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A Douglas, Lyle Page ]'age
Acme Pants Matchers 963 963 Lacey & Lacey 936 Polachek, Z. H.
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949
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Radio Association of America
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graphy 955 Fawcett Publications, Inc. 878 Marwood Radio Co. 956
Radio Specialty Co 935
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Roll -0 Radio Corp 961
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B Fischer, A. C. 953 Meyer Both Co. 964
Royal Sales Co 958
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Barawick Co. 959
Foy, Frank 948 Midwest Radio Corp.
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Blancke Auto Devices 955 Furness Bermuda Line 952 Motion Picture Operators' Scientific Apparatus Co. 961
Blandin, Ernest W. 967 School 953 Seaver Williams Co 951
Bliss Electrical School 967 Gaston Mfg. Co. 942 Munn & Co. 938 Sedgley, R. F., Inc. 966
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Brinkler School of Eating 940 Gilson Slide Rule Co. 944 N America 956
Bruce Publishing Co., The .. 948 Givens Chemical Co. 966 Seymour Institute 956
Buescher Band Inst. Co.
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H National Radio Institute 880
Bureau of Inventive Science 942 Hansen, Vic. Co. 967 New Method Mfg. Co. Shipman Ward Mfg. Co. 963
Burns School of Wrestling 962 Hardin -Lavin Co. .952, 961 Standard Radio Co 966
I lobart Bros.
956 New York Electrical School 940 Strongfort, Lionel
C 949 New York Institute of 951
Carlton Mills 959 Home Magazine 956 Photography 967 T
Chemical Institute . 879 Hotel Touraine 965 Northwestern School of Tarbell System, Inc 957
Chicago Correspondence School
of Music 954
Taxidermy 963 w
Chicago Painting School 939
Ideal Aeroplane & Supply Co 957 0 \Vaco Tool Co 948
Chicago Puzzle Co. I nkograph Co., Inc. 949 Wagner, George 918
965 International Correspondence O'Brien, Clarence A 937 ashington School of Art
Chicago Solder Co. 964 Ogilvie Publishing Co. ....953, 967 961
Schols 938, 956, 960, 967 Washington School of Cartoon-
Clarkson, David B. 944 International Encyclopedia Owen, Richard B 936 ing
Clock Co. 946 965 Ozment, C. J. 954
952 Washington Show Card School 950
Coleman, Watson E. 938
jazz Studios P Weber Distributing Co.
Conn, C. G., I td 963 963 942
Consrad Co., Inc., Johnson, C. F. 958 Page Davis School of Weeks, E. 0., Super Carb. Co 948
970, 971, 973, 974, 975 Johnson Smith Co. 955 Advertising 965 Western Airplane Corp 960
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959 K Wofford
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Cut Price Sales Co., The 967 Kelsey Co., The
950 l'elman Institute of America 962 World Battery Co 957,960
967 Perfect Sales Co.
D L 954 XYZ
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H. WINFIELD SECOR, Managing Editor
DR. T. O'CoNoR SLOANE, Ph.D., Associate Editor
Editorial and General Offices, - - - 53 Park Place, New York
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"Those Who Refuse to Go Beyond Fact Rarely Get As Far As Fact" - -

HANDICRAFT
By HUGO GERNSBACK
handicraft worker once learns he never forgets, and if he has
F a census were taken of the amateur craftsmen and con- their a knack for the thing at all, each subsequent article fashioned
structors in this country, who build things with There are, by his hands will only increase his appetite along these lines,
own hands, the result would be astonishing.
and spur him on to greater and better things. Of course,
perhaps, few countries in which handicraft has reached you probably would not start in by building an elaborate
such a wide development as in the United States. Thus we radio cabinet. The chances are that at first you would make
With many handicraftsmen their art is a hobby. build- a simple article, such as a shoe -shining box, some wooden toy
have a banker who specializes in wood -working and for the young hopeful, or other simple devices.
ing anything from a step-ladder to an elaborate, decorated If, on the other hand, your ideas run along metalcraft,
has a complete
radio cabinet. An eminent Eastern of his
surgeon
house, which he uses to you will get an equally good education. You will soon learn
machine shop in the basement
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isolated. They are tungsten steel and soft iron; you will know the exact angle
to see. And these cases are by no means at which you have to sharpen your drills to use in your drill
quite prevalent in the various strata of our population. press or in your speed lathe, and you will know how to treat
The scientific reason, if any be necessary, should be simple
hands to toil. As the various metals, be they brass, aluminum, or iron. When
to understand. Men originally used their decreased, it comes to finishing the metals, you have an endless variety
civilization the use of the hands steadily
particularly the "white collar brigade," use of processes to choose from, and your adventures in this
as most people, tasks. branch alone will be many and varied. You will make many
their hands less and less, and only for extremely light discoveries that will delight you and bring you into fields
The professional writer, who uses a pen ; the business man,
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who uses his hands to sign
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a simple article as even a decorated, chased, old-fashioned
box for your wife.
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Aside from all this, there is the huge satisfaction that every
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your own ideas. Even making a rather commonplace article
and polychrome finish, now so much in vogue. It doe3
-that is, providing it is made right-is a whole education rust not take a big factory to turn out such articles in the home.
in itself. Quite the contrary, a good coal stove, or a blow torch, can
If, for instance, you are making an elaborate radio console be used to good advantage to fashion the various articles,
for your living room, you will get more information on the welding together different parts, and making the most artistic
subject than you could possibly get from the best text -books. decorations imaginable. Such articles fetch high prices in
You will, first of all, become familiar with the various tools art stores, not because the intrinsic value of the articles may
necessary to fashion the wood, and if you own a wood- be high, but on account of the huge amount of labor that
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 882
Science and Invention for February, 1927

How "Movie Battles" Are Staged

"Old Ironsides" Reconstructed for
Great Movie Production. Land
Battles with Actual Trenches,
Hundreds of Airplanes, Cannon,
and All the Impedimenta of Real
War.

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the encounter between the "Constitution" and
the "Castle," the flag -ship of the pirate's fleet.
The battle resulted in the sinking of the Tri-
One of the favorite epics of American history is the story of the U.S.S. "Constitution," the most politan craft. The super -structure was dyna-
famous ship of the American navy. The exploits of the "Constitution" and her victory over the mited in simulation of the destruction by gun
pirates of Tripoli have been made the subject of a feature motion -picture called "Old Ironsides,"
fire, and the climax was reached when the
which is the affectionate title given the ship in commemoration of an incident in the battle of "Castle" was caused to sink below the waves
Tripoli. The Paramount Company expended nearly $2,000,000 in filming the story of the famous by opening three large sea -cocks below the
water line. A large number of ships were used
frigate shown at the right in the photo above. to furnish nautical atmosphere.

MOVIE

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During the making of the picture it was found that the ships had a tendency
to drift from their appointed positions, making it necessary to maneuver them
with the aid of concealed tugboats which were kept out of camera range.

Radio was used by James Cruze in directing the movement of the ships, as,
we showed you in the radio section last month. A small broadcasting sta-
tion was employed, sometimes on the "Constitution," sometimes on land,
In addition to the building of reproductions of the famous man-of-war, the with receiving sets on each ship and several land points. The cameras were
producers built a replica of the fort of Tripoli on a hill -side of Catalina situated at various points, in the upper scene they are marked by crosses.
Island. It was originally planned to make the picture in the Mediterranean, The cannon fire was controlled from a number of keyboards stationed on the
but due to the Riff uprising it was found impossible to make the necessary various ships. Orders were transmitted to the gunners by radio, and the
arrangements. In this case, as in numerous others, California "doubled"
for a far-off land. depression of their control keys fired the cannon electrically. Black powder
charges made up in cartridge form were inserted in the guns previous to the
making of each scene.
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above is an e::ample.

Fortifications and trenches are built at great ex- In the Paramount feature picture "Wings," five
pense to add realism and authenticity to the square miles of terrain in the vicinity of San
story. The capture of a German trench is Antonio were torn up to simulate the appear-
shown in this scene from one of the best of the ance of the battlefields of St. Mihiel. Trenches
feature of this year. were cut and bombs were used to make craters.

Director William Wellman, in filming the battle sequences of "Wings," employed five means of
communication: radio, amplifiers, telephones, semaphores and panel signals were utilized. To
safeguard the lives of many aviators, a parachute was developed which lowers a disabled plane
safely to the ground. Some of the photography was done from airplanes and high towers.

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ways lighted at night.
Clock mechanism flashes at
hourly intervals.

200 Fr, FLOOD

This magnificent theatre con- LIGHTS
tains the largest orchestral ILLUMINATE
organ in the world. The con- TOWER
sole contains four manuals,
controlling two organs on
either side of the proscenium
arch. The photograph above
shows the position of the or-
gan loft to the left of the
stage.

The appearance of Times

Square in New York City has
been completely changed in the
past sixth months by the erection
of an office and theatre building
on Broadway from Forty-third to
Forty-fourth streets. The Famous
Players -Lasky Corporation pur-
chased the old Putnam Building
site at Times Square and pro-
ceeded to break all construction
records by completing a thirty-
five story office building in twelve
months from the time of break-
ing ground. The Paramount
Theatre, which forms the nucleus
of this immense structure, is
called the world's finest theatre.
It contains all the latest developments in theatre art
and science. The orchestra platform and organ console
are placed on electrical elevators, so that they may be
raised and lowered individually, as shown in the circle
zq the right.

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THE large wash drawing cover -

ing the greater portion of this BALCONY
page shows the details of construction
of the auditorium and lobby of the a
a
new theatre. The grand lobby is one
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of the most impressive features of COOLED
the ensemble. It is said to compare A-4" Al R a
favorably with any of the European USHER
masterpieces of theatrical architecture. SIGNAL
The lobby is approximately 144 feet ,LOBBY a
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marble tiles. The first twenty feet VKUJEQi
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marble obtained from a !nine
in Italy, opened after many years
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stairway in the
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IMMEDIATELY
under the m u s i c AIR EFRIGERATI NG PLANT
room, indicated in the'
drawing above, is a mar-
ble archway, opening into THE auditorium of the Paramount Theatre is treated in the French
the "Hall of Nations." In Renaissance spirit, and the color scheme is ivory, rose and turquoise.
a large panel at the far The ornamentation has been particularly studied for scale, so as to be pro-
side of this hall are im-
bedded stones representa- portionate to the size of the auditorium and, although the auditorium is
tive of a number of for- over 10 floors in height, the architects have achieved an intimate effect.
eign nations. These stones The result is that the theatre is truly one of the sights of New York.
were presented in many The height from the orchestra level to the dome of the rotunda is about
cases by high officials of 140 feet, quite sufficient to make it possible to place a 10 -story office build-
the governments of their ing within the space occupied by the auditorium. The theatre is completely
native countries. In the music room, which is in the form of equipped with the finest of stage and lighting mechanisms, and effects may
a balcony above the archway shown in 'the insert, artists per- be obtained which are beyond the ambitions of most theatres. The visitor 00
form continuously for the entertainment of patrons standing may obtain a magnificent view of the interior of the theatre from the 00
in the lobby and seated in various portions of the lobby prom- rotunda promenade, which surrounds the dome vault, 10 stories above the
enade. It is interesting to note that elevators are provided for floor of the theatre. The cooling system is graphically represented in the
service to all floors of this theatre, running all the way up to drawing above, which also indicates many of the details of construction
the rotunda promenade, which is at about the tenth floor. far too numerous to list in the text of this article.
 Science and Invention for February, 1927

Artificial Sky
The New Zeiss
shade, there is a cylinder containing the dif-
ferent mechanisms for projecting the sun,
the moon and the planets ; the invisible planets
such as Uranus and Neptune, as well as
the moons of Jupiter and Saturn are not
represented. The instruments embody axes,
one a polar axis and the other the axis of
the ecliptic for the planets, the moon and
the sun. There are two electric motors.
The audience first sees the fixed stars come
out in all their splendor. The illusion is so
complete that we seem to be looking into the
infinite depths of the sky. Four thousand
five hundred stars are shown. After a while
the names of the different constellations arc
also projected. This requires a second pro-
jection apparatus.
CUPOLA .-VENT I LATOR

The Zeiss Planetarium with cupola nearly eighty feet in diameter, the inner surface of which is
supposed to represent the vault of the heavens. This hemi-spherical surface is the screen on which COVERED COVERED
the complicated projection apparatus in the center projects representations of the celestial bodies, CORRIDOR CORRIDOR
.

stars, planets and moon, so that one feels as if they were out in the air under a brilliant night sky.
jSOUTI1 NORTIS

