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...extremes; that is, it seldom degenerates into the pervert, seldom rises above average to the genius. Interests that have attracted him with exceptional force, interests to which he has given himself most unreservedly, are only two: finance and religion. He is not notable as farmer, politician, soldier, artist or scientist...
Died. Dr. H. Kamerlingh Onnes, 73, famed as the first scientist to liquefy helium, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics (1913), Emeritus Professor and Director of the Physical Laboratory at the University of Leyden; at Leyden, Holland...
...long adventurous trip made by the band of over 500 explorers which culminated in the last climb of Irvine and Mallory who after coming within 800 feet of their goal were overwhelmed by the snow, proved of high value from the standpoint of the naturalist and scientist although Mt. Everest was not conquered. The pictures taken by Capt. Noel in his official capacity contain kaleidoscopic records of people and customs still unknown even to the professional travelogue lecturers...
...Research Corporation of America, making money from a process of electrical precipitation, but contributing all its earnings to the advancement of science, announced that John J. Abel has done more than any other scientist to promote human enjoyment of life; awarded...
...from hearing simultaneously the matrimonial differences of the slovenly young couple upstairs, the radio in 4-A, the quacking of the saxophone across the hall and the telephonic improprieties of the bachelor below? Steel girders, plaster and cement can muffle but never quite extinguish sound; but last week a scientist came forward with the statement that noise can be kept out of a room just as well as a snowstorm can; that a scream can be locked up. He, Dr. Paul Heyl, Chief of the U. S. sound laboratory (Bureau of Standards), has invented a soundproof partition, which he demonstrated...