A Rocket Voyage to the Moon
NO LONGER a fantasy, a rocket to the moon may be fired before another 12 months have passed. Discussion of interplanetary navigation reached a climax recently in a meeting of European scientists in the convention of the Societie Astronomique of France where the Hirach-Pelterie prize of 5,000 francs was awarded to Professor Herman Oberth for researches in this field. Read the rest of this entry »
This would be much more interesting if it was an ad for condoms.
4-WAY PROTECTION
OPALINE protects your motor 4 ways
1. CLEANS — Keeps your motor clean as a whistle — combats carbon, sludge, lacquer, corrosive acids.
2. SEALS — Improves piston seal to save gasoline, save oil and improve power.
3. COOLS — Draws searing heat away from engine parts.
4. LUBRICATES — Tough protective film reduces wear and saves repair expense.
Read the rest of this entry »
SPECTACULARS
The Southerner who made good by making New Yorkers look up expects the whole postwar world to go sign-happy in the Times Square manner
The sky’s no limit to Douglas Leigh, today’s Lamplighter of Broadway and King of the Spectaculars, those illuminated, animated supersigns that are catching on across the country. Read the rest of this entry »
CHINESE BUILD WEDDING CAR
IN CHINA no marriage is considered to have been fittingly solemnized until the bride and groom have ridden at the head of the wedding procession in an automobile similar to the one shown below. The special “gingerbread” body, decorated with gold leaf and hanging tinsel, represents an investment of about $5,000.
Untransistorized Digital Differential Analyzer?
The abacus has qualities much sought after in today’s electronic computers: ease and reliability of operation, low investment, and minimal maintenance. Read the rest of this entry »
It Reknits Hosiery
Run-Repairer Is Worth Millions
GASP of dismay bursts from the lips of the wife. The husband looks up startled. Only-some extraordinary catastrophe could call forth such a devastating outburst from the little woman who usually is so placid, refined and self-possessed. She continues.
“Look at that stocking! Hopelessly ruined! Just bought today. Read the rest of this entry »
THE AIRLINES MUST COME DOWN TO EARTH
There’s something wrong with aviation. Suddenly, after making an amazing war record, the airlines have found themselves deluged with criticism. Air travelers, weary of delays and irritated by uncertain arrivals of planes, have begun to object. And their objections have been frequently and vociferously expressed. To date, the airlines have not been able to do much to help themselves. Keeping passengers sitting in airplanes for an hour, or two, or more, waiting to take off, has not made friends for the lines; nor has the business of “stacking” planes for long periods above congested terminals.
Read the rest of this entry »
RADIO WAVES KEEP AIRSHIP ALOFT
PROPELLERS and engines are not needed to fly the model airship of Bernays Johnson, who is shown with his craft in the photograph at the right. A powerful radio wave which neutralizes the pull of gravity is the force which keeps the ship aloft. Johnson experimented for ten years before he succeeded in discovering the principle of his anti-gravity waves. The ship can be controlled from within itself or from the ground. It was exhibited at the recent Boston radio exposition
Their words have wings as swift as light
An Advertisement of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company
We live and work as no other people have ever done. Our activities are pitched to the swiftness of the instantaneous age.
Read the rest of this entry »
INVENTIONS WANTED!
LUMINOUS SIGN in railroad cars to announce approaching stations, eliminate mumbled calls. T. C. Alexander, Urbana. Ill.
GLOWING balls, racquets, nets, boundary lines so tennis lovers could romp in summer twilight. Bill Dong, Vancouver, Canada.
REPLACEABLE BLOTTER that fits in fountain pen cap and is ever-ready to absorb those blobs of ink. David Katsuki, Media, Pa.
FILTERED EXHAUST on autos to do away with threat of carbon monoxide poisoning, purify air. Arthur Stone, Oshaway, Canada.
The Amateur Cameraman
Edited by WALTER D. KERST
AS AN associate member of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, Mr. Kerst is nationally known as an expert on the technical aspects of movie making. This month he discusses in this department several interesting ways in which the amateur movie maker can secure novel effects with his camera.
Read the rest of this entry »
The Armstrongs see the country…
Like he always promised, Dad has bundled the family into the car to show them this great big country. There’s lots to see—and they’ve seen lots. Historic places, mountains, deserts—new things— strange things—and wonderful! Seems like they’re full up to here from looking. Read the rest of this entry »
Comments Feed17 queries. 1.070 seconds.