8
EFORE the World War the director plicated problem. Scientific knowledge and II
of the German museum in Munich, technical construction were intermingled in
M. de Miller, asked the Zeiss firm a way that only a house of the grade of Carl EMERGENCY
at Jena to construct for the mu - Zeiss at Jena could cope with. EXIT
EMERGENCY
EXIT
scum a planetarium, which would make pos- The spectator goes into a cupola twenty-
sible the demonstration of the course of the fiye meters or about eighty feet in diameter.
planets before a large number of spectators The whole interior surface is white. The
at once. Its hitherto unattained perfection horizon of the place is traced upon the sur-
is . due to the technician of the firm W. face. Several rows of chairs surround the
Bauersfeld. The idea of representing the projection apparatus in the corner of the
celestial bodies by little spheres was aban- cupola. At first sight the projection ap- NORTH
doned and optical projections were substi- paratus resembles a pair of opera glasses, \
tuted. How to get the motions by projec- but looking at it more closely one sees that THE
SPLAN ETARI UM
tion was an extremely complicated problem. the objective or projection lens is replaced
The Planetarium constructed by the Zeiss by thirty-one little projection apparatus of ELECTRIC
CABLE
concern makes it possible to show astronom- great precision, each of which projects a
ical phenomena of such diversity that to do definite portion of the celestial sphere upon W C.
it mechanically has hitherto appeared to be an area of the hemispherical wall. As a TICKET OFFICE
an absolute impossibility. The ingenious TICKET Orrice
sort of counterpoise and covered by a glass
idea developed in this Planetarium is due to
one of the technical engineers of this estab- ENTRANCE
lishment, W. Bauersfeld; to him this prog- The upper figure gives a section of the plane-
ress in instructive mechanics is due. Mr. tarium, while below is shown its plan. The
W. Bauersfeld completely puts aside the sys- great size of the installation can be appre-
tem of representing celestial bodies by little ciated when the entrance shown on the plan
balls moved by any kind of mechanism. He, which is a large classic columnar porch, is con-
therefore, made the substitution alluded to, trasted with the great circular building behind
and this was productive of a high degree of it.
simplicity. It centered all the apparatus in And now the celestial sphere begins to
a small space, because, optical projection be- turn and the phenomena of a winter night
ing used, it was simply a question of con- appears, with the rising and setting of some
structing and supporting and giving proper of the constellations or the paths of others
motion to a set of magic lanterns or stere- around the pole. Then comes daylight, but
opticons, as we may term them. But while which, while showing the sun, does not ob-
on the face of it, this seems very simple, scure or put out of sight the planets. Then
and while it does dispense with very clumsy comes the moon, which pursues its path and
mechanism of the old type, the construction shows all its phases from the crescent to the
of the apparatus presented an extremely com- full moon. Last of all come the planets.
Mercury, the nearest to the sun, follows its
orbit rapidly; Venus appears moving more
slowly; Mars moves still more slowly, but
/Above is shown a perspec- Saturn and its ring is yet slower. From
tive view of the extremely five thousand years ago to five thousand
complicated projection ap- years in the future the heavens can be shown
paratus. It has to take for any given date. Three different speeds
care of the planets in their can be given to the apparatus, four and a
motion each with its own half minutes, two minutes, or fifty seconds
individual path and speed, can represent a celestial day, or a whole
of the stars all having the year can be given in four and a half min-
same motion, and not the
motions of the moon and of utes down to a few seconds. The earth can
its different phases. be arrested on its axis, which holds the star
This view gives an idea of stationary, while the moon and the planets
the magnitude of the build- continue to move. The relation of the rota-
ing. The impressive ap- tion of the earth and the apparent motion
proach with an esplanade of the stars is clearly brought out.
and flight of steps leading The apparatus
into a porch with a row of comprises two similar
columns on the front and parts, one above' the other and below the
the beautiful hemisphere be- horizontal axis. All the northern constella-
hind it makes it a most at- tions are projected by the spherical portion
tractive piece of architec- of the upper division, while the cylindrical
e.g.** tore. body, which carries the apparatus, projects
 887
Science and Invention for February, 1927

For Students
Planetarium in Jena
the moon and two planets, the lower
part projects the meridional constel-
lations and four planets. Besides this
in A, is the apparatus projecting the
names of the constellations, and in B
are the projectors of the Milky Way.
In C are contained not only the pro-
jection apparatus for planets of the
solar system, but also the necessary
apparatus for carrying out the move-
ments of the sun, of the moon, and of
the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars,
Jupiter and Saturn. Finally in D are
placed the apparatus for the projection
of the representations of the great
circles (equator, ecliptic and meridian) Installation of the great projection
by luminous lines which are especially apparatus of the planetarium. The
used when the Planetarium is employ- great frame has its dimensions
ed for teaching. The whole thing is made appreciable by the man
carried on a truck which moves on seated near it. It is set and
rails; the lighting is done by elec- mounted so as to give the heavens
tricity. the effect they would have if the
The weight of the apparatus, includ- sky was seen from the equator.
ing the frame and the car, is about 1---.11,A"V-911."-VT,"11,-
four thousand pounds.
POLAR MIS
AXIS OF THE ECLIPTIC Side view of the projec-
PROJECTION APPARATUS
tion apparatus carried on
FOR Its frame with its differ-
MOTOR FOR
ANNUAL MOVEMENT
NORTHERN CONSTELLATIONS ent parts named on the
drawing. It is far more
AXIS FOR CHANGING complicated than even this
THE LATITUDE representation shows, as
it has so many moving
bodies to represent.

MOTOR FOR
DIURNAL
MOVEMENT

PROJECTION A better idea of the giant

APPARATUS
FOR
structure can be
MERIDIONAL from the photo given on
CONS IC LLATIONS the right. It would seem
to be so bulky as to im-
HANDLE rOR pair the illusion, but it
MOVING THE
EN riRc must be remembered that
APPARATUS it stands in the center of
a giant dome.
4,0* -31.
FIG. I

Indian Fakir Lives On a Rope

NEXT after Egypt, India is the land
which celebrated for or rather
is
plagued with the most beggars. A
certain class of these do not reckon them-
selves among the beggars, but call them-
selves ascetics, hermits, monks, fakirs, or
something else, which will have a more im-
pressive effect upon the outer world. It is
true that many of these are religious
fanatics, who do penance upon themselves in
various ways, partly for obtaining in their
own conviction a holy state of existence;
partly to win fame for themselves and at-
tract the attention of tourists and by -passers
and get alms from the same.
The man shown in the picture has for his
specialty to lie stretched out upon a slack
cord for days, for weeks or for years-
yes, for all his life! This is an exhibition
which in no other country than India could
support a Man's existence, but here it is a
quite profitable way of obtaining a liveli-
hood.
Regarded as a mere feat of balancing, it
is certainly a very fine exhibition of the
magician's art, which can excite our aston-
ishment to the uttermost ; but it is also a
refined way of doing penance on yourself ;
a slight cord is certainly not a very comfort- Above is shown a Hindu fakir who spends much of his life on a singe rope. an extraordinary feat
able bed, especially when one has to lie of balancing. He seems to be contemplating a flower. perhaps a sacred lotus. A curious con-
there for a long time. When the man is cession to which we may call modernity in the language of the theologians is the umbrella. The
tired of lying on it, he suspends himself fakirs sometimes support themselves from the poles, and the insert gives the idea of how this can
bodily as we see in the picture, that is to be done by straightening out the body and pressing in both dirctions with head and feet. Below
say, freely swaying with head and feet is a cloth or rug with receptacles for coins thrown by spectators, for the fakirs like to make
pressed against the bamboo poles. money.
 Science and Invention for February, 1927

The Indian Rope Trick

By J. K. WRIGHT
The insert here shows how the The Indian rope trick, in which a coil of rope
duralumin members are made. is thrown into the air, and it remains in a
These a r e placed vertical position while a boy ascends the rope
under a rope cov-
ering. and disappears in a cloud of smoke formed
while the trick is being demonstrated. There
are few if any authoritative reports concern-
ing this stunt, nearly all the data being ob-
tained from hear -say evidence. In the
illustration given here we find a new method.

The Hindu at 1 is pro-

ducing the smoke screen
to hide the boy, 4, when
he disappears on the
roof of building,3, to
be later found in the
cage, 5.

THE Indian Rope Trick, mentioned in lie assimilates knowledge pertaining to his be counted upon to maintain utter silence and
every itinerary of the Orient, has particular bent, and practices with the pa- to perform his part to perfection. To him
been made world-famous by the tience only had by the Orientals, consider- it meant the realization of a Cinderella
fakirs of India, and as with all other ing himself extremely well provided for if dream-he would have food each day and a
unexplainable feats of legerdemain, the per- he obtains a single, simple meal every day. place to sleep at night.
formance has usually been ascribed to hyp- Hence his public appearance may be certain
notism or even crowd -mesmerism. The to be as perfect as humanly possible.
The performance would take place in a
rope, in accordance with this version, is narrow alley, flanked with low buildings,
The performer of this rope trick must or else in the end of a blind alley. Natives
merely cast aloft, and in the interval of the first of all have his rope, which if ever with tom toms and shrill pipes would serve
throw and before its descent, the spectators closely examined will be discovered to be to attract a crowd. When enough specta-
are hypnotized, their eyes seeing not, their a jointed affair, flexible in one direction
minds retaining only what is told them by tors were gathered one of the attendants
the fakir.
only. This rope in the old days of the would carefully increase the smudge from
trick had to be assembled from carven pieces the incense until a suitable smoke screen
India is the land of a thousand iron -bound of selected teak. Even after the most care- Was built up. The performer the mean-
castes, no caste will enlighten another, each ful assembly it might have broken in a dozen while would be untangling, coiling and ar-
looking upon the caste lower as defilement different places. When it tested to the ranging his ropes with care and great dis-
if even thought of ; but all the various strata builder's satisfaction, it was given a woven play, and then unostentatiously the prepared
are combined to defeat the foreigner. The sheath so that in appearance it was iden- rope would be selected and thrown into the
natives of India keep their secrets. To tical with other coils of rope in his posses- air. It would uncoil and remain in the air
this day it is unexplainable how the natives sion. Then for months on end, the fakir with a slight arc, the incense ascending in
were kept advised as to the movement of would practice the handling and casting of carefully regulated clouds, so that the end
troops, the fall of cities, and other informa- the pseudo and ordinary ropes. When it was extending into air was visible at times and
tion which the British with the aid of helio- possible for him to cast the jointed rope completely obscured in other intervals.
graph and messenger were days in forward- to such perfection that it simulated that of At a command from the fakir the boy
ing. the ordinary, he would then obtain an agile
An Indian fakir is generally a descendant would run forward and begin to clamber up
boy of small size and weight and initiate the rope, the fakir revolving in a circle the
in a profession, be it entertainment, plain him into the mysteries. Under -nourished meanwhile. When the boy ascended above
alms -seeking or disguised under some fan- and illy cared for, so that all growth had the roofs of the shops he would pause until
ati:al religious devotion. From childhood ceased, the boy selected for the work could (Continued on page 950)
Science and Invention for February, 1927

Radio and 'Phone for Firemen

CAR
rIECES

FECE

VALVE

The photo above shows modern English fire fighting

equipment, the powerful apparatus on the left being a
new engine which sprays foam for use in smothering oil
or gasoline fires. At the right of the photo above we see
the latest smoke helmet fitted with a speaking tube.
The artist's picture at top right shows the speaking
tube in use, so that firemen who may get marooned in
any part of a building, may communicate with the chief.
The usual whistle signal is employed.
Above: Speaking tubes in use by Englisn firemen.

FLAMES C,OTTIMG TRE picture at the immediate left shows a remark -

OFF MEM FROM ELSCAc E
able new English turntable extension ladder, from
which water can be played from a hose on to a
fire. Note the nozzle at the top of the lofty exten-
sion ladder, which extends eighty-four feet above the
ground. The photo does not do the apparatus justice,
as this is one of the most beautiful pieces of fire -fight-
ing equipment we have ever seen. It took some clever
engineering design to get this whole affair balanced
out, so that the ladder, when unfolded and extended
upward, would not over -balance the truck which is
extra -long as will be seen. The ladder resting against
the building and provided with a two wheel truck,
has no connection with the turntable extension ladder.
WIRE
FIRE
HOPE

INCOMNS SIGMA xy
TALK
bWittite-E-5/
6LLING
ELEPHONES to be carried by firemen by means of which they
may communicate instantly with the chief or assistant chief,
represent an idea advanced by H. W. Secor of this magazine's
staff. There are several ways in which telephones for firemen can
be developed and applied. The first scheme is that involving the
use of a two -wire flexible armored cable, which could be run out
from a reel and joined to a telephone receiver and transmitter equip-
ment of small size, also fitted into the smoke helmets. Another
scheme would be to use but one conductor, preferable of the
armored type, which could be attached to the fire hose, the return
circuit being through the water in the hose. The inventor suggests
that in the future it might not be a bad plan to have one of the
conductors, or possibly two of them, woven into the hose when it is
manufactured.
The next step suggested by Mr. Secor in the development of im-
proved safety methods for fire -fighting, is to utilize portable radio
sets. With our highly efficient vacuum tube transmitters and
receivers for voice transmission, it should be a simple matter for
the radio experts in our city fire departments to develop a suitable The picture above shows portable radio transmitter and receiver in use by
line of radio transmitting and receiving equipment. Short waves firemen on a blazing building. By using different wavelengths or special
might be used for this purpose. codes, any mixup in signals could readily be obviated.
290 Science and Invention for February, 1927
POWER
ST T ION Why High Voltage is Desired
ONE of the principal objects that electrical engineers have in mind in the development of such high voltage testing
laboratories as that illustrated on the opposite page, is the gradual lengthening of the circuits over which elec-
trical energy may be transmitted efficiently. A glance at the three accompanying picture diagrams shows where we
LOW VOLTAGE stand today and what the future may bring forth, when our engineers are able to adapt potentials of one and one-
500 TO 2 000 VTS.
D.C. OR AC. TRANS- half million to two million volts to our transmission line problems. The corona or stray leakage loss along high
MISSION, GOOD FOR voltage iranmission lines becomes excessive when the potential is increased much above 250,000 volts, as the
10TO 20 MILES. diagrams below show. Another problem which high voltage, once it is harnessed to trans-
WIRE I% DIAMETER
mission lines will solve, is the reduction of the size of the copper wire, the diameter of
WIRE 1/4.DIATTHEORETICAL1 which decreases as the voltage increases, with the same load in each case. In other
words to transmit 10,000 kilowatts, the engineer who uses the highest voltage possiible
will build the cheapest transmission line, as the three diagrams herewith clearly indicate.
In the third example of 1500 miles transmission with 2,000,000 volts, a wire the size
of the lead in a pencil could be used theoretically, but to stand mechanical and wind
PRESENT HIGH VOLTAGE AC.(2 20,000 VOLTS) stresses it will have to be about three -eighths inch in diameter. With greater knowledge
POWER TRANSMISSION of high tension currents, our engineers in the next few years will doubtless be able to place
high voltage transmission lines underground instead of on towers exposed to the weather,
especially high winds as well as snow and sleet storms.
1,
W I R E, 40 DIAMETER (7/eoretica

FUTURE HIGH TENSION A.C.(1,500,000 TO 2,000,000 VOLTS) POWF R TRANSMISSION

The three diagrams above show the great difference in diameter of cop- FUTURE USEFUL POWER
per wire necessary for low voltage transmission, compared with the .1500 MILES FROM CENTRAL STATION.
present high voltage (220.000 volts) transmission, and what we may ex- or more, may become a reality instead of a dream. The main thing that
pect in the future when 2,000,000 -volt power transmission over 1500 miles keeps the voltage down is the high corona loss.
COMPARATIVE SIZE
OF COPPER WIRE
FEATURES;
LOW VOLTAGE, FEATURES;
HIGH AMPERAGE HIGH VOLTAGE.
AN D LOW AMPERAGE,
CONSEQUENT SMALL
LARGE COPPER CONDUCTORS,
CON DOCTORS. LOW COST OF
PROHIBITIVE COPPER LINE
COST OF COPPER

CORONA OR
LEAKAGE EXCESSIVE
LOSS AT CORONA OR
MEDIUM HIGH LEAKAGE DUE
VOLTAGE O TOO HIGH A
VOLTAGE.

t . .
..
Y
n "
In the picture diagram above one can see at a glance why it is that to
transmit 100,000 kilowatts, engineers would rather use 100,000 volts for
example, than they would 10,000 volts. The size of the copper wire de- ;AA ig14400011glktblaiNgiN00 tgla#41,4104
creases as the potential increases, with the same amount of power to be
transmitted. Heavy steel towers have to be used to support large cop- Here we see what happens when the voltage of a transmission line is in-
per conductors, which is also a big consideration on a fifty to seventy- creased to a certain degree. When the corona or stray electrical discharge
five mile long transmission line. exceeds a certain amount, the line losses become prohibitive.

