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...high. This is rarely the case. As a rule the scientist takes off from the manifold observation of his predecessors and shown his intelligence, if any, by his ability to discriminate between the important and the negligible, by selecting here and there the significant stepping stones that will load across the difficulties to new understanding. The one who places the last stone and stops across to the terra firma of accomplished discovery gets all the credit. Only the initiated know and honor those whose patient integrity and devotion to exact observations have made the last stop possible...
Under the old system, every package leaving the store had to go by trucks that had a driver and helper regardless of the size of the load. The delivery costs had run as high as 4.6% of total sales v. an 18-city average of 1.5%. When Pittsburgh's stores refused to continue the system, the Teamsters struck...
Bengal Brigade (Universal). The British laid down the white man's burden in India seven years ago, but it is still a weary load on the U.S. moviegoer's mind. Bengal Brigade is the second Hollywood picture this year to be concerned with the period of the great Sepoy Mutiny...
Each day 1,309,377 Americans receive hospital treatment, 584,455 in mental hospitals (the load was 352,279 twenty years ago). Among major diseases, the biggest gainer is polio (57,879 cases v. 1947's low 10,827); the biggest loser is syphilis (165.853 cases v. 1946's peak...
Stair Climber. A two-wheeled, power-driven hand truck has been developed by the Valley Craft Products Inc., Lake City, Minn. to take heavy loads up or down stairs or ramps. A special ratchet mechanism allows the "Stair Cart" to climb stairs, is powerful enough to lift a 200-lb. load straight up a 4-ft. wall. Price: about...