It’s been quite a while since a company would use an image of factories spewing carbon dust into the atmosphere in a positive context for one of their ads.
Of course at the CEI they just call it life.
These furnaces are a long way from a tire maker’s plant, yet they are an important part of the rubber industry. They’re at Ville Platte, Louisiana, and they are making carbon black to add toughness and mileage to the nation’s truck and automobile tires.
But Ville Platte’s carbon black represents only a part of Cabot production. From the pine timber country of Florida, to the alfalfa fields of the Rio Grande valley and the natural gas fields of Texas, Oklahoma and West Virginia, Cabot Companies are at work providing essential raw materials for American industry.
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These are really cool. I love the idea of making scale models that you can actually sail around in.
LATEST BOATING SPORT… Sailing Midget Ships
By ARTHUR A. STUART
AMATEUR boat builders in many parts of the world are going down to the sea in midget ships. They are putting off in men-of-war, square-rigged traders, ocean liners, and superdreadnoughts barely larger than rowboats, yet reproducing in every detail ships that are famous in nautical history.
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Calling all Men…
STRIP-TEASE NECKTIE THAT GLOWS IN THE DARK
“SHE LOSES HER CLOTHES AS SHE GLOWS IN THE DARK”
Astounding: new STRIPTEASE NECKTIE Is the latest rage from coast to coast! Spectacular new novelty tie creation for men who demand the distinctive and unusual! Brings gasps of. sheer wonder. thrilling admiration the first time you wear it! By day, smart, handsome tie that is unrivalled for sheer beauty and extravagant good looks, by night a. glorious goddess of light revealed for all to see! She loses her clothes as she glows in the dark! A glorious, gleaming blonde beauty revealed in daring pose In the briefest of costumes, mysterious and magnificent! Write today and if you don’t agree this outstanding new necktie sensation is the mast exciting tie you’ve ever seen—it costs you absolutely nothing.
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“Leg muscles” that cushion a jet’s landing
When the landing gear of an F-86 Sabrejet hits the runway at lightning speed, the shock is absorbed by hydraulic action within the tough, precision-made cylinder on each “leg.” To machine these 37-lb. cylinders to exact tolerances from solid 158-lb. steel forgings … to give them mirror-smooth inside finishes . . . Cleveland Pneumatic depends on Lycoming.
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These guys made some pretty impressive projects out of cigar boxes. My favorite is the third place winner who made a cigarette stand by gluing boxes together and then turning them on a lathe to make a round pole. Pretty crafty.
$500.00 Cigar Boxcraft Contest
THE BOXCRAFT CONTEST, originated by the publishers of this magazine, has taken the country by storm. So adept are the contestants in this contest becoming, that they think nothing of bending cigar-box wood, and working the bent pieces into the designs of their construction.
We might add a word of caution at this point. Some of the many models which we receive are not properly packed, and arrive in a broken condition. Great care should be taken in securing the model within the package, so that it will not be damaged in transit.
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And it only took us another 50 years or so before it became commonplace.
“SOLID MUSIC”
“Three-Dimensional” Sounds Created
LIKE pictures on a screen, the best of public-address amplification and loudspeaker reproduction hitherto available has lacked reality. It is not that the instruments are defective in their reproduction of pitch and volume; but the ear is a fairly selective instrument, and hard to deceive when aided by the eyes. The sounds are right, but the directions from which they come are wrong. However, a recent demonstration, staged by telephone engineers, has the astonishing effect of overpowering the testimony of the eyes. Unseen players, singers and dancers seem to move tunefully or noisily across an empty stage.
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Fort More Than Mile High?
NEARLY fifty years ago, Gustave Eiffel erected his wonder of the world in Paris—a tower of iron framework 987 feet high. A generation was to pass before this was exceeded in height by a number of the skyscrap-ing office buildings of New York.
Now another French engineer, Henri Lossier, proposes a jump in construction to 6,560 feet, nearly a mile and a quarter high, in the form of a concrete tower, to be part of the defences of Paris. From its cone-shaped hangars, some over a mile above the ground, airplanes could be launched on a minute’s notice; while firmly-mounted anti-aircraft guns at this great elevation would reach invading planes more readily. The recoil of a hundred four-inch guns at once would vibrate it four inches. The details are shown in the illustrations, as also a comparison with a well-known New England mountain. In times of peace, such a structure could be devoted to many purposes; its great height furnishing advantages not otherwise obtainable, such as pure, thin air, and sunshine.
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“AN OPERATION MAY SAVE THIS CHILD”
“…and I had no money”
A man can knock along on what he’s making until something happens! Then when the emergency comes and the money he hasn’t got could do so much, the cold realities of life haunt him.
“I know what I am talking about! Til never forget the time when my child’s life was at stake. Not an extra dollar to my name. If it hadn’t been for friends…
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The eye patch guys look like something you would see on some hipster t-shirt.
Industrial Workers Will Lose the Sight of One or Both Eyes TODAY
AN ALARMING COST TO INDUSTRY Yet Almost Wholly PREVENTARLE
Of the 17 serious eye accidents in industry that will happen in the next 24 hours, 16 could be prevented now by use of safety goggles. Eye accidents are estimated to cost industry $5 per shop worker per year— an alarmingly high figure. Yet, according to the Society for the Prevention of Blindness, 98% of eye accidents can be prevented by the use of safety goggles —at an average cost of only $1.50 a pair. Are you overlooking this opportunity to effect a substantial cost reduction? If so, we suggest you get in touch with your nearest AO Safety Representative for advice and help in establishing an adequate eye-protection program in your plant.
American Optical Safety Division
SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS • BRANCHES IN PRINCIPAL CITIES
Scientific Tricks of Master Spies
By Donald Gray
Amazing beyond belief are the scientific tricks employed by modern spies to help them carry out their dangerous work without detection. All the resources of chemistry and mechanics, ranging from secret inks to marvelous enciphering machines, are made to serve the master spy, as set forth in this startling article.
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