Gearless Variable Speed at Last

ENGINE OR moroR DRIVEN SHAFT OR REAR OF
AUTO
FLEXIBLE CHAIN

.
A HIGH

*MOE.
..
SPEED

EMIII7V11111111111=11'

A positive drive. infinitely variable gear which lassz Arfaillii1111111011h,

has been sought for many years, was recently The two photos above show appearance of
exhibited in England at a mechanical exhibi- fa; chain connecting the two sets of variable cone
tion. This change speed transmission known
as the P. I. V. device is capable of an almost 41131111111111111111114111.
pulleys used in the P. I. V. gear box. With a
infinite number of speed changes between the single lever, innumerable speeds are at one's
driver and driven shafts. It should mark a instant command. It should prove welcome in
The two diagrams above show how levers open motor cars instead of the present awkward
step forward for automobile purposes. and close grooved cones and change speeds. gear box.
Science and Invention for February, 1927

2,000,000
Volts Turned Loose!
AIORTa tine agc at the Harris J. Ryan high voltage
kboratory of Le and Star ford Chai,ersity, California,
there was p-cduoed tremendous electril discharges, as shown
in the acccirparying )ictures. when electrical pobeatials as
high_ as 2,0)C,000 volts were turned oose. The purpose of
this --rh voltage laboratory is to test various electric': appara-
tus, larticu a-ly the insulators ised voltzge trans-
missioa lines in order b determine accarat8y the reasons why
these insulatcrs break down at high pctcntials and var ous
other phenomena cpnnee:ed with high tents on line operation.

The nature a- the left shows the opening exercises at the Harris J. Ryan
high tapltage lato-atory at Leland Stanford Unnersity, with Dr. Ray
Lyman WilbLr, Pricer.t of the University, explaining the objects and
purpcsas of tie new high voltage lbbcratory to tan engineers and szien.
tists prese-it. This was :[Link] ty deinonstratiors.

Phetc above shows beautiful rilbon-lip discharge of 2.100,000 volts.

Tee ciscliarge jumped a twenty -foot gtp in neiny cases. The tests of
the apparatus were conducted in t:tal larktess. At fist faint sparks
are serf to emerge from the elect-oces rsrming eventually a corona. It
is Lois corona or fine web of sparls seen to exist about the wires and
elertmaes in the dark, that spells waste' otowev to the designers of long
distance high voltage t-ansiission.
4t)itt-te
F4e-ire at right shows 2,100,000 rot rEt-Oharge taking place, and below
it bar of the six 350,000 volt -ratsfcnners which were connected in
series so give the 2,100.000 volt dischvge. Lach transformer was in -
started from the ground by suppertirg it 33k an insulating cylinder.
The steel building housing the transformers s 173 ft. long. 65 ft. high
aid 5C ct. wide. The buildings ightorpol and will enable scientists
to study visually the croons plenomena.
[Link] picture of the 20 ft. diszharga at 2 140,000 volt: is shown be-
low arid this represents one of the Iiemst potentials ever produced by
rem Among the objects of these high. voLage tests are the develop-
rrert of better insulators, reduction of Ire haves and the improved de-
sigrs of high voltage transformers. bkth uaatical des gn cannot be
tousted alone in this high voltage wore bat should be supplemented
ty actual laboratory tests, -vh_ch me now become possible.
 11'0(1- 1 0.1 :,77',111:011 for February, 1927

The Mechanism of the Vitaphone By MARY ELEANOR BROWN

Above is seen the turntable and recording mechan-

ism which engrave the sound impulses upon a soft
wax disc. The microscope is used to check the.
accuracy of the grooves cut by the stylus at the
right of the disc. At the left, a scene in the Vita -
phone studio. M is the microphone which picks up
the sounds to be recorded, the amplifier A in-
creases their intensity and the recording mechanism
seen above and at R engraves them. C is the
4-44* motion -picture camera.
OPERATOR SOUND EXCLUDING
ELECTROMAGNETIC WALL
CONTROLLING CUTTER
VOLUME SUNLIGHT
ARCS
OPERATOR
WATCHING \
MACHINE

Eight months ago, in July, 1926, SCIENCE AND INVEN- AMPLIFIER

TION published the first article to appear describing the latest RECORDING
CAMERA EN T I RE LY
AUTOMATIC
PICKUP
MICROPHONE
achievement in motion pictures, the Vitaphone. By this process \ DISC
sound. :,nd image are perfectly co-ordinated. SYNCHRONOUS
AC. /4 OTORS
LENS TUNNEL

OAITORING
PROJECTION
ER BOOTH 111OL0 1111S

TALKERS

/74.
The recording mechanism. The camera and recording machine are run by synch-
AMPLIFIER 1PROJECTOR
ronous motors. The details of the mechanism illustrated in the drawing above
PANEL may be compared with the photograph. The camera booth may be move()
about regardless of the rest of the apparatus.
E IC REL.00.0
PICK UP TURN TABLE

ORCHESTRA
ETC.
The projecting mechanism. There is nothing at all unusual about the pro-
ection mechanism, as will be seen from the drawing. The amplifier, as in the
case of the one used in the recording mechanism, is practically [Link] with
that used in broarhasung stations. Both the turntable and the projector are
run by the same motor. The Vitaphone is rented to theatres by Warner
Brothers Pictures, Inc.

iMr. E. B. Craft, Executive Vice -President of the Bell Telephone Labora-

tories, gave a very interesting talk at a monthly meeting of the New York
Electrical Society on the operation of the Vitaphone. The talk was given
with the aid of the Vitaphone, and Mr. Craft is shown above in the projec-
tion room. A is the amplifier. T the turntable and R the electrical pick-up.
Both turntable and projector are run at constant speed by a single motor.

At the left, the loud -speaker installation which was arranged for the lecture
at the New York Electrical Society auditorium. This installation is typ-
ical of that employed in theatre presentation, except that it is somewhat
more involved in this case than in the average. The talkers are designated
by S, the two at the top being used for solos and speeches, while those at
the bottom are employed to bring out the heavy tones of the orchestras.
 $93
Science and Invention for February, 192k
Novel Life Preserver
Eggs Safely Dropped from Plane
By GEORGE HOLMES

Modern packing methods have made

it possible to ship exceedin-rly fragile
mechandise with perfect safety, even
where rather rough handling is ex-
pected. A spectacular demonstration
of this fact was given recently at Cur- A rubber collar has been devised for swimmers,
tiss Field, where 24 dozen eggs were which may be blown up to form a buoyant ring
dropped from an airplane at a height to keep the head well above water-if you're
of 1500 feet, falling unbroken to not out of breath.
earth with the aid of a parachute.

Latest Helicopter Design Provides Direct Lift

The Loudy helicopter uses three or rrore of
the novel airfoils shown at the left. The air
In line with the recent drawn in by the high speed fan is presented
perfection of the helicop- to the lifting surface in such a way that the
ter to the point of utility maximum of lift may be obtained. Forward
by a Spanish inventor, we motion is achieved by tilting the airfoil,
learn that F. E. Loudy, through a series of controls identical with those
A. E., a contributor to used in standard practice. The principle was
this magazine, has invent- originally developed to aid in lowering the
ed a helicopter which lighter -than -air craft without losing gas.
utilizes an entirely new
principle. Fig. 1 shows a
top view of one of the air-
foil units which consists of
a circular plane (1) fixed
in position at the peri-
phery of a high speed ro-
tary fan (2). Fig. 2 shows
a cross-section of the same
apparatus, where (3) is
the driving gear, and (4)
is the housing for the pro-
pellor shaft. At least three
foils must be used.

Speed In Home Building A Book -Shelf Garage

German ingenuity has contributed much to the solution of the problem of Fred J. Cross of Los Angeles, Calif., has succeeded in developing a new
housing in congested districts by developing the unit system of home con- idea in garage construction. His model, which Clint Bartlam is demon-
strating above, removes the human element completely. The entire opera-
struction. Complete homes may be finished in one day, as shown above, tion of moving and parking the car is done electrically.
where pre -formed concrete sections are placed on concrete foundations.
 Science and Invention for February, 1927
The newly develop-
ed Audiometer
which has been
much discussed
How Loud Is a Noise? since its first
pearance some
months ago.
ap-

The photograph above shows the entire Audio-

meter outfit. The large box contains a buzzer
and batteries; the small box contains the control
potentiometer and signal light with the signal
button at the end of a long cord. The other two
units shown are the headphone and connecting
cord.

buzzer from being transmitted to the

outside of the carrying case. The middle
compartment contains the dry cells neces-
sary to operate the buzzer, and directly
above them in the lid of the case will be
found an operating key, 0. A small fil-
ter system is provided to prevent spark-
ing at the buzzer contacts and to aid in
the production of a pure tone. The right-
hand compartment of the case is used to
hold the potentiometer control box, or
differentionleter. The small control box
with a potentiometer knob protruding
through its top contains a potentiometer,
P, the short-circuiting button, C, the sig-
nal light, L, and its battery and the sig-
nal button, S, at the end of an extension
The interesting new instrument may be used with slight changes for the comparison of sound -inten- cord. The watch -case receiver is plug-
sities. In the photograph above two engineers of the Western Electric Co., are seen measuring the
ged into one of the jacks in the small
volume of sound at America's noisiest spot, the foot of the American Falls at Niagara. control box. The top of the control box
ONE of the most interesting instruments
which has been brought to our atten-
tion for some time has been developed
in the laboratories of the Bell Telephone
Co. Originally developed as a laboratory
instrument, the Audiometer is peculiarly in-
teresting because of its wide field of applica-
tion.
A description of the apparatus is pertinent
before describing its uses. Referring to the
diagram at right and the photograph in the
upper right-hand corner, each component is
easily identified. The buzzer, B, is a stand-
ard instrument of wide frequency range
which is isolated in the left-hand compart-
ment of the large case and completely sur- L_
rounded by thick felt pads. This shielding
is necessary to prevent the vibration of the This is the authentic circuit diagram as furnished by the manufacturers. The apparatus is all very
simple and is well adapted for amateur experimentation.
is scaled off so that the position of the potentiometer
SOUND WAVE SOUND WAVE 00 SOUND
WAVES
arm may be easily noted.
FROM FALLS FROM BUZZER- 90 The apparatus was designed to afford a comparative test
FROM
SOUND WAVES
80
OUT- of hearing for school children, auto -license applicants, and
ON 34T -It ST. Mml SIDE in industrial tests, with the following procedure. The sub-
- - -70 ject of the test is asked to hold the receiver over his ear
and grasp the extension signal button in his other hand.
60 ( SOUND The potentiometer is adjusted with the arm in the position
50
WAVES shown in the diagram, so that a minimum potential will be
FROM set up in the receiver circuit, with the result that no sound
0 BUZZER is heard by the subject when the operating key, 0, is closed.
30
fig. 2 c The subject is instructed to listen attentively for the buzzer
note, and to push the signal light button as soon as he hears
20 the first faint sound. The operator then advances the poten-
Fiq.2b tiometer, thus increasing the volume of sound in the tele-
10 phone receiver, until the signal light flashes. At this point he
makes a notation of the potentiometer reading. The test is
A EAT RA
repeated again for verification, and the signal may be secret-
Fig. I CAP
ly stopped by shorting the telephone circuit with the switch,
C. This acts as a perfect check on the voluntary or involun-
AMPLITUDE CHART PHONE UNIT
SEPARATORS tary shamming of the subject. The hearing reaction of dif-
PHON E. CONSTRUCTION ferent subjects may be easily compared by reference to the
Fiq.2a critical potentiometer reading.
In the drawing at the left you will see how an extra cap
Reference to the text of this article will explain the above drawing which illus- (Fig. 2a) is placed over the telephone receiver for sound
trates the use of the Audiometer in sound comparison tests.
(Continued on page 951)
science and Invention for February, 1927

All -Steel Body Protects Motorists Latest Auto Engine

MANY of the man-
ufacturers of up -
to - date automobiles
have adopted all -steel
bodies as standard
equipment. It has been
found through experi-
ence that all -steel bod-
ies afford a protection
which is double in its
value; the car itself is
protected and the safe-
ty of its occupants is
more greatly assured.
The incident illustrat-
ed at the left took
place in Boston a short
time ago. Following a
collision, this Dodge
all -steel coupe turned
turtle and it was
feared momentarily
that its passengers
would suffer fatal in-
jury. They escaped
unscathed, the only
damage sustained by
the car being a broken The latest in auto engine mechanisms is the
window. valve assembly and cam shaft used in the
model above. All the moving parts con-
trolling the valve are replaced by this inven-
tion of Richard S. Davis.
Shadow Box Aids Investigators
Siren Calls
Life Guards

A light is cast from the back of [Link]

screen upon the suspect under

The Smallest Known Book

The Los Angeles Police Department recently

adopted a well-known theatrical mechanism
as an aid in criminal investigation. Using
this device, the suspec: is plainly seen by the
examiners while they are invisible to him. As
will be seen from the sketch to the right above, Schoss illustratedEnglish Bijou Almanac,
the detectives stand in the dark, while the which measures Nths of an inch by Y. inch,
suspects are brilliantly lighted behind a gauze is thought to be the smallest book in the
screen. world. It is the property of W. P. Spencer.

