New Gadgets And Inventions Feature Practical Home Aids
The bulletin outlines rooftop insulation that reflects 80 percent of sun rays and lowers interior temps by up to 15 degrees, a durable auto battery with triple water capacity, an under bed arch frame to ease bedclothes, rubber rug anchors with sponge cushions, a tri vision camera viewer system, a combined ironing board and ladder, a compact vanity case holder, and a cardboard necktie rack. Readers can request Gadget Bulletin 322 from Science Service by mailing a three cent stamp.
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Science Service
Touch-Me-Not Plant Seeds Burst Like Shot
In moist ravines and marshes the plant grows shoulder high with fragile stems and pale green leaves. Its seed pods burst open with a pattering sound when disturbed, scattering seeds like shot, giving the plant its name Touch-Me-Not.
Peanut Research Promises Silky Fibers and Glue from Hulls
Peanuts yield new industrial products including goober glues for paper and bookbinding, cork substitutes from hulls, and silky fibers from peanut protein. Research from the Southern Regional Research Laboratory and the Georgia Experiment Station outlines improved peanut butter stability, oil clarification for mayonnaise, and the reuse of hulls in fuels and plastics.
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Martha G. Morrow
Science Service
Southern Regional Research Laboratory
England
United States
Georgia Experiment Station
National Peanut Council
America
Northern Regional Research Laboratory
Georgia
Texas
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Junior Scientists Build a Lift Pump From Elderberry
Joseph H Kraus explains a youth science project to construct a working lift pump from elderberry twigs reeds and weeds. The guide covers hollowing a branch forming a casing and lift with a stirrup valve and a dual valve system plus simple soil water testing and piping using dandelion stems for channels.
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Joseph H. Kraus
Science Clubs of America
Science Service
Muskrats Convert Oil Drum Into Quonset Hut Shelter
Muskrats found in a 50 gallon oil drum set on its side in 15 inches of water in a cattail marsh built a nest inside using cattails grasses leaves roots and mud. Two six by eight inch holes served as openings with the drum partly submerged and an underwater four inch wide entrance.
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GI Joe
Catttail
William S. Heit
Ithaca
Journal of Wildlife Management
Phosphate Drink Helps King Ranch Cattle Thrive
Cattle on the King Ranch in southern Texas gain from a phosphate drink added to their water. The U S Department of Agriculture and Texas researchers test phosphate salts to compensate for sparse native forage, offering a convenient supplement for ranchers.
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King Ranch
Texas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Paper strip records voice with iron oxide tape
Magnetic tape on paper coated with iron oxide enables inexpensive sound recording. A quarter inch strip can record up to 1000 plays or 500 programs, erasable and reusable. Tape movement and amplifier produce natural sound, with simple repair if broken. Army engineers noted parallel German work during the war.
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By Science
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Brush Development Company
Pearl Harbor
Root Alfalfa Cuttings In Cool Running Water
Dr W J White of the Dominion Forage Crops Laboratory Saskatoon reports alfalfa cuttings placed upright in a trough with cool running water root at high rates from 85 to 97 percent. Cuttings require only one joint, and roots appear in 10 to 15 days before immediate soil transfer.
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W. J. White
Dominion Forage Crops Laboratory
Saskatoon
Agricultural Institute of Canada
F. Rose
Buttermilk Sparks New Fire Extinguisher Discovery
A safety engineer at Northrop Aircraft recalls buttermilk slowing magnesium fires. Chemists identify casein in buttermilk as the extinguishing agent and develop a powder mixture eight parts talc two parts casein powder and one part magnesium carbonate. The extinguisher resembles a large salt shaker and is designed to be shaken onto fires to halt rapid spread.
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Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Northrop Aircraft, Inc
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