Lightning—Man’s and Nature’s
BALL lightning, one of the rarest of atmospheric phenomena, has been seen by few people. It sometimes appeared during an electrical storm, in the shape of globes of what seemed to be like flame, a few inches in diameter, moving slowly through the air, and bursting with a loud explosion when they struck some grounded object.
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The “Why” of IT
Do you know the real reason why the toreador’s red mantle angers the bull, or why the cross-wise seats are placed in the center of a street car? On these pages you will find the real scientific purpose for some of the simple things about which the average person has misconceived ideas.
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Builds Plane in Parlor While Neighbors Wonder at Noise
THE mystery of all the pounding and sawing neighbors heard in the home of Peter Lepicer, of Brooklyn, N. Y., was solved when he moved a two-seated monoplane which he built in his parlor. Workmen were required to tear part of the building away in order to get the plane out of the house.
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KENNEDY ANTENNAS… Probe the secrets of inter-stellar space
Somewhere in the nearly empty reaches of outer space, two hydrogen atoms collide. After a 100-million year journey at the speed of light, the signal generated by that accidental collision reaches a super-sensitive radio telescope antenna in Massachusetts and is recorded — and so one grain more is added to man’s knowledge of the universe.
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35 YEARS OF Sports Cars
Here is an over-all view of some of the cars on display in the Henry Ford Museum during the recent Sports Cars Unlimited show. In the foreground is a 1952 Ferrari 212 worth $13,000.
One-of-a-kind Vega, made by Vince Gardner. Detroit. is Ford V-8 60-powered. will hit 100 mph.
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INVENTIONS WANTED!
TUNEFUL phone ring instead of shrill one we’re used to hearing. Mrs. Wertko, Carthage, Mo.
WAKE-UP pills to arouse snoozer at a predetermined time. Jeff Crawford, Levant, Me.
TIME-CHANNEL changer to turn on TV at set time. Joanne Gadin, Chateauguay, Que.
FRAME with several pictures on a roll to permit quick change of scene. Jerry Patee, Ridgefield, Wash.
COUNTDOWN clocks on dryers so that mother would know how much longer she must wait. George Leduc, Central Falls, R.I.
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Thrilling Methods of Fighting Big Fires
To many people, the fireman is a fellow who sits around the engine house playing checkers until the gong calls him to a thrilling dash through the streets. But in reality, the modern fireman must be a skilled technician in various trades.
by DICK HUNTER
IN THE big cities the chief of a fire department has to be a navigator, an inventor, an electrical and mechanical engineer, and a practical marine constructor, ever prepared to risk his own life and safeguard the lives of his men.
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Staking out a Billion Dollar Canal
by Alfred Albelli
Through tropical jungles, treacherous torrents, and mountain passes the United States army engineers have been fighting for over a year to stake out a new link between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. This Herculean engineering feat will take ten years to complete and will cost our country a billion dollars. This article gives you a picture of the difficulties now being surmounted in Nicaragua.
FOR a little over a year a picked battalion of United States army engineers has been foraying through matted jungle regions and over perilous mountain passes in making a survey for the proposed Nicaraguan Canal, to link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans for a distance of 183 miles.
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The Tobacco Institute believes every thoughtful adult American will want to read every word of this front-page editorial in BARRON’S-one of America’s most responsible publications.
Speedlining Car Models
IN the old days, it was supposed that a sharp-pointed object—like a bullet—encountered least resistance in passing through any medium, solid, liquid or gas. The cigar-shape was then the ideal for speed in a balloon, a boat, or a racing car. However, science finally demonstrated that a body with a blunt prow and a long, gently tapering stern is capable of travelling most rapidly and with the least power. Read the rest of this entry »
Hollywood’s New Game
BY WAY of seeking diversion during time out from the strenuous labor of making movies to entertain the nation, Hollywood stars have devised a unique game called “Roll-in-the-hole.” The ball is rolled up an inclined trough and into a large tub-like arrangement with holes in the side. The point is to spin the ball so that it rolls out the holes that count the most. At the left several well known stars are engaged in a game.
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