Rear View Mirror Used on Motor Boat

Evurvone has w ho
tried to row a boat on a
crowded lake has prob-
ably wished that there
06..1 ELT I N
was some method of
FRONT seeing what lay in the
path of the boat. One of
our contributors has
suggested as a remedy
for the usual condition, One of the most popular southern resort
the adaptation of an au- beaches has recently installed several electric
tomobile rear view mir- sirens on the beach so that life guards may
ror to marine purposes, be called in case of emergency. The warning
by attaching it to the device is operated by an alarm box of the
stern -board of the boat. type commonly used for telegraphic fire
A little experimentation alarm systems. To call the life guards, a
will show what adjust- small glass window is broken and the switch
ment is best. lever thus exposed is used to operate the siren.
 89b
Science and Invention for February, 127_

Money From the Scrap Heap

There are a great many things which we throw away, daily [Link]
be put to use in slightly different ways and which will reap [Link]-
some financial returns for the individual bold enough to tackle the
ture. In England, from where these photographs come, industriesven- are
constantly being developed which utilize the material usually thrown
away. These photographs indicate the uses to which old iron pots and
pans and cockle shells are put.

This heap
of pots
and pans
will event-
ually be-
come iron
sulphate.

A curious use for old iron pots and pans is made at the Beckton Gas
Works in England. Old iron is put into tanks of sulphuric acid which
converts the iron into iron sulphate. After treatment in another tank:.
yellow prussiate of potash crystals are made to adhere to strings in won-
derful formations. Both iron sulphate and yellow potassium prussiate
are used in the manufacture of newsprint paper.

This particular photograph shows the size of some of the

crystals of yellow potassium prussiate formed on the
strings which were lowered into a tank. The combination
of this and iron sulphate with the oxygen of the air makes
a blue pigment, Prussian blue, which is used to make news-
print paper pure white.

This photograph shows still another form of the use of old iron
pots and pans. Here the employees at the gas works are scrap-
ing sulphate of iron crystals formed in the bottom and along the
sides of a great tank. Soine idea of the size of this tank can be .
gained from the photograph.

The egg yield of chickens is greatly improved by the stimulating food ob-
tainable from the cockle shell. These photographs show how these shells
are employed on the Essex coast, in England. The photo above shows
the shells being loaded into large baskets to be delivered to machines
which grind up the shells. The photo at the right indicates the sifting
machine where the finely ground shells are graded and the ground shells
pre filled into sacks for shipment to chicken farms. The egg yield of bens
is considerably increased by this substance which stimulates :he develop-
ment of the egg shell.
 897
Science and Invention for February., 1927

Science Here and There

Here is a
view of Chi-
cago's first
double - decked
traffic artery.
It shows the
recently com-
pleted Wacker
Drive from
Clark St.
Bridge looking
east. It winds
its way along
the river as
far as the eye
can see.
41010-0.

The photograph here

By the aid of a small saw and a pocket knife shows the remarkable
Mr. George L. Hathaway, disabled veteran, N. Y. Telephone Co.
completed this table with 50,619 pieces of wood. Building as it ap-
pears when looking It is obvious from/
at it from the Hudson the photo above that
River. This struc- traffic congestion will
ture was described in be considerably re-
the last issue of this lieved by this artistic
publication. stri, cture.
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The combination 11 a le
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55111
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W. H. Blake of the
Los Angeles Fire De- .1. .1
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squad, is shown be- 11 11 II 11 1

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ing demonstrated in s

the photos above and

at the left. Injured
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instruments that are 1111.1111W
used in imitating the 11
Midnight Express for
radio listeners to sta-
tion WGY. They
consist of a whistle,
a bell, a flour sieve,
-oller skates and two
4444now-- boards covered with
sandpaper.

The machine illustrated in the photograph below is

supposed to be a perpetual motion machine and, ac- NMI
cording to its inventor, Her-
man Pleith, of Germany, it

r%4 7
actually works.
tion offers
This publica-
$5,000.00 for the
privilege of examining such a
working model.
898 Science .and Invention for February, 1927

How "Kid Boots" Was

Filmed
By EDWIN SCHALLERT

,
'ANIMATION" SCENE SUPPLEMENTED BY
STRIPS OF PAPER
SHOT WITH TRICK ATTACHED UNDER
LONG SHOTS ON

6
# CAMERA.--- BALLS REAL CLIFF ROAD SEAT OF CHAIR
WERE MOVED AN AT OBLIQUE ANGLE '
INCH AT A TIME
P

-.
$1,110
art, - AS SCENE APPEARS ON SCREEN
ANU ---- AS IT WAS TAKEN

In one part of the

picture, the ap-
pearance of riding 1,f
on a very narrow
cliff was obtained
by focusing the
camera on the rid-
ers through a clear
space on the
painted glass.
-f4
CLIFFS AND
RIVER ON GLASS

CANTOR FALLS ACTUALLY

DONE BY TRICK RIDER-' AND
THE EFFECT ON SCREEN
OBTAINED BY SLOWING CAMERA_

A "stunt" rider falling off a

slowly moving horse and the
camera slowed up while the
pictures were taken produces
a lively action scene.
CLOSEUP OF CANTOR SHAKING OFF HORSE
(ROPE HOLDING HIM TO SADDLE GRADUALLY MAN OUTSIDE RANGE OF CAMERA-,,
WORKED LOOSE BY MAN OUT OF RANGE RUNS WITH WIRE ATTACHED TO DUMMY,
PULLING IT TO LEVEL OF PATH
AT THAT POINT FILM IS CUT AND
CONTINUED BY ACTOR HIMSELF.,

., ,L SLOW CAME itA, N{EESYAF

4 "IERAPIDITY TO SWING OF DUMM The illustration at
AND OVUM OF HORSET the left shows the
way the scene of
Eddie swinging across
the face of the cliff
w a s photographed.
The horse was halted
outside of the camera
range, the dummy
was given a good
swing and, then the
horse slowly trotted
forward.

In the scene above slOwing

down the camera gave the
necessary rapidity to the move- CANTOR RUNS TO AVOID
ment of the dummy. A man HORSES AND STUMBLES
pulling on a wire outside of OVER EDGE OF CLIFF
camera range pulled dummy
............ up into position on cliff.
 899
Science and Invention for February, 1927
Picture at left shows mountain and valley
where exciting scenes of "Kid Boots," fea-
turing Eddie
.--SET (CLIFFS BUILT UP ABOUT FIFTY FEET HIGH Cantor, were
taken. There
".1. -TRAIL are many exciting
-- PROJECTING LEDGE moments, as the
pictures at right
and below will
testify.

THE LOCATION
ON LOOKOUT MT.
NEAR HOLLYWOOD

At right:
shows
exciting
moment
when
Eddie
Cantor
attempts to
walk along
a log.
Left end
of log
catches in
ledge. It
is a short
distance
above
ground.
Actor is short distance above
ground in this scene.

Picture at left shows ex

citing moment in "Kid
Boots," featuring Eddic
Cantor, when Mr. Cantor
is apparently hanging
above deep valley, with
merely a thin rope be -
tween him and Eternity.
Views at top and bottom
of page show how scenes
on this projection were
taken with safety to the
actors. Panorama of the
valley comp'etely fools one.

Fig. 14. at right, the moment

In Fig. DOUBLE EXPOSED
when the rock projection breaks FOR LATTER
The actors ap- PART OF FALL
loose is shown.
pear at the start of this part of
the picture, the false rock being
a short distance above terra firma.
Below: Comical moment in pic-
ture when Mr. Cantor sways up
and down on shoulders of another
actor. Fig. 13 below shows how
this was done by passing rope
over pulley, with
group of men pulling BEGINNING OF FALL -.0.
slowly up and down PROJECTING ROCK IS
on free end of rope. DETACHABLE FROM SET
In many of the scenes PULLEY
similar to this,
nets are placed CLOSE UP OF ACROBATS STRAPPED
under the pro- PRINCIPALS TO PLANK ----Own Br
SHOT WITH SZINNCEANDINVEN7T
jection, etc.
CAMERA TILTED
Long shots of
parachute falling
STAGE HANDS with "actors"
Picture et PULL AND after rock broke i.
right shows LOWER ON loose; made with
how one of the ROPE dummies tied to s - ilLA
most ludicrous parachute, inter-
moments in "Kid spersed with close- MADE WITH DUMMIES, INTERSPERSED vin
Boots" was photo- ups of principals CLOSEUPS OF PRINCIPALS CLINGING TO
graphed by the aid of clinging to para- PARACHUTE , ROLLING DOWN ROOF ETC.
rope and pulley together ND LEVEL UNDER PRINCIPALS chute, et cetera.
with a group of men.
 900
Science and Invention for February,, 1927

