New Gadgets Range From Sunlamp to Car Wash Brush
A roundup of new household and technical devices includes a fold away sunlamp with automatic timer for safe bed side UV exposure and a plastic valve regulator for ready wax release on a waxing mop. It lists a child savings tube, an automotive washing machine with seven rotary brushes, a grip finder for golf, a dash line drafting aid, two high voltage photo flash transformers, and a shoe polish applier with built in paste reservoir. Readers can request Gadget Bulletin 856 from Science Service for details.
The Closed Gentian Inspires Quiet Floral Reverie
Cloistered Beauty Poets praise the fringed gentian as autumn elegance while noting the closed gentian remains shy and unopened. The budlike flower hides a rich inner corolla, offering poetic fodder for any curious observer.
Winners of the Seventh Annual Science Talent Search
The article outlines the Science Talent Search’s goal of spotting future scientists among high school seniors. It highlights past winners like Clifford Swartz and Evelyn Pease, notes sponsor Westinghouse Electric Foundation, and explains the 1948 competition process with exams, essays, and regional honors leading to 40 top winners and 260 honorable mentions.
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Science Clubs of America
Science Service
Westinghouse
Westinghouse Educational Foundation
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Lear
Clifford Swartz
Niagara Fall
N. Y
Cornell University
Wolf Karo
Utica
Raymond R Schiff
New Rochelle
Harvard
Westinghouse Research Laboratories
Elizabeth Roemer
Alameda
Calif
Miss Roemer
Washington
Science Talent Institute
St. N.W
Washington, D. C
New York
Gloria Lauer Grace
Columbia University
University of California At Berkeley
National Bureau of Standards
Raymond R. Schiff
Lakes Dyed Black To Curb Weeds In Arizona Study
Arizona Game and Fish Commission researcher George Eicher reports that dumping black aniline dye into four small lakes in Granite Basin and Ashugust reduced weed growth and dropped water temperatures by up to ten degrees at 15 feet. The method shows promise for small ponds but is costly for larger waters and warrants further study.
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Arizona
George Eicher
Arizona Game and Fish Commission
Phoenix
Granite Basin Lake
Ashugst Lake
Eicher
Journal of Wildlife Management
Auto Deaths Rise for Pre School Children
Deaths from auto accidents rose for children under five in the first half of the year, according to figures from Metropolitan Life Insurance. Statisticians call for stricter supervision of preschool play as high birth rates swell the young population.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Sparrows Today Are Larger Than Ancestors
Dr. John B. Calhoun of Ohio State University finds the English sparrow is slightly larger today than when introduced about a century ago. Wing length rose from 3.012 inches to 3.032 inches, with variation by locality and climate. The increase occurred before 1908 and has not changed in recent decades.
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United States
John B. Calhoun
Ohio State University
Calhoun
American Naturalist
Build a Water Filled Glass Triangle Prism
A simple method uses three cover glasses and shellac to form a waterproof triangular cell. When filled with water and illuminated, it reveals a full rainbow spectrum on a screen, demonstrating white light is a mix of colors and can be refracted or recombined.
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Science Service
Meteorites Younger Than Astronomers Supposed
Harvard astronomer Dr. Carl August Bauer reports in Physical Review that some iron meteorites are less than half the previously estimated seven billion years old. Cosmic ray bombardment can produce helium inside meteorites, altering age assumptions about the solar system and Earth.
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Earth
Outer Space
Carl August Bauer
Harvard College Observatory
The
Physical Review
Solar System
Underground Coaxial Cables Replace Overhead Telephone Lines
Underground coaxial cables are replacing cross country overhead lines, enabling 1800 conversations and TV transmission. Invented 16 years ago, they reached demo by 1943 with 1500 miles in use, rising to about 7000 by end of 1949. The first transcontinental route runs New York to Los Angeles via Washington, Atlanta, Dallas and El Paso, with Mickey Mouse plows burying the cables four to five feet deep.
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Los Angeles
Washington
Atlanta
Dallas
el Paso
San Francisco
Seattle
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
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