Are you a guy who didn’t MARRY THE BOSS’S DAUGHTER?
They tell us it’s a good way to get ahead. The tough part is . . . there aren’t enough bosses’ daughters to go around. But there’s another way to call your shots.
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ROCKETING to the Moon
by Prof. R. H. GODDARD, B.Sc., A.M., Ph.D.
as told to William RobertsonFOR YEARS scientists have been forced to study the moon through its reflection in the observatory mirror. Since the moon refused to come closer to the earth than 220,000 miles, however, man may find it possible to exercise the alternative of Mahomet and go to the moon, in the opinion of a distinguished man of science. Read the rest of this entry »
Transparent Wrappers for Packages Can Be Home-Made
THIN, transparent, waterproof wrappers for covering packages intended for gifts may be easily and cheaply made at home, giving a truly cosmopolitan appearance to gifts. A thin, liquid celluloid is made by dissolving strips of clear celluloid in either ether and alcohol or amyl acetate. Coloring matter may be added at this stage if desired to increase its attractiveness.
NOW SEE THIS!
ROLL this strikingly unusual Swiss-made jeweled-lever wristwatch on any standard scale map and you can measure the distance in miles or kilometers. As you roll the watch along the map’s highway, the mileage is recorded and seen through an aperture on the face of the dial. The watch is designed for the world traveler, sportsmen or even for the week-end driver who likes to keep track of the distance he travels. Bauble is scheduled for export to the United States sometime within the next year. Read the rest of this entry »
Insulated Babies Grow Faster
TO MAKE your baby grow faster, insulate his crib against the electricity of floor, walls, ground. To slow down his growth, ground his crib with flexible bands of metal. This is the extraordinary conclusion reached by M. Vies, of Strasbourg, France, who conducted such experiments on two groups of three babies. The insulated set grew more rapidly than the grounded trio, presumably pointing to the fact that the electrification of soil and air has a real influence on human growth.
Plastics or Glass
Ever since transparent plastics were introduced in this country the question keeps popping up — Will plastics soon take the place of glass?
Some say, No! Others say, Yes! Frankly, I don’t believe anybody knows the answer but it may be interesting to take a look at just what is going on in this direction and from the meager facts you can draw your own conclusions. Read the rest of this entry »
This school of design is still very much alive today. It has just moved to China.
Toothbrush-Spoon
THE lure of combinations brought about this one at the right.
Hand Typewriter
AN Austrian inventor has made this machine, in which types on his gloved hands take the place of the usual writing mechanism.
“Jungle” Is a Breadboard
THE electronic jungle in the foreground is the breadboard, or first working model, of the new miniature four-binary module held by a Bulova Research and Development Labs engineer at Woodside, N.Y. All the elements of resistance and capacitance to the prototype jungle are contained in the tiny device to be used as a timer in space vehicle controls.
EDISON INVENTED THESE, TOO
In his “spare time” the master turned out some strange contraptions On the occasion of Thomas A. Edison’s 100th birthday anniversary, Science Illustrated has delved among his 1,097 patents, comes up with some “sleepers.” .Between the epic discoveries leading to modern lighting, talkies, and phonograph, he found time to master-mind an elaborate improvement on the “Mama” doll; a medicine for neuralgic pains; a simplified stock ticker. He anticipated such modernities as prefabricated houses, domestic sources for rubber, and helicopters; fathered such minor miracles as gummed tape, waxed paper, and an electric cigar lighter.
Among his far-flung activities was a flyer in iron mining, for which he devised giant rollers to pulverize ore-bearing boulders as heavy as six tons and then extract ore by magnetic separation. And he revolutionized the cement business with a system of grinding cement rock to unprecedented fineness and with a foolproof method of mixing. His invention of fire alarms and miners’ safety lamps made him a saver as well as an improver of life.
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See-Saw Rocks Dead Back to Life
PERSONS apparently drowned can be “rocked” back to life by a new artificial resuscitation apparatus being installed in hospitals all over England.
The machine produces 10 to 15 see-saw motions a minute to induce an exact imitation of natural breathing. It work automatically once the patient is balanced on the light metal frame.
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