Into the Fourth Dimension SIXTH INSTALLMENT

First American and Canadian Serial Rights
By RAY CUMMINGS
Again, close at hand, just beyond the village of globes, was
sibly a thousand feet across. Movement was there-busy an enclosure pos-
workers moving in
the artificial glow of strings of lights. Vague, shifting shadows-grey
of men, from which the lights cast monstrous grey shadows shapes
It seemed a dim inferno of strange industry incomprehensible. as they moved.
us toward it.
. . Brutar led
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CHAPTER XII
hind hint. They floated away ; I could barely
THE ENCAMPMENT IN THE VOID Synopsis see theta-small formless blobs to my un-
BRUTAR said, "Let us go in here. I Robert Manse, a correspondent
comprehending thoughts.
want to talk to you." in the I had very nearly resisted Brutar but it
New York Office of a Latin-American ex-
We entered a globe very much like port house, in company with Wilton Grant seemed a futile thing, and I stood quiet.
those of the Big -City. And reclined and his sister Beatrice, saw the first of Again we reclined. "Tell me of your Earth,"
the ghosts ix February, 1946, a few miles he said; and began to question me.
at physical ease. But there was no mental 7rom Rutland, l'erniont. These ghosts
peace here-for us at any rate. A turgid were semi -transparent, glowing figures I told him what I could. I had determined
aura of restlessness seemed pervading every- much resembling human beings. Attempts
to destroy them with bullets or clubs had
that my best plan was to appear friendly.
thing. no effect on the shadows. I wondered how one would escape from a
Passing the place like this. I was more accustomed to
Brutar rested before us. He seemed al- hand through the space 6-cupied by one
ways to be regarding Bee; contemplatively, of these ghosts produced no tangible sen
sation.
this strange state of being now ; knowledge
Later, the ghosts became more which seemed instinctive was growing with-
yet with a satisfied triumph. bold and more numerous, even molesting
"I am glad to have you with us," he said; human beings and causing at least one in me. I knew that if Brutar's net of
not harshly now, rather with an ingratiating death in Kansas, the result of heart failure thoughts were not to hold me-if .I could
note as though he sought our good will. induced by the fright of encounter. momentarily be freed of other thought-mat-
Some time later, Will calls Rob on the ter-then I could project myself out into the
"We arc going to your Earth-to live there, telephone, saying that his sister Bee
and they tell me, these good people of mine, quite ill and asking Rob to pay is void. I believed I could find my way back
them
that they are going to make me its ruler." a visit. During the visit Will mentions to the Big -City --once having been there I
that the ghosts have already arrived in the would have the power to return.
He spoke with a false modesty, as though Borderland lying between their world and
to impress us with his greatness forced ours, and that they were on the point of This latter knowledge brought with it a
upon him by his adoring followers. "I want corning into our world. Will himself has thrill of triumph. I believed that Will and
you two for my friends-you will be of discovered a means of entering into this Thone had never been here in Brutar's
great help to me.' borderland, and declares that even though strong -hold. Perhaps this was a secret place
he is being watched by many of the ghosts
"How?" I demanded. he will make an attempt to -night to enter which they could not find. But now I had
I had recovered from my confusion. I their realm and turn the spirit -like creat- been here; and if I could escape, I could lead
was wary; the thought came to me that I ures back into their former paths. While others back to it.
he makes the journey, Rob is to stay behind With these guarded thoughts surreptiti-
might be able to trick this Brutar-that with Will's sister, Beatrice.
being here with him-to see and feel what The preparations for the ously roaming through my mind, I was all
experiment are
made, and Will clasps upon the while describing our Earth to Brutar.
he was doing-was an advantage which later his arm a
on I could turn to account. I wondered if connection to the vibration -transformer
which, by altering the vibrations
He interrupted me once. "Eo, come here."
he could hear or feel that thought. I willed of his I became aware of another
near us. It now advanced; andshape
body, is to transform it from normal sub- hovering
it otherwise; and it seemed that he could stance to the wraith -like
material of the with Brutar's
not. His eyes were upon me, gauging me. other world. They see a ghostly form words of explanation it took form in the
watching them as Will's body fashion of a young man. A smiling, defer-
"How could we help you?" I repeated. becomes
transparent, but finally the apparatus
is ential youth seemingly of an age just reach-
"And why should we? You mean harm to disconnected and they wait for
his re-
turn. Five hours later, Will returns ing maturity. He came forward meekly.
our world." ing say-
that they must go back with him to
"No." he protested. "No harm. We have save
4
Brutar spoke.
the world from an invasion of the
selected it-your Earth-from all that great ghostly hordes. if HIS is my friend whom we call Eo.
Universe of yours which I have inspected. Robert and Beatrice, though
with the unknown, succeed in face-to-face
I have great trust in him-he is
We want to go to your Earth to live. That suppressing
their fear, and agree to accompany helping me greatly. I want him to
is [Link] can help me, because you 'know across the border.
Will hear what you have to say, Rob."
The three adventurers
so many things of Earth that I do not. I don their metallic garments, attach the bat-
teries, and swallow the acrid compound
Eo smiled again. "I hope we shall -be
want you to tell me of them . . . Stand up!" which is to transform their tissues. In a friends." He regarded Bee, and his smile
I found myself upright, whether by my few minutes they find themselves trans- was curiously gentle. "They call you a girl?
own volition or his I cannot say. posed into the Borderland. Brutar tells me what girls are-I am glad
"Stand up, Bee !" They meet Aida who takes them to the to see you."
At his command she also stood erect. He big city. The t-pter is told that Brutar ts
inducing his followers to enter our world. He reclined beside Bee, continuing to re-
came to us; his hands went to the belts we A battle of thoughts takes place among the gard her. A very gentle, guileless youth-
wore about our waists. I had forgotten my ghosts. Brutar captures Rob and Bee
with how queer a companion for this Brutar!
belt-those things in its pouches which Will thought waves, and tells them that he can And I knew then that it was gentle beings
had bade me not touch. Brutar took them use them for his conquest of the earth. Will
and Akla go to the rescue. like this whom Brutar was beguiling to his
now-my weapons perhaps. And those which Now continue with the story. purpose.
Bee carried; took them, discarded them be- Brutar said, "Go on, Rob. What you can
tell us will be very interestint,"
Science and Invention for February, 1927 901
Particularly he questioned me about our Borderland, and beyond? You were the The enclosure had a wall about it-a thick
physical bodies of Earth-the human body ; first to go, weren't you?" high wall built of a grey substance lying
and when I told him how mortal it was, how "The first," he said proudly. "I dis- in layers, folded in convolutions. We stood
easily injured, he seemed disturbed. But covered it-well, by accident. Shall I show upon the wall, gazing at the scene within.
only for a moment. you how? And what I am doing to take "I would not have you see too much-
"I have been-well, very nearly in your all my loyal followers there with me?" now," Brutar said.
Earth -state," he said. "I know how it feels. "Yes," I agreed. "That is what I want."
You have things with which to harm that He led us outside. Eo walked close by A cunning look was on his face. "Not-
body. Weapons-tell me of them." Bee. I saw now that the encampment was too much, until we are better friends and
I described our weapons; our warfare. itself one tremendous hollow globe; on I can be sure of your loyalty."
Our poisons. I will admit it gave me a gloat- Earth we would have said that it had a dia- The lights were dazzling when near at
ing pleasure grewsomely to picture all the meter of at least a mile. Brutar explained hand-yet their rays carried but a little
dangers to which our mortal flesh is heir. is proudly. Here, in the void of Space, distance. I saw in the foreground beneath
But outwardly he was undisturbed. He in- his organized workmen had spun this huge us, a section where men were squatting one
terrupted me once with a sharp admonition shell of thought -matter. It was tenuous; I behind the other in a long curved line. Their
to Bee. had not known when we oassed though it backs were bent forward, with heads and
"You think you can send your thoughts coming in. Yet it was visible; within it we necks tumaturally held upright. Their arms
back to the Big -City and guide them here, gazed at its interior surface. It glowed with and hands were outstretched in a curious at -
don't you? I would not try that, if I were a very pale dull light. titude as with supplication. There must
you !" Upon this concave slope, in the foreground have been two hundred of the men, squatting
Bee started with guilt. She had been at- near us, were a variety of globes-small in this single line which curved in a crescent
tempting to do that. Her thoughts had gone habitations for the workers. Paths ran until its end was near its beginning. They
back, at first instinctively, then with a con- between and over them. Further away, were men with bodies which seemed
scious direction, but he was stopping her now. other larger globes glowed as though trans- shrunken; their arms and hands very long:
Around us like a veil a barrier was material- lucent, with light inside. Beyond them was thin, tenuous. But their heads were over-
izing. a shimmering white lake-water or mist. large; distorted to a swollen size.
Eo said gently, "She will not do that, Higher up-in the distance where the con- Brutar said softly, "Now-in a moment --
Brutar. She is friendly to us." His hand cave surface extended upward and swept watch them."
very lightly touched Bee. He added earnest- back over our heads-was what seemed like A leader, raised above these squatting,
ly, "I like you-girl." dark soil. Things were growing there in motionless workmen, gave a signal. From
Brutar momentarily had turned away; I orderly Tows-a gigantic concave field of the head of the man at the back of the line
think he was not aware of what Eo had plants. It was dim off there, and so far a pallid light seemed streaming. It was very
said. I saw that Bee was smiling. I felt above us that I could not make them out faint-a glow of pale white light, no more.
her voice saying very gently. plainly. But as I stared, breathless, I saw that it was
"I like you, too. You are very kind Again, close at hand, just beyond the vil- not exactly like light, but a stream of some-
-I think you are very good. On Earth we lage of globes, was an enclosure possibly a thing moving. Very faint; a fog, a mist,
would call you-a boy." thousand feet across. Movement was there which a sweep of the hand might dissipate.
"Boy !" He murmured it. "I like the way -busy workers moving in the artificial glow It streamed forward; and as it passed the
that sounds-hearing you call me-boy!" of strings of lights. Vague, shifting shadows head of the text man, there seemed additional
Brutar had risen erect. "You have told -grey shapes of men, from which the lights light adding to it. Both men had their hands
me a great deal, Rob. We shall be friends." cast monstrous grey shadows as they moved. It up, as though to guide the stream-gently
He was eyeing me. "On Earth, when we get seemed a dim inferno of strange industry in- to guide that which must have been very
there, I shall make you into a great man- comprehensible . . . Brutar led us toward it. nearly impalpable.
a very powerful man. You would like that?" "We built all this," he said; and his ges- But it was growing in density. Soon,
Did he feel that my intelligence was so ture encompassed the entire inner void with- further up the line with every brain con-
limited that he could bribe me thus crudely? in that glowing tenuous shell. "We built tributing a share, the slowly moving stream
I smiled. and poised this here in Space. My followers began to have .substance. From vague,
"Oh, yes-I should like that. But I've have forsaken their homes to join me here. luminous pallidness, it turned darker; gain-
told you so much, and you haven't told me Soon we will go to your Earth -realm... . ing a solidity-a weight. The guiding hands
anything. How did you first find our Some of us often go out there now-into that sustained it, moulded it, pushed it onward.
Earth? How did you get yourself into that Borderland-to test our power." (Continued on page 939)

I saw in the foreground beneath us, a section where men were squatting hands were outstretched in a curious attitude as with supplication. There
one behind the other in a long curved line. Their backs were bent for- must have been two hundred of the men, squatting in this single line,
ward, with heads and necks unnaturally held upright. The,r arms and which curved in a crescent until its end was near its beginning.
902
Science and Intention (or February, 19n
This view shows the
exquisite carving on
stern of the French
Ma n -0-
$5,000.00 Matchcraft
,W a r.
cannon
selves are
The
them-
one -eighth inch
Contest Awards
Announcement of the Last Group of
thick. Prize Winners
First prize-$100.00 is awarded in the December con-
test to Raphael Gueril of Brooklyn, N. Y., for the
-"most remarkable example of Matchcraft skill which
has as yet been produced. It rep-
resents a French Man -O -War,
equipped with 44 cannon, life-
boats, stairways, ship's bell, an-
chors and, in fact, all of the trim-
ming found on the actual vessel.
It would appear that not the
slightest detail from the handsome
carving on the bow to the rib
construction of the vessel
has been omitted. Mr.
Gueril, a printer by trade,
worked two and one-half
months on this model.

Miss Olga Silvay is shown holding the first prize-

winning model in the $5,000.00 Matchcraft Con-
test. which will, until further notice, offer prizes
of $100.00 a month. An example of the size of
the ship can be obtained from this photograph. It
is 16 inches long and 12 inches high and mounted
on a Matchcraft base of artistic design. Even the
flags are of matches.

The photo at the right

gives us an airplane view
This photograph shows of the first prize-winning
the side view of the first model. Isn't this maze
prize-winning mode 1, of ropes inspiring? The
Note how detailed is the construc- height of the vessel from
tion of the timbers of the hull. the tip of the mast to -
the keel is 12 inches.

$100.00 Monthly Prize "Matchcraft" Contest

DURING the past year SCIENCE AND
(7) In order to win a prize, it is necessary (9) Where SCIENCE AND INVENTION
INVENTION Magazine awarded $5000.00 that either models be submitted, or, if this is has any doubts as to the model (where photos
for articles made entirely of matches. not practical, owing to their size, a 5"x7" pho- only are submitted) complying with all the
While this $5000.00 contest has officially ex- tograph of the model may be sent in lieu regulations, the judges may, at their discre-
pired. the publishers have decided that because of the model itself. The best models submit- tion, request that the actual model be sent in
of the great popularity in Matchcraft construc- ted each month will be awarded the grizes for inspection, paying transportation charges
tions, the contest would continue in force on a scheduled herewith. both ways..
new prize rate basis until further notice. The (8) All models submitted to SCIENCE
list of new prizes will be found in the center box .This is a monthly contest and will continue
and the same rules for the first contest are to AND INVENTION Magazine will be prompt- until further notice. Each monthly contest
be observed in this contest. y returned to the builder, who will prepay all closes on the first of the month following date
charges. of issue. Thus the contest for the month of Feb-
(1) Models submitted must contain at least ruary will close March 1st and prize-winning
90 per cent. safety matches in their construction. announcements will be made in the May, 1927
(2) issue.
Models made of toothpicks,
matches, or non -safety matches, are not elig-
paper
PRIZE AWARDS (11)
Models must be shipped in a strong
ible in this contest. wooden box, never in
a cardboard box, as
(3) Models can not be built around boxes
First Prize $50.00 SCIENCE AND INVENTION can not be
or other supporting articles. Walls, roofs, Second Prize 20.00 held responsible for breakage in transit due to
etc., must all be self-supporting and made of models having been improperly packed.
matches. Third Prize 15.00 (12) When models are sent, be sure to affix
(4) All liquid adhesives, such as glue, shel- Fourth Prize 10.00 tag, giving your name and address, to the
model itself. In addition, put name and ad-
lac, cements, etc., are permissible. Fifth Prize dress on outside wrapper of package.
5.00
(5) Models may be painted, gilded or sil- (13) Address all letters, packages, etc., to
vered. Total $100.00 Editor, "Matchcraft" Contest, care SCIENCE
(6) Models may be of any size. AND INVENTION Magazine, 53 Park Place,
New York.
Caution-Soak or cut heads from matches before building your model so that the models may be expressed or mailed.
The strike -everywhere square cut Liberty matches can be used tf the heads are cut off.
.1116..a. Aks
Science and Invention for February, 1927 903

SCIENCE AND INVENTION has Third Prize - $50.00 was

awarded $5,000.00 in prizes for con- awarded in this contest to
structions made entirely of matches Oscar Solow, of New York
City, for the mandolin, be-
during the past year. Awards on ing played in this photo-
these pages complete the list of prize- graph by Miss Rose Bloom-
winners for the year 1926. berg.

Second Prize-$75.00. The photograph at the left

shows Miss Peggy Griffin swinging the Indian
clubs which won the second prize. They were
l ITT!
made by Eugene Jefferies of Anacortes, Wash.

The photograph below

shows the body of the
mandolin to advan-
tage. The matches
were glued together in
strip form and then
bent. Two layers form
the body. Mr. Solow,
the builder, is a high
school student and not
an instrument maker.

The Indian clubs shown at

the left are hollow. Only a
single layer of matches enters
their construction and each I
and every match has been
bent to make it conform to
the Indian club shape.

Sixth Prize -420.00. Here is a splencfid ex-

ample of the cabinet -maker's art showing a
clear perception of historic vehicular construc-
tion. The stage coach, provided with glass
windows, springs, seats, etc., was built by Carl
Fichtner of Philadelphia. The wheel base is
12 inches. The model is sandpapered smooth. V
Fourth Prize -435.00. Among
the models in this month's
Matchcraft Department, we
find many that actually work,
but it is the first time since
the beginning of this contest
that an airplane was entered
which would actually fly. The
wing -spread of this mono-
plane is 31 inches. The
matches for the wings were
sandpapered to make them
very thin. The model was
built by William Ryan of St.
Petersburg, Fla.

Fifth Prize -425.00 was won in

this contest by Francis J. Lor-
enz of Sayre, Pa., for his model
of a horizontal steam engine.
This engine is so well made that
it does not require steam to oper-
ate it. Blowing through a rub-
ber hose will cause the engine to
work. It is single acting and the
15. ...rmrs
momentum of the fly -wheel car-
ries it around to the next power
stroke.

