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...After years of experiment, ingenious North American Aviation has found a low-carbon, low-alloy steel suited for airplane wings, stabilizers, rudders, elevators, flaps and ailerons. Combined with a plywood fuselage, it makes a top-notch combat trainer, weighing only 3% (150 lb.) more than an aluminum ship. The aluminum saved on 1,000 steel-plywood jobs would make 420 sleek pursuit ships...
Methylene blue and purple thionine looked promising. Whereas chlorophyll combines water and carbon dioxide into glucose in the presence of light, these pigments transform ferrous sulfate [Fe (SO4)] into ferric sulfate [Fe2 (SO4)3]. The ferrous compound consists of two "ions"-a positively charged iron atom linked with a negative sulfate unit. Under the influence of these pigments and light, the ions regroup themselves into the ferric form-two positive units linked with three negative units. And in the dark this reaction reverses itself. Regrouping of the ions upsets the electrical balance of the solution, creating electrical potentials...
When the car was gone over for the second time, by a reliable mechanic and the Consumers' Aid representative, it was found that most of the valves were stuck and had never been removed or cleaned, and that the cylinders were full of a mixture of dirt, pieces of carbon, and anti-freeze. This took place after Snell had charged $42.80 for general repairs which included grinding the valves, replacing certain of the hydraulic lifters, and thoroughly cleaning out the engine...
...magnesium program was to enlist a new process that uses less power than present electrolytic methods: ferrosilicon. Pulverized and mixed with calcined dolomite (a common magnesium ore), the ferrosilicon reduces the ore in a vacuum, and magnesium of high purity results. Henry Ford, Union Carbide & Carbon and Canada's Dominion Magnesium Co. have been experimenting with the process for three years. All three will share in the new manufacturing program. So, using this or their own process, will American Metal Co., National Lead Co., Permanente Metals Corp., Dow Chemical (at present the only volume producer of magnesium), Mathieson Alkali...
...cooled, pulped (fruits are pulped raw), then sprayed in a 3/1,000-in. film on revolving drums, where heat drives off 96% of their water in ten to 20 seconds. Steam rising rapidly from the food prevents oxidation, as when apples turn brown. Vacuums (or inert gases such as carbon dioxide) are sometimes used to keep air away. Tomatoes come off the drum like an endless sheet of red crepe paper, crumble into microscopic flakes which will store well for at least three years. Best products: tomatoes, potatoes, apples, bananas, peaches, peas, squash, pumpkin...