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Hyslop does not judge insects by their works; he loves them for themselves. With downright affection, he recalls attractive insects he has known. There is the strong-jawed "short-circuit beetle," for instance, that gnaws into lead cables. There are insects that live in crude petroleum. There is a clever...
Last year Drs. De Robertis & Schmidt turned their electron microscope, which is far sharper-sighted than the ordinary "light microscope," on nerve fibers, the delicate tendrils sent out by nerve cells. They found that the fibers were cables made up of many hollow tubes about one-millionth of an inch...
As the newsless fortnight wore on, nameless "experienced Moscow observers," "usually informed sources," reliable diplomats" and "authoritative sources" began rearing their heads in dispatches from all four capitals. Gradually, however, the bare outlines of what was going on did become somewhat clearer (see INTERNATIONAL). In Moscow, where even these outlines...
Elisha Otis' original safety catch has been succeeded by scores of automatic speed and leveling controls. Until 1945, Otis boasted that not one of its passenger elevators had ever fallen because of broken cables. That year an Army bomber, bursting through the Empire State Building between the 78th and...
¶ Near Augusta, Ga., A.T. & T. was closing the last gap between the East Coast network and the great coaxial cable joining Los Angeles with Miami. But about 400 special television boosters will have to be built before New Yorkers can see Hollywood stars, or Californians can see a World...