Eighth Prize 412.50 was won by Harry Erna of

The Matchcraft Con-
Ogdensburg, N. Y., for the locomotive shown in test is to be continued
the photograph above and also in the photo at the until further notice with
right. This locomotive is complete in every detail a new schedule of
and provided with automatic couplers, reversing [Link] rules may
gear and the other incidentals found in such a de- Mr. Erno won the first prize in one of the previous contests be found on the previ-
vice. Compare it with the hand holding it with a match larger locomotive. ous page.
904
Science and Invention for February, 1927

Further
Matchcraft
Awards

Ninth Prize-$10.00 was won by C. R. Gold-

berger of Brooklyn, N. Y., for his model of an Miss Anna D. Giovanni with the
ancient Man -O -War, the hull of which is 18 seventh prize-winning idea.
inches long. The sails are also made of matches. All the matches for the above articles
were bent to shape.
Seventh Prize-$15.00 goes to the two plates
nd saucer made by Fred Spinden of Abing-
,. don, IlL

Twelfth Prize-$10.00. Henry Geers, of

Exeter, N. H., made the machine gun
above illustrated. A spring shoots the
wooden bullets.

Tenth Prize-$10.00 was awarded to the Ferris Wheel

design here illustrated and built by Julius Glaser of New
York City.

Sixteenth Prize-$10.00. Here we have an example of a

double-acting steam engine which will actually work and
which was built for the Matchcraft Contest by Lester
Thomas, of Chester, Pa. The cylinders were made imperv-
Thirteenth Prize - ious to air by paraffin.
$10.00. Volney N.
Phillips of the Climax
Mine at Jackson,
Calif., sends this
Matchcraft construc-
tion -with the designa-
tion that it is a Cali-
fornia gold quartz Eleventh P r i z e-
mill. The mechanism $10.00 was won by
actually works. Keith Barnes of Wil-
liston, N. D., for his
model of a SCIENCE
AND INVENTION
trophy cup. Note Fifteenth Prize-$10.00 was won by L. Ter-
how matches are bent. williger of Ashland, Ore., for the extension
table only 5 inches long when closed.

Fourteenth P r i z e-
$10.00. The construc-
tion entitled a Burmese
Temple, was made by
Eugene Gayle of Brook-
lyn, N. Y. This temple
is 24 inches high and 15
inches wide at its base.
Thousands of matches
entered its construction
and these were all glued
together in the form of
shingles and then laid
on a framework also
The Matchcraft Contest has not discontinued. The list of prize awards has been changed. You can still composed of matches.
submit your models. See contest rules on page 902. The entire object may
be taken apart.
 903
Science and Invention for FFbruary, 1927

fingers or the chair . A long

slate without disturbing either my by
.

The Doctor took pains to emphasize that my fingertips had never left the
of the message had been legibly written the mysterious unknown force.
slate and it was quite impossible for anyone to touch the lower side

NO. 7
Investigations
Our Spiritualistic By. OF A SERIES

ersation that had transpired over the wire

/T was in Washington, D. C. I was between the spiritual wizard, and Mr. Jones.
appearing at the B. F. Keith Theatre,
and had just completed my performance.
Pv". Dr. Bowers, I was told, professed to be a
student of spiritual phenomena, and was an
Mr. A. Frank Jones, my personal re- exponent of the occult. He had heard of the
presentative, informed me that he had i- $21,000 offer, made by SCIENCE AND INVEN-
ceived several phone calls during the after- TION Magazine, and felt that he was a con-
noon from a gentleman, who identified testant for the prize. The medium, I was
himself as Dr. Frederick D. Bowers. Pre- told, however, emphasized that he would be
senting, as I do, a vaudeville mindreading willing to offer evidence of his extraordinary
specialty, phone calls came fast and plenty
throughout the week. In spite of the fact $21,000.00 ability in my dressing room at the theatre,
in order to prove to me that his manifestation
pains in emphasizing that
that I took great telling, it seems that there
I did no fortune would not accept this ad-
were many who
for Spirits
Duncinger, who writes exclusively for
was genuine. He had gone over lengthly
explanations, descriptive of his wonderous
work, and had mentioned a great number of
mission, and were thus persistant in seeking SCIENCE AND INVENTION Magazine names of prominent investigators, whom he
information about some friend, relative, or and who is the Chairman of our PSYCHI- claimed to have mystified in the past several
the. young girl whoaffection
other. There iswhether
insists CAL [NVESTIGATION Committee will years.
upon knowing inventororwho not her personally pay $10,000.00 to any medium or My conversation was shortly interrupted,
is returned, the product, thewould
know spiritualist who can present any psychical when the theatre doorman tapped upon the
woman with manifestation in so-called spiritualism, that dressing room door. The uniformed at-
the outcome of his he wilt not explain or that he cannot re- tendant announced a gentleman in the blue -
the lost jewelry, or stolen purse. All these, produce by natural means.
and many more, seem opposed to accepting More than two years ago SCIENCE room, who desired an audience with Mr.
absence of AND INVENTION Magazine offered a Dunninger. In the customary way, my busi-
my frank admission as to my
supernatural power, and thus persist in learn- prize of $11,000.00 to anyone who could
demonstrate his or her ability to communi- ness associate quickly left the room to meet
ing something from the land of the unknown cate with the spirits or to give some definite the visitor. During his absence, I proceeded
to aid them in theirdaily,
numerous difficulties. form of a psychical demonstration which in to change from my evening dress to a busi-
Two performances and a volume of itself was not trickery. ness suit, and had not entirely completed my
publicity'work, quite essential to my specialty, The result has been that mediums and change, when Mr. Jones re-entered the room,
spiritual organizations have been afraid to
leave their mark, and Ireserving
therefore long ago place proofs before us. Those weak at- and presented Dr. Frederick Bowers. After
learned the necessity of my vitality. tempts which have been made to demon-
almost in- the usual exchange of greetings, and after
Desirous as I am to inform these many
strate psychical phenomena were
stantly proven fraudulent, and no medium Mr. Bowers had been seated in a comfort-
r.
mystery seekers, that such psychic advice has dared to contradict our findings. able chair, my representative explained that
does not exist, I find it necessary to shift In view of these facts, should we not con- he had tried to persuade the "Dr." to make
this burden of my responsibility, upon the sider all mediums fraudulent?
To the $10,000.00 which has been offered a later appointment, inasmuch as mytrying
pro-
shoulders of my representative, as to answer- by Joseph. F. Rinn through this publication fessional day had been an unusually
s ing their questions. He makes it his duty for Spiritual proofs and the $1,000.00 in one, but had failed to arrange a later ap-
to enlighten many of these misinformedI sub- addition offered by SCIENCE AND IN- pointment, because the "Dr." was leaving
it happened that was
jects, daily. And sopersistant VENTION Magazine we now add Dun- for Chicago the following morning, and
not informed of the phone calls of ninger's $10,000.00.
So now we have a total of $21,000.00 of-
could not possibly arrange a later appoint-
Dr. Bowers, which continued until late in fered for proofs of Psychical Manifestations. ment. Interested as I was in the description
the evening. I was remov-ng the grease- Spiritualists-get busy. of the medium's work, and the prominence
paint from my face, and listened intensely (Continued on page 952)
to the details of a most interesting con -
11 ,

Science and Invention for February, 1927

New Ideas
tg4 s An exhibition
the latest German
of

at inventions,
recently at
Merkurhnus,
held
the
Ber-

German lin, presented

many new
One of the most
toys.

Exposi- ingenious was the

trotting horse il-
lustrated at
left, which is act-
the

tion uated by a mech-

anism concealed in
the body. The mo.
tion is caused by
pulling upon the
reins wink seated
in the sulky. The
machine goes
about 3 miles an
hour.
Above, one of the many
wheeled toys which were
on view. A propeller
turns realistically as the
pilot pedals along. At
right, another variation
of the automatic horse il-
lustrated above, where the
rider sits upon the back
of the horse and bounces
up and down as if post-
ing to a trot.
-)0-s

Above, a universal
tool which may be
used as a hoe. a
spade, or a shovel.
Beside it is seen an-
other garden t o 01
which mows grass and
pulls weeds without
wasting time or mus-
cular energy. At left.
baby's toys are sus-
pended from elastic
bands within his reach.
This assortment
should furnish him
amusement for some
time. At the right.
.another of the numer-
ous airplane toys. The
The latest thing in winter shoes is the pair miniature plane is
illustrated here, where muffs are provided sent into the air by a
to keep the ankles warm in wintry winds. special mechanism. A
Below, a compact motorist's or aviator's cord trails from it
toilet kit whin contains water and all the which is pulled to re-
necessary accessories. This should appeal lease a parachute as
particularly to touring motorists. shown in the photo-
graph. We are unable
to give the names of
the makers of these
toys as the informa-
tion was not given.
-11.11010.-1.

4-114*
At left, an electric
power unit which
may be used to
shift carts and bag-
gage trucks with
ease. At right, an
extremely unique
[Link] butler re-
moves the coat and
hat of the entering
guest and the at-
tendant conducts
him into the house.
The mechanism is
entirely automatic
and is ingeniously
planned.
 907
Science and Invention for February, 1927

THE MJIN WHO

MYSTIFIED
Pres. Coolidge
Prince of Wales. Ex -President
Harding, Taft, Roosevelt, Pin:miner Will Attempt
To HypootizePatie,,t.
and other celebrities .I0 Miles Away. by Radio
Reads Afiy.,,, has ilea
Writes Exclusively for
SCIENCE AND INVENTION
NO. 47 OF A SERIES
Hindu Rice Trick Columbus Outdone
A New Coin Box
WAX HERE is a spectacular mystery credited to
the wise men of the East. A brass
COIN bowl is displayed and passed for examination.
COV ER--> A bag of rice is also shown and likewise
examined and, lastly, a shining dagger is
PAPER DISK thoroughly inspected. The Orientalist pours
PAPER DISK the rice into the jar, inserts the dagger into
ON LOWER the center of the rice and lifts both rice and
SIDE OF COIN
bowl, using the dagger as a handle. Imme-
diately thereafter everything is passed for
examination. When pouring the rice into
the howl, the jar is tapped, causing the rice
to adhere firmly to the sides of the jar and RUBBER EGG
producing a very hard gripping filling, which
EMPTY ---4 will firmly hold the knife.
NEEDLE THRU I/ FELT TABLE
TABLE COVER

I LE-VE-1/r.
It will be observed above that a coin is held A rubber egg may be balanced on the sur-
to the cover with a bit of wax. The bottom face of the magician's table i.e. the table has
of the coin is concealed by a disk of black been provided with a lever and needle as
paper. A second coin is vanished and appar- this illustration clearly shows.
ently made to appear in the box.
THIS is an excellent parlor trick, abso- THE readers will undoubtedly remember
lutely new in principle, and has not ye., the story of Columbus and the egg. This
appeared in its present form either in an, discoverer must undoubtedly have been an
other book or on the market. A small box amateur conjurer otherwise nothing would
similar to the one in the illustration above have induced him to show this trick to the
has an inside diameter slightly larger than Queen of Spain. He found itbalance necessary.
either a silver half -dollar or a dollar. The however, to break the shell to the
coin is covered on one side with a piece of egg. In this stunt a rubber' egg
is used,
black paper and then held in position by a which can neither be broken nor balanced,
pellet of wax. The inside of the box itself except by the magician. He is able to ac-
is painted a dull black. A duplicate coin is complish this by the aid of a lever, to which
made to disappear by any of the regular is secured a needle point, as indicated in the
methods and is found to appear in the box. A bowl full of rice may be raised from the diagram above. The lever is operated by
Setting the box down sharply on the table table if a dagger is plunged into the rice hand.
previously firmly packed in the bowl.
releases the coin.

The Enchanted Aquarium

11

FISH UNDER FLAP

EMPTY CATCH
FULL OF FISH
operating over a spring pulley. When
of the tank concealed beneath a flap the
is filled with clear wa er. The
A fair sized fish aquarium is exhibited. Itpistol the shot is fired, a string releasing catch is pulled. The noise of the
with fish eggs, fires at the Several large fish
magician standing at a distance loads a shot drowns the sound of the movement of the flap.
tank, and instantaneously it
will be found to be filled with hundreds and a great many smaller fish are held in the bottom of the aquarium.
of fish swimming happily about.
This effect is very impressive upon an They are kept ali-e by a sufficient quantity of water, which just reaches
audience. It is one of the few which can be presented without covering bottom
arrangement
the bottom of the roller blind -like
the tank with any cloth. The fish themselves are found in the
 Ali)`;
Science and Invention for February, 1927

New York Electric Show

RADIANT HEATER

RADIATOR HEATER
The above photograph shows a new style of au-
tomobile radiator heater which may be hooked
on the rod as indicated in the photo above or
FIG.I FIG.2
may be slipped behind the front bumper. It
heats the radiator effectively.

ELECTRIC HAMMER
The above two figures show how the electric
hammer is operated. R is a roller which lifts
the hammer, G, along three-quarters of its cir-
Here we have a 660 -watt heater provided with cuit, S. G slides between guide rollers,
R,
two heating elements and two compound quad- striking E.
ruple reflectors, intended to concentrate some of
the heat developed by the device on definite
spots in the room. The heated area is greatly
increased with this type of reflector.-Photo
courtesy Magnavox Co.

OZONATOR
3000 TO 10,000 VOLTS.
CONTACT FOR COPPER WOUND
OUTER ELECTRODE
DI -ELECTRIC
GLASS TUBE
SEPARATES
COPPER
ELECTRODE
ELECTRIC RADIATOR
FROM INNER The device attaches to a regular light socket,
ALUMINUM
ELECTRODE
consumes 225 watts, is made like a miner's
lamp and circulates the air by convection.-
PERFORATED
R. Kidde.
ALUMINUM
ELECTRODE
TRANSFOR MER

The above photo shows the electric hammer in

operation. It weighs 10 pounds, is operated by
The two photographs a 1/6th horsepower motor, and delivers 2,400
here show Ozonators blows per minute. The diagrams below show
of different sizes. The the last two stages of the cam movement and
ozonating unit in the of the hammer itself.-Ajax Electric Hammer
top one has been re- Corp.
moved from the ap-
paratus and in the
bottom photograph, a
larger unit containing
an electric fan for
circulating the ozone
will be seen.

