Television over the Telephone Sends Images of Speakers
Television by telephone has been achieved in Germany. In a conversation over 400 miles of telephone line between Berlin and Munich the operators not only heard but saw each other. With this milestone passed, the technicians press on to the distant goal of making regular television service available to telephone subscribers. Read the rest of this entry »
Midget Robot Selects Programs
ADDING the last word of luxury to the radio-phonograph instrument, electrical engineers have produced a remote control box less than half the size of a cigar box that can select radio programs, adjust the volume, turn from radio to phonograph, and even select the desired record. It operates from any room.
ARC FURNACE INCASED IN TWO FLOWERPOTS
A SMALL electric arc furnace for experimental purposes can be made from two flowerpots, one 2 in. in diameter and the other either 6 or 8 in. Drill two holes opposite each other just below the lip of the smaller pot. (An ordinary steel drill will do this.) Make them large enough to receive carbon arc-light rods.
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Here you can see a male Greenlandian engaging in a mating ceremony with one of the female human/kayak hybrids of the mountainous region. Note how he carefully conceals his hoof hand while hypnotizing her with his wicked cool Tron boots.
MEET YOUR NEW NEIGHBOR…
You would enjoy a visit to Greenland. … A land of unusual beauty and the midnight sun. The people there are friendly, pleasant and honest, awakening with ever-increasing speed to the features of the civilization we enjoy. . . . Greenland is a World Neighbor and the incidents that were once of only local importance are now of international concern. Read the rest of this entry »
STAMPS tell Story of Science
By Charles Irving Corwin
How a Collection Album Illustrates Many Fields of Human Knowledge
AN you describe in detail a common United States postage stamp? If you can, you are exceptional. We may think we know what they look like, but it is difficult to tell offhand, without peeking, just what figures or phrases are used, let alone describe the central picture or border designs. The recent Mother’s Day and NRA commemoratives are exceptions, since the criticism and controversy aroused by these miniature steel engravings made us examine them more closely. It is recalled that a vase of flowers was smuggled into the reproduction of Whistler’s Mother, and the fact that in the NRA issue business was out of step with labor and agriculture provoked some amusement, but even these two well-known stamps will catch most of us. For instance, is the “three cents” spelled out or indicated by a figure? Read the rest of this entry »
PROCESS WATERPROOFS ANY CLOTH
Deluged by an unexpected shower, the wearer of apparel treated by a new chemical waterproofing process remains bone dry. The remarkable process, perfected by a New York dress manufacturer after a year and a half of research, may be applied to cotton, linen, wool, and even costly velvets and silks without altering their appearance or feel. When a sheer silk stocking, thus treated, is slipped over the palm of the hand, water placed upon it rolls about like a globule of quicksilver without wetting the fabric. According to the inventor, his process may be applied to suits and dresses, hats, shoes, pocketbooks, window curtains, policemen’s uniforms, and airplane wings.
When I first saw this I couldn’t help thinking that it had something to do with eels.
With FALSE TEETH Use EZO Dental Cushions
Here is a comforting aid for lower plate users. Ezo Dental Cushions relieve sore spots on tender gums; stop lower plate from raising and clicking; prevent seeds from lodging under plate; make plate fit snugger; help you wear and become accustomed to new plates; enable you to eat meat, tomatoes, pears, celery. Is not a powder, is not a paste, will not stick to plate. Send 50c for 10 Ezo Dental Cushions. (No stamps please.) EZO PRODUCTS COMPANY, Box No. 9306, Dept. F-93, Phila. 39, Pa. Advt.
This looks like an early version of a defibrillator.
PHYSICIAN INVENTS Self-Starter for Dead Man’s Heart
WHAT can be done when the heart ceases to beat? Under all sorts of different conditions, a doctor often is confronted with this urgent question.
The ambulance physician faces it with the victim of heart stroke, drowning, or accident. The surgeon faces it when the pulse of an etherized patient suddenly stops. The family physician faces it when a baby is still born or when a mother’s heart stops during childbirth.
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BLIMPS GO AFTER FISH—finny as well as tin. Mindful of the necessity of a continuing sea-food supply, the U. S. Navy is co-operating with the Office of the Co-ordinator of Fisheries by having its sub-hunting blimps shortwave the location of schools of fish to interested vessels in the area. Patrolling blimps easily spot quarry that fishermen operating on the surface of the water might miss or take hours to locate.
Things I Learned from TEN THOUSAND CATS
By A. J. Adamson
ONLY by dealing patiently and kindly with a cat, particularly during its early life, may you develop the sort of animal everyone wants as a companion and pet. Unlike dogs, cats will respond only to kindness. Punish them and they grow surly and spiteful. I speak from rich experience, having bred fully 10,000 cats during the last quarter of a century.
The old idea was that every animal should be punished when caught in a wrongful act, but cats do not understand the meaning of a whipping. They are weak-willed and easily tempted and must, therefore, be guided in paths of righteousness.
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