Science Stunts
The trick is to remove the slip of paper from under coin perched on lip of glass without disturbing coin. Bring forefinger down sharply against paper strip, half way between center of coin and finger holding other end of paper. Presto! Coin remains as paper is pulled away with downward thrust of forefinger of free hand. Small glass has greater curve to balance the coin. Read the rest of this entry »
Better Memory = More Money = Wad of Cash = Adoring Female
Advertising is pretty much Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon except instead of Kevin Bacon the end is getting laid.
EARN MORE MONEY
Astound your boss, your customers, your friends with a BETTER MEMORY
AMAZING NEW METHOD OF MEMORY TRAINING
• Recognize people long after you meet them and remember their names. Read the rest of this entry »
Seek Wealth In These Needed Inventions
IT IS gratifying to the Editor of this Department to note the rapidly increasing interest in inventions on the part of the readers of Modern Mechanix and Inventions. The mail recently received proves that many fellows have come to realize that the same effort that they put in on the construction of various gadgets “just for the fun of it” can be used to create some truly novel article. Read the rest of this entry »
Golf is Now Played Like Roulette
A SCRAMBLING of the ancient Scotch game of golf and the somewhat less Scotch game of roulette has resulted in the creation which beats all for novelty—golf played on a roulette wheel. In the center of a circular pit a gaming wheel, marked like the table variety, spins merrily, while the golfer attempts to knock a golf ball into the winning compartments. Read the rest of this entry »
How I Broke the World’s Altitude Record
On June 4, 1930, Lieut. Soucek flew a Navy plane to a height of more than eight miles to establish a new altitude record. Here he tells his story of his thrilling ascent to the roof of the world.
by Lieut. Apollo Soucek U. S. N.
MORE than 8 miles above the earth’s surface, in a region of terrific cold, where life itself depends on “canned air,” airtight clothing and electrically heated goggles, I fought, on the afternoon of June 4, 1930, a successful battle of two hours and five minutes against nature to gain for the Navy and the United States a new world’s altitude record. Read the rest of this entry »
Shall we play a game?
Global Thermonuclear War!
A fast-action, high-strategy game with full color graphics, exciting animation, and realistic sound effects. Features include HAL™ speech synthesis (without special hardware), option to play as enemy or defender, and top ten score display.
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A Minister Discusses SELF-GRATIFICATION
Self-gratification is an important aspect of an individual’s development. Eliminating misinformation and guilt about this practice is important preparation for a healthy sexual relationship in marriage.
by the Rev. H. Walter Yoder
An ordained minister, Rev. Yoder is secretary of the Michigan Association of Religious Counselors. Recognized as a distinguished pioneer and leader in church marriage counseling, he was recently hailed as “Man of the Month” by the churchman’s publication, “Pastoral Psychology.” *All case names are fictitious. Read the rest of this entry »
The whole series of ads is like this. Just bizarre.
anti-aircraft fire control… AND FORD INSTRUMENT COMPANY
In World War I, anti-aircraft fire against slow, low flying planes, could be managed by optical sighting and correcting from observed air bursts. Today’s supersonic planes, flying at great altitudes must be tracked by radar and the guns directed by complex computers.
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Side Car Serves as Boat
A MOTORCYCLE side car which doubles as a canoe on trips to the beach or river bank has recently made its appearance in Germany. The car is fitted with small metal pontoons which keep it upright in the water. Future models will be fitted with rudders, completing the transformation from side car to a navigable boat.
An RCA Solid State Laser that fits through the eye of a needle can transmit 500 million bits of information per second through a thread of glass.
The entire contents of a 24-volume encyclopedia in 3 minutes. 2500 phone conversations or 20 TV programs at the same time. Read the rest of this entry »
Why don’t people put math poetry in ads anymore? Also, wasn’t Zero invented in India?
Computation
The Arab
who first wrote zeroAnd
the mathematic clueTo
nothing at all is a heroWho
never got his dueUnless
he soughtTo share
the eternal naught.
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