Ozone is formed by a silent electrical discharge

passing between the perforated aluminum electrode
and the wire winding on the dielectric glass tube.
Both electrodes are connected to opposite sides of a Above is a photograph of an electric radiator
high voltage transformer. Ozone will rid your kit- and a drawing of the unit with which this
chen and any other room of odors.-Stadstad, Hit- radiator is fitted. The radiator comes in various
tinger & Stants, Inc. FIG.3 sizes and the heating energy is derived from
P10.4
light socket.-American adiator Co.
(Names and addresses of manufacturers may be obtained on request)
 909
Science and Invention for February, 1927

MOTOR H I
Conducted by GEORGE A. LUERS
Automotive Engineer
A New Monthly Department Prepared by a Well -Known
and rusty car is fitted to weather the ele-
ments for at least another year. A good dry
DO YOU KNOW denatured al- a garage, free from dust and fairly tight is
cohol is an excellent carbon re- BOX essential to the painting work. There should
mover. Try immersing the spark be no openings for the wind to blow dirt
plugs in it. through.
The work, as shown in the chart, is ar-
METHOD OF BATTERY CHARGING WITH ranged in numerical sequence, starting with
PORTABLE RECTIFIER
SIDE VIEW SHOWING
111110N111111' the first operation at number one and term-
Storage batteries on the recent models of SIMPLE HOLDER AND Al
011

REAR 0 inating with number twelve.

automobiles, are crowded into very confined ATTACHINGd CAR
There will be required for a small car
spaces. The floor boards make it difficult
METHOD OF
FRAME about two quarts of flat ground color and
IT TO CAR two quarts of clear coach varnish. Addi-
to remove the battery and in many instances I
require these to be unbolted and lifted off tional to paint, two, three-inch bristle brush-
before the battery clamps can be removed. HOLDER - es, a handful of steel wool, a quantity of
A charged battery is essential to car op- 4L" X 2" STRAP curled hair and a long straight edge for
eration, and for that reason the ingenious IRON putting on the band stripe, are the tools re-
means which has been adopted by several quired.
motorists and shown in the attached sketch, The selection of the colors is the individ-
will be found very serviceable and desirable ual asset of the painter and in the selection
on these new types of cars. 4111111 it is advisable to choose colors that are not
too contrasty, but harmonize.
FASTENERS TIGHTENING BALL BEARING ON AN
ARMATURE SHAFT
How a few pieces of flat strap iron can be
arranged to form a box or trunk carrier for the When the ball bearing supporting the
rear of your car. armature of a small generator is loose, an
imperceptible noise is heard in the genera-
Bend the ends of two of the strips of tor. This noise on an automobile is practic-
iron, that the "U" bolts will fasten them to ally dimmed by the throbbing of the engine,
the spring hangers. Rivet the third piece however if the bearing is allowed to run
of iron to form a cross brace and rivet the loose, it is only a matter of time when the
PORTABLE RADIO
free ends of the supports, as shown in the generator wears out or as more frequently
TYPE OF sketch. spoken of "burns out," the wiring being rub-
This complete holder bracket can be made bed and shorted.
RECTIFIER up in an hour or two of spare time. It is One ingenious method of making the bear-
quickly attached to the car and as readily ing tight, when found loose and hammering,
removed when its use is not required. The is to use a chisel and with a support under
GARAGE LIGHTING BATTERY materials will cost less than a dollar or the shaft cut serrations similar to knurling.
SECURED IN possibly suitable materials may be at hand. When the bearing is pushed bacic on this
CIRCUIT This bracket places the box at the rear of
CAR section of the notched shaft, it will be suf-
the car and in a safe and convenient posi- ficiently tight to avoid the ruinious knock-
tion.
Some car owners place boxes on the run- ing. This is a serviceable idea for use dur-
ing overhaul work on either the generator
I ning board, but the cautious driver will not or the starting motor.
WIRING CIRCUIT make this mistake.
WIRE BRACKET FOR THE HIGH PRES-
A PAINT JOB THAT CAN BE DONE IN SURE GREASE GUN
A portable rectifier such as used for recharg- THE GARAGE
ing radio batteries will be found very handy As a means to prevent rust and decay of Storing the high pressure grease gun on
for keeping the car battery charged up during the automobile, that the barrel will not be
the winter time. the car, frequent painting is required. To dented through contact with other tools, is
do a quick and thorough job of painting, accomplished in the simple and inexpensive
A portable rectifier, of the electrolytic or the attached instruction chart is recommend- manner shown in the accompanying sketch.
bulb type, so frequently used to charge bat- ed because of the simplicity which attends its A bracket made from one eighth inch steel
teries for radio work, is simply removed to use.
Because of the lessened use of the car dur- (Continued on page 954)
the garage Mr work of battery charging.
One end is plugged into the garage light- ing February, this is a RUB ANvD.,00,1
ing circuit and the charging leads, with the month during which WASH CAR TO
REMOVE ALL SMOOTH DOWN

clip fasteners, are simply gripped on the the car can best be GREASE &WAX WITH STEEL

battery terminals, as shown in the attached spared for the repaint DARN SHADE

sketch. work. BRIGHT SHADE

LIGHT SHADE
The procedure in
This means saves battery removal, leaves repainting is to follow
connections undisturbed and makes it pos- AVIWPIIIT410
-
sible to have the storage battery up on the charted instruc- -

charge at all times. tions and the dingy .CA -6001.

FLAT STRIPS OF IRON MAKE BOX
HOLDER FOR THE CAR
The one job that the mo-
Many motorists have occasion for carry- tor car owner hates to
ing a large box, serving on camping trips, tackle is that of repaint-
for short outings or to carry foodstuffs. Re- ing. Here all of the suc-
gardless of the size or shape of the box, a cessive stages to be fol-
simple and serviceable holder that the car lowed in a repaint job are
owner can prepare, to support the box on listed by Mr. Luers. and
anyone should be able to
the rear of the car, is that shown in the at- obtain very good results iCige:6141
tached sketch. with the modern var-
To make this holder, three strips of flat nishes and paints especial- RUB DOWN APPLY SECOND WASH ALL VARMIR.

iron, % inch by 2 inches wide and four ly made for this purpose. VARNISH WITH COAT VARNISH 6 11;"`Ilisa:Ata 12
CURLEDT NAIR DRY 36 HOURS
three -eighth -inch "U" bolts, are tht materials Try samples of paint on 10 -DUS OFF
wood first.
needed.
 (

Science and Invention for February, 1927

WIREKRAFT $3,000.00 IN PRIZES

IN the December, 1926, issue of SCIENCE
AND INVENTION Magazine a new contest,
called Wirekraft, was announced. In this
contest the contestants are requested to build
things of wire. Any kind of wire, from No. Right: An ar-
8 B. & S. gauge to No. 30 B. & S. gauge, tistic wire gon-
is permissible. The prizes will be judged dola which is
also useful.
from the standpoint of their wire construc-
tion, although it is not essential that only
wire be employed. The judges, however, The wire gondola illustrated in the photograph
will pass judgment only on those portions. above may be used either as a lamp if com-
of the completed model which have been pletely covered with silk, or as a bon -bon dish.
made of wire. .E.4110*
The first prize in this contest will be Left: A
$100.00 and an object possessing utilitarian )1111111 wire
merit will always be selected as the first flash-
prize-winning idea. Those contestants, light.
The photograph above
therefore, who are anxious to win the first shows what one Wirekrafter did in
making a flashlight of wire
prize should make sure that their models in the form of a long coil soldered
together. Black enameled wire was used.
possess sufficient ingenuity to enter them
for this award. Duplicates of articles al- 4--..teeet
ready on the market will, under no circum- At the left is an ingenious
stances, be considered. marble game. It will be noted
The second prize of $50.00 will be awarded that one marble is hanging
to the most artistic decorative or construc- from the bottom of a swing-
ing rod. At the top of this
Made of heavy wire, this end table rod is a basket into which an-
which was entered in the Wirekraft other marble is put. When
Contest presents a sturdy and serv- the bottom marble is struck,
iceable device. The illustrations here the top one is catapulted from
merely show what some of our read- the basket.
ers have been able to accomplish with
wire. Officially, no prizes in this con- Felt
test will be announced until the Here we have lamp. We next see a flashlight. Then, a
April issue. Three parallel wires a Wirekraft game. In the center of the page we find a
were used to form the legs of the corn popper
table and the top is artistically dec- which will also corn popper, which could also be employed
orated with wire spirals, made by the serve as a pea- for roasting nuts. This latter device is
aid of a pair of pliers and soldered nut or chest- made of wire screen and thin strips of metal.
into place. nut roaster. It A very ingenious system is the toaster. This
tray be placed particular device is collapsible and will
over an open easily fit into the kitchen drawer
The FIRST PRIZE fire. or may be
suspended on the wall without occupying too
WINNING "W I R E- much room. A bon -bon dish will be found
=KRAFT MODELSi in the lower left-hand corner of the
WILL BE PUBLISHED This could also be changed or converted
IN THE APRIL NUM- into a fruit dish by making the top of it a
BER. THESE PHOTOS little larger. In the upper left-hand corner
C ARE FOR A GUIDE of this page we find an artistic end table,
I ONLY. *IP.*
How wire may be employed for (Continued on page 942)
.113111111111111/31
the construction of a candle -stick
is illustrated in this photograph.
At the right we have a bread This model was cleverly painted Although the brush at the
toaster made with five pieces in two colors with enamel paints. bottom of this wire holder is
of wire and bent as shown. The candle fits into the top ring not made of wire, the holder
and rests upon the second ring itself is very serviceable.
The unusual feature of this When enameled, it becomes
bread toaster is that it is mounted on the
collapsible. It thus occupies upright stand. an ideal bath - room
but very little space when it accessory. Note the
is to be stored away. Nicks ingenious shape.
in the wire hold it in place.

five effect entered during any one month.

This may be a replica or a model of some
imaginative or existing object, such as a
building, a bridge, a ship, a picture -frame,
or any other similar device which can be
judged under this classification. There is, This photo- 4-444.
of course, a possibility that an article will graph shows a A
combine both the artistic merit with a utili- wire package picture
tarian appeal. In this event, if the article carrier or han- hanger.
is more utilitarian than artistic, the utility dle.
prize will be paid to the winner.
Notice how the A 1 s o observe On this page we find a series of photo-
wire winds how the wire graphs of models which have already been
around to form comes down to The wire picture hanger illus-
the spiral re-
form the stem
built by those seeking honors in this prize trated in the photograph here
inforcements contest. The articles may already be classi- is a very ingenious little de-
for the basket. of the bon -bon fied into two headings, namely, those of vice. It will be observed that
dish.
.0-4411. artistic value and those which can be prac- the wire is coiled upon itself
tically employed. Among them we find a several times and then de-
gondola, which can be used as a bon -bon pends, terminating in a hook-
like end. The device is used
dish or, if completely covered with silk and like a thumb tack and pushed
fitted with a bulb, may be used as an artistic into the wall.

Here is another carrier made entirely of wire. At both ends of the carrier,
The photograph above illustrates an ar- hooks are provided so that the carrier can be attached to parcels. A similar
tistic fruit bowl or bon -bon dish. device can be used for carrying storage batteries.
 91
Science and Invention for February, 1927

ome
CLOTHES WASHER AN UNUSUAL HEATER
BROOM MOP

Here is a portable clothes washer weighing but

21 pounds which fits into any style of wash
tub and will wash a tub -full of clothes in from
3 to 15 minutes. The clothes are washed by
water alone, a powerful jet of water is driven
through the fabrics which swirl about in the This heater combines the three principles in
This is a simple invention which transforms an tub. The circular group of holes in the illus- heat generation, radiation, convection and con-
ordinary broom into a mop. The mop slips tration are the intake and water issued from duction. A tube passes through the heater
over the broom.-J. B. Roswick. an opening at the center.-Freed-Eisemann. and the heating coil is mounted in position at
the center of the tube. Air is heated by the
COMPLETE KITCHENETTE coil and circulates from the bottom through
the tube and out at the top. A large pol-
ished reflector helps in radiation.-Dr. E. A.
Martin.

CONVECTION TYPE ELECTRIC

HEATER

At the right we have an-

other example of a heater
which presents the con-
vection style of heat dis-
tribution. A heating unit
at the bottom of this
heater warms the air and
this circulates out of the
heater at the top. The
Above we see an article of household furniture cold air enters the device
which, in the illustration at the right, seems to at the bottom.-Wolcott
be a console or a reading table. When the Mfg. Co.
device is opened, as the photo at the left
KNIFE SHARPENER shows, we find it completely equipped for a
meal. In this position it serves both as a
kitchenette and table.-Space Saving Furniture.
UNDERCUT DINNER PLATE FOR THE BABY

This knife sharpener contains four steel rods

arranged to form a V. It is thus possible to
get a keen, smooth edge which lasts instead
of undercut groove.-Jaywoolf Mfg. Co.

RIM CURVES INWARDS T h e illustra-

tion at the left
shows how the
baby's dinner
plate is made.
Note the in-
ward curve of Every mother knows what difficulty she has in teaching a child not to use her fingers in pushing
SECTION RIM OF BABY'S/
DINNER PLATE the rim. the food to the mouth. This plate per-
pieces of food on the spoon or fork before transmitting spilling
THROUGH
EAIW5 DINNER PLATE. mits the child to master picking up food without contents.-C. A. Oldroyd.

