Word: controls
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...chemist of the future will turn from his humble task of providing the conveniences of life and gain control of life itself. He may mold stature and character as the sculptor molds his clay...
Bared Brains. At Harvard Medical School, Dr. Walter Bradford Cannon with Dr. Philip Bard pared off various parts from the brains of animals and studied what functions were lost and what remained. They discovered that emotional activity is controlled by a very small section in the optic thalamus. This is either of a pair of oblong masses of grey matter situated in the inner recesses of the brain. It is the most primitive part of the brain and is common in all vertebrates from fishes to man. The higher thought centres of the brain keep this primitive focus under control...
National Accounting Machine, made by the National Cash Register Co. and resembling a cash register with three banks of keys, is adaptable to all kinds of analysis and distribution works, as sales analysis, payroll, cost or expense distribution, purchase analysis, distribution of remittances received, stock & production control, and the like accounting intricacies. Victor and Corona typewriters both portables and both with standard 4-row keyboards, were sold to people who travel or do writing at home. Offices that require extra typewriters occasionally bought them for such emergencies. Victor Adding Machine Co. makes Victors; Coronas have been popular for 20 years...
...slower, stalling; the lazy tail began to drop. Such weary antics precede the tail spin, horrible whirl to death of many an aviator, among the heaviest hazards of aviation. Spectators thrilled. But the plane above Cricklewood did not spin. Instead it hung in the air under perfect lateral control, nosed down a trifle, regained flying speed...
Never before in aviation has the pilot kept control of his machine while the machine stalled. U. S. aviators read the report intently; agreed the device seemed practicable; eagerly awaited models for tests...