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...enormous advantage of lightness. It weighed only .03 oz. Instead of Japanese tissue, its wing was made of "microfilm," a transparent, opalescent substance that looks something like Cellophane. It is made from a nitrocellulose fluid base (e.g. collodion, bronzing liquid, etc.) that-floats on' water in a gossamer layer, dries in a sheet about one-eighth the weight of superfine tissue. The winner was awarded the Sportsman Pilot Cup, originally posted by Sportsman Pilot (monthly) for a race which did not come off in the National Air Races last September...
...Saute meat in fat. Put a layer of sauteed meat in a greased casserole, then a layer of onions and then a layer of potatoes, salting and peppering each layer. Over all pour the mock turtle soup and enough water to cover. Measure liquid used. Cover closely and cook in a slow oven of 350° F. for two hours. For every cupful of liquid used stir in one tbsp. flour mixed in an equal amount of cold water. Cook 15 min. longer. A baking powder biscuit crust may be put on the casserole after the thickening is added...
Oysters make both Oriental and Mikimoto pearls. When Mother Nature annoys an oyster by permitting a tiny bit of some irritating substance to get under its shell, the oyster reacts by covering this substance with layer on layer of pearly nacre, and the result is called an Oriental pearl. When Mr. Mikimoto annoys the oysters in his 41,000 acres of oyster beds by having a minute substance delicately inserted in the body of each oyster, the oysters react by producing about $1,000,000 worth of Mikimoto pearls a year. In gratitude Mr. Mikimoto has erected a monument...
...station will be used to carry on experiments for the measuring of the effective height of the ionized region of the gases above the earth. This area is known as the Kennelly-Heavy-side Layer, and is the principal cause of fading in radio sets. This region refracts radio waves, and fading is caused by the collision of the wave, which is moving along the surface of the ground and the wave which has been refracted...
...expedition was sent out by the University in the beginning of last month, to make such measurements during the recent eclipse, because of the fact that the ionized layer is affected by sunlight. The experiments were carried on in conjunction with an expedition headed by Dr. D. W. Kendrick and Dr. G. W. Pickard of Tufts College...