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...Fuss. A circuit breaker that replaces electric fuses in homes and can't burn out was put on sale by Mechanical Products, Inc. of Jackson, Mich. Called Mini-Breaker, it cuts off current whenever there is an overload or short circuit, needs only a push of a button to restore service. Price: $1.50, or four...
Tremendous numbers of men with training in electronics are now being hired in aviation. In the age of push-button warfare which we are now approaching, these men must design the devices which seek out the enemy and guide the pilotless aircraft...
...side of the road with its big rear warning light flashing rhythmically. He slowed. Then he saw something even stranger: a weak blink of light on the ground near the car. He stopped, got out. A white-faced state trooper was sprawled there in the darkness, working a flashlight button with his thumb, and dying from a bullet wound in his stomach...
...Napoleon conquered Spain Goya first curried favor with the victors, then commemorated their outrages with a series of compassionate etchings. Last week an exhibition of 81 of the master's works was on display in Richmond's lively Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, supplemented by a push-button movie on Goya's life and works...
...child could work it with mittens on. The first model, completed in 40 days, is probably the most specialized camera ever built. It is prefocused, contains its own light source and magnifies three imes. When the operator inserts a snow sample on a sliding shelf and presses a button, he has his picture. The Army will not say why it wants to take pictures of snowflakes or what six-year-old G.I. (wearing mittens) will operate the camera...