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Pinch Effect. The big problem in controlled fusion is to reach the necessary high temperature (millions of degrees) without melting or vaporizing the walls of the container. Kurchatov told how Russian scientists experimented elaborately with one of the most promising methods, the "pinch effect." When a powerful electric current is...
Containers were bursting with good news: a 25% profit hike to $4,420,000 at the Container Corp., a 56% net increase at National Container Corp.
¶ Shell-less eggs,machine-sealed in tough, transparent polyethylene (produced by Sani-Shell Container Corp.). The eggs can be opened by pull tabs like those on cigarette packs, or they can be boiled right in their polyethylene shells. Scientists at Cornell University, who developed the idea, expect it to...
Old & New. Though new materials such as plastics have moved into the packaging industry, manufacturers of glass bottles, cardboard boxes and other traditional containers have kept a major share of the market by bringing out improvements of their own. Riegel Paper Corp. has developed 600 kinds of packaging paper and...
Supersonic Parachute. To rescue pilots from a supersonic bailout, Radioplane Co., a Northrop subsidiary, has devised a special parachute called the Skysail, packed tightly in a container that an air blast cannot tear open. When the pilot jumps, his hunched body slows down quickly. When his speed is subsonic (and...