New Gadgets And Inventions In Science Service Bulletin
A roundup of new items including insulated double walled tumblers made of transparent plastic, a portable clothes drier in a dress suit case with extensible rack and built in heater, a home water heater with a magnesium anti corrosion rod, a bathroom tray for condensation drainage, plastic faced hammers, a rubber thumb band for clerks, and a unicycle riding clown with magnet shoes and a music drum. Science Service offers Gadget Bulletin 432 upon request.
Printing Methods Bring a New Look to Newspapers
Advances in photocomposition and typeless printing promise faster production and potential color six up printing. Photocomposers like Fotosetter may replace manual typesetting, while electronic and teletypesetter devices enable remote operation and reduced labor. Justified copy and electro engraving could cut costs as industry monitors emerging techniques.
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Huebner Laboratories
Chicago
Ralph Coxhead Corp
New York
Science Service
Scientists Show Where to Aim Gun To Hit Falling Target
A physics demo uses a magnet driven bell and a toy popgun to show gravity affects both a falling target and a fired bullet. The setup proves you should aim where upward motion ceases and the object begins to fall, then fire promptly for a hit.
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Wor
Science Service
Dual Use Walnut Declares Value in Nut and Wood
The American black walnut yields superior nuts hindered by supply and labor limits. Its wood has long been prized by cabinet makers for its dark color, even grain, and finish, making it top for furniture and gunstocks.
Ceramic slag offers economical railroad ballast in Kansas
Kansas Geological Survey researchers Norman Plummer and William Hladik report ceramic slag can substitute hard rock for railroad ballast and concrete in Kansas if native rock is scarce. Produced from locally fed clays and silts at about 2200°F, it costs 1.15 to 2.25 dollars per ton with fuel making up 30 to 50 percent of production costs. Soft limestone in western Kansas wears to dust and harms infrastructure, while ceramic slag provides high strength, weather resistance, and chemical stability for concrete and road uses.
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Norman Plummer
William B. Hladik
Kansas State Geological Survey
Ile
Kansas
Oilor
Midwest
Plummer
Hladik
University of Kansas
Fish-Hawks Have Taste for Red in Yellowstone Nests
In Yellowstone National Park ospreys show a taste for red objects this season. Readily visible in their stick-built nests are two red items: the broken end of a snow-marker pole and a woman’s hat, both likely placed there as conspicuous markers or curiosities.
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Yellowstone National Park
New Artificial Eyes Move Naturally Using Supramid Tech
German researchers develop Supramid a synthetic superpolyamid used by Dr P Cibis at Heidelberg University to implant eye socket fillers making artificial eyes that move naturally after muscle attachment. The material also promises uses in nose cartilage replacement facial reconstruction and other plastic surgeries due to its inert nature.
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Badische Analia Und Soda Fabriken
Supramid
P. Cibis
Optical Clinic
Heidelberg University
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