not admit it.
Dr. Harry F. Olson of RCA reports listener tests show preference for the full frequency range of an orchestra over the limited range of present radios. He used a radio and small orchestra and plans further experiments on radio frequency ranges.
The article notes that within a few months observers near the equator can see all signs of the zodiac while only six signs north of the celestial equator are visible from the North Pole. The piece highlights differing stargazing opportunities across latitudes.
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