(Names and addresses of the manufacturers may be obtained upon request)

 912
Science and Invention for February, 1927

Scientific Problems and Puzzles

By ERNEST K. CHAPIN

25 WATT 150 WATT1

VOLTS

A 25 -watt lamp and a 150 -watt lamp are con- The world's altitude record
nected first in parallel and then in series with is 8 miles. As- Can the girl in this drawing see a full length
a 11 -0 -volt circuit. Which lamp will be the suming the radius of the earth to be 4,000 image of herself by either approaching or re-
brighter in each instance? miles and atmospheric conditions perfect, over
what arc (BC) could the aviator see? ceding from the mirror?

,WEIGHT
Zvi
/ON
BODY LEAVES SPHERE
AT THIS PO I T
MOVING EGG 1

A
MATT SWIMMIliG

It is said that if you strike together a mov- On the moon a man would weigh about 1/6th
ing and a stationary egg, a moving egg is more as much as he weighs on the earth. If there A body slides without friction from the top of
apt to be broken. Is there any scientific a smooth sphere. How does the angle
reason for this? were any water on the moon would swim- through which the body slides depend upon the
ming be any easier on that account? size of the ball?

.'.
III .
11=ek =
CONCAVE CONVEX
LENS LENS

a
It is sometimes difficult to tell by looking at a pair of spectacles whether
the lenses are concave (thinner at center than at edge) or convex (thicker In pumping up an inner tube, does the increase in pressure stretch the
at center than at edge). What is an easy way of determining to which inner circumference, compress it, or leave it unaltered? That is, in the
class the lenses belong? Method should apply to other simple lenses. figure, would the circumference ABCD be increased, decreased or would it
remain the same as before application of pressure?
(See Answers on page 948)
 913
Science and Invention for February, 1927

Chute
Vibration Moves Materials Along TOP
ANEW German invention is here illustrated and it rep-
VIEW
resents a distinct advance in the transportation of ma-
terials. We are all more or less familiar with the moving MATERIAL MOVE
Rama or traveling belt conveyors which transport machine parts, IN THIS DIRECTION
flour or other materials from one end of the factory or mill
to the other. These devices, however, involve the move-
ment of many heavy parts and require considerable motive
power to actuate them. This new invention, described in
Technik Fur Alle, represents a remarkable engineering
achievement. By means of a simple electric motor or gaso-
line engine suitably mounted under the chute, as shown,
the chute being supported on spring supports or legs,
the material is caused to move forward, depending
upon the form of vibratory motion administered to the
chute by the motor or engine. The conveyor
trough is caused to oscillate back and forth
so that every element of its surface describes
an elliptical motion.

Technik Fur Alle. This system will trans- pie. The device makes but little noise and
THIS new metID,(l transporting ma-
()1
it is easily made thoroughly weatherproof.
terials by simply setting up oscillatory port any material, fine or coarse, it does The device brings to mind the little known
vibrations in a steel chute is a clever prod- not mix up, produces no dust and doesn't principle of the whip -motor, which produces
uct of the engineering mind. The picture react. Material can be transported up a 15 a rotary motion of a shaft due to vibratory
shows a movable trough capable of trans- per cent incline, and the only attention re- action produced on a drum secured thereto,
porting about eight hundred cubic . feet of quired is the necessary lubrication every
two months. A heavy foundation is not re- as a result of the whipping action of a mag-
material per hour, with an expenditure of quired, and the mounting is extremely sim- net actuated flexible belt on the drum.
but one-half horse -power hour, according to

The Astrology Humbug By JOSEPH H. KRAUS

Further Letters From Our Readers and Our Answers
qualified astrologer-far from it. As a matter of
FLORENCE B'S HOROSCOPE! fact, I destroyed all my books connected with it,
things seem to
owing to the fact that all evil points
Editor SCIENCE AND INVENTION:
Regarding your article on Astrology in your
October issue, I am not desirous of of
entering your
Astrological
$6,000.00 come on time, whereas the good have to be
fought for and held on to. I do believe thatfree-
tendencies are pointed out, but we are given
our
competition for I know very
prophesying but just as an little
example of showing For Proofs of Astrology will to either overcome them-or
along in a fatalistic way. Remember
just glide
else the Bible
how the planets denote the tendencies (please note SCIENCE AND INVENTION saying "God put signs and seals in the heavens
the underlining) in a person's life, may I give a and in the hands of men that all may read."
few of my deductions from the map attached to Magazine holds that there is noth- If you have any acquaintance with the person
your article. ing scientific in Astrology, that As- whose, horoscope is delineated above, compare his
First of all, if this is the horoscope ofsigns
"Florence
of an trology is not a science and that or her life with what I have written. I have
B" I am utterly at a loss to see any written it as if about a man, but change the
early death, but if itis another's map, here are a statements made by astrologers un- part of many marriages-the sun (The sign of
few points. less very general cannot be enter- the husband in a woman's map) not being afflicted
Mars rising, or rather in the twelfth house, and tained seriously. and you can give it as a woman's horoscope.
square to Uranus in the tenth would show trouble Please understand that this is only a private
from a spasmodic complaint such as gout (or in Accordingly, this publication has communication to you and that I am not trying
a worse case-paralysis) (the 12th ruling the
decided to award an Astrology to start a controversy. I haven't bothered with
feet and the tenth the ankles and knees) causing it for some little time but thought a word or twe
loss to the position in life (10th house)Theand to- Prize of $6,000 for the following: on the subject would neither help nor hinder.
ward the latter end of life (the 12th). same DAVID R. LAWRENCE,
position would also indicate manywould enemies.
secretgive $5,000 will be paid to the astrologer Ontario, Canada.
Mercury rising in the 1st house com- or forecaster who will foretell three major (in view of the fact that the writer was very in.-
mercial aptitude and a brilliant, fast -thinkingmind events of such a nature that he will have timately acquainted with "Florence B." and also
in the tenth. no control over the outcome of the same. that "Florence B." was a girl, we will analyze the
especially being trine to Uranus He must describe in advance each event
Saturn in Libra in the 5th, would indicate few
in detail, giving the location and result statements that you have made as a result of your
children and delay or bereavement in love affairs or the casualties if the event is an acci- findings. Your statement to the effect that Mars
before marriage. Venus being square to the moon in the twelfth house and square to Uranus which
would show loss of wife or as the moon is in dent. showed trouble from a spasmodic condition, such as
aspect to more than one planet, more than one $1,000 will be paid to the astrologer gout or paralysis is incorrect. The individual be-
to the sun, the or forecaster who will produce three ac-
marriage. Being in good aspect curate, detailed 'and perfect horoscopes,
ing still in her prime when she died, would scarcely
moon shows that money affairs will be good and a
free of contradictions on the lives of
indicate gout and of course she was not paralyzed.
watery sign being on the 2nd house (the house three people whose initials will be given
To the writer's knowledge who, as stated before.
of money and belongings)-fortune will most
him when he requests the same and the knew the said party intimately for many years,
likely be made through lands over the seas. Nep- there was never an enemy in the life of this very
tune in the 9th and in good aspect to the first birth dates and place of birth will also amiable young lady. Your statement to the effect
house shows long journeys connected with some be supplied by this office. that she had a commercial aptitude and a bril-
sort of marital pursuit or some ruling capacity- liant fast thinking mind is correct.
more like a governor in fact. By the way, Saturn This contest closes October 1st, Your statement to the effect that the individual
in Libra in the fifth in good aspect to Jupiter in the 1927, and all entries must reach us would have few children or bereavement in love
second would seem to indicate that there was affairs before marriage, is likewise incorrect, the
financial improvement through marriage and specu- by that time. In event of a tie, subject having had no children and her only lore
lation (the fifth house). And lastly, the moon in prizes of an identical nature will be affair was ended by her death. The subject did
the twelfth house Venus in the sign of Leo shows given those so tying. not lose her husband and having never been mar-
that death will finally be brought about, not by ried, the statement that she would have more
hereditary complaints (the Sun constitution being Address all entries to Editor, As- than one marriage, is likewise not founded.
strong) but by high living and a gradual break- trology, care of SCIENCE AND Contrary to your statement that money affairs
ing down of the strength caused through same. would be good, money affairs were very difficult
So to be frank-a case of wine, women and song INVENTION Magazine, 53 Park until the latter years of her life. Having lost her
helped by the before mentioned secret enemies. Place, New York, N. Y. father at a very early age, it was necessary for her
As I said before, I have no wish to enter your (Continued on page 959)
competition as I am not a competent and fully
 )14
Science and Invention for February, 1927

MODEL DEPARTMENT'
A side view of the
simple horizontal Simple Steam Engine
steam engine. A Horizontal Steam Engine Which Will Work
When Its Builder Blows Into the Steam Chest. It
Can Be Built of Odds and Ends with Such Tools as
are Generally Found in Every Home.
THIS model was entered in the Cup Contest but did not win an
award. Because of its ingenuity and its simple construction,
this magazine has decided to show its readers how to build the
engine. The original model was made by Bernard T. Jaeger, of
Richmond Hill, L. I. The constructional drawings are found on
these pages.

m ---- BRASS TUBE

-lIN I'4 INSIDE DIA. - METHOD OF
BRASS Y. I" OUTSIDE DIA.
ROD
3" DIA.
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191:ssmos
HELD IN POSITION
BY WOODEN ARBOR A
MOULDING
CYLINDER AND
STEAM CHEST -
UNDERCUT, SO
SEE DETAIL
DRAWING OF PART®
ARBOR CAN BE FOR INSIDE DIMENSIONS
BRASS'
Rules for Model Contest ,STRIP
5/8 WIDE X
PULLED OUT
EASILY AFTER
OF MOULD.
1. A handsome trophy cup engraved THICK CASTING IS COOLED.
with your name, will be awarded as the VENT HOLE ALLOWS
prize for the best model submitted during COTTON OR SILK INSULATED AIR TO ESCAPE WHEN
the month. The decision of the judges will COPPER WIRE ABOUT 1/1 DIA. POURING METAL
be final and will be based upon, A-novelty
of construction; B-workmanship; C-oper- POSITION OF POURING INTO MOULD)
ating efficiency of the model as related to the AND VENT HOLES HOLE FOR ---
efficiency of the device which the model sim- POURING s*.
ulates, and D-the care exercised in design METAL
and in submitting to us sketches and other
details covering the model.
2. Models of all kinds may be entered. PIECE OF --
They may be working models or not, ac- BRASS OR STEEL
cording to the subject that is being handled.
3. Models may be made of any available TUBE. V4 I.D. X
material, preferably something that is cheap STEEL OR 160.D. X T/2" LONG
and easily obtainable. Models made of BRASS RODS
matches should not be submitted to this de- I/8" DIA. X
partment but should go to our Matchcraft 2'14 LONG.
Contest Editor.
4. Models must be submitted in all cases.
Good photographs are also highly desirable =I. a. DRILL
and where the maker does not desire the 16
model to be taken apart, legible drawings
with all dimensions covering parts that are 4.-65
not accessible must be submitted. 4
5. Models should be securely crated and
protected against damage in shipment and 701,2
-MAKE ONE^
BRASS
-3"
sent to us by parcel post, express or freight. 16
DRILL 0 ,6a. DIA. 32 NP. 6-32
prepaid. Models will be returned when re- THREAD
quested.
6. Models for entry in any particular con- The above illustration shows the method of moulding the cylinder and steam chest. This model
test must reach this office on or before the was made of odds and ends of material, such as found in almost any home work shop. A mould
25th of the third month preceding date of
publication. For instance, models for the was made of discarded cigar boxes and type metal was used for the steam chest. The cylinder
March contest must reach us on or before itself is a piece of brass tubing inserted in the mould. The ends of the tube were closed with a
the 25th of December. wooden plug. The cores for the inlet and outlet ports
7. Address all entries to Editor Model De- were made of insulated wire (telephone
or bell) double cotton covered, and of about ;4, inch outside diameter. These wires were pulled
partment, c/o Science and Invention Mag- out when the casting had cooled. A flywheel from an old machine
azine, 53 Park Place, New York City. required in its construction were drills, file, hammer, screw driver, acan be employed. The tools
a breast drill, a soldering iron, and a saw, but of course a lathesmall wrench, a set of taps,_
will come in handy-:

The photograph above gives us a side view of the horizontal steam

engine when looking at it from the steam chest side. This engine if
correctly built may be made to spin at a lively rate of speed when.
its builder blows into the inlet. The photo at the right gives us a
top view of the completed model.
Blue -Prints of Models are available from the Model Department.
 915
Science and Invention for February, 1927

Design of Simple Steam Engine

STEAM INLET STEAM INLET

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conditions are easily met, that the models are returned to the builders and
The drawings above explain in detail the assembly and the construction that contestants stand a good chance of winning the handsome trophy
of the simple steam engine. We wish to call the attention of our readers which is awarded monthly. Those interested in building models will find
to the SCIENCE AND INVENTION Magazine Trophy Contest an- it profitable to study the article on "Blueprint Reading" in January issue.
nounced on the previous page and wish to advise them that the contest
 916
Science and Invention for February, 1927

EXPERIMENTAL CHEMISTRY

Chemical Experiments With Paper

By EARLE R. CALEY, [Link]., [Link].
PAPER is a substance that serves the then allowed to cool down to room temper-
experimenter in countless ways. It ature, and is then poured into a flat, shallow ters on paper, paper can be prepared in such
is an indispensable substance, in the a way that the ink -making ingredients are in
dish or plate. A sheet of unsized paper (or- the paper in a dried form. Then by simply
laboratory, just as it is for modern dinary white blotting paper will do) is then
civilization. The nature and structure of placed in this solution for ten seconds and moistening a rubber stamp with water the
paper, especially unsized paper, is such that printing can be done upon this paper. In a
it can be altered and changed in many ways immediately transferred to a pan of water similar manner a pen moistened with water
and made to serve many purposes. Its sur- that has water running into it from a tap. will write upon paper so prepared. The best
The paper is allowed to remain in this wash- kind of paper to use in this experiment is
face can be colored and coated with many ing bath for one-half hour. It is then im- slightly -sized paper having a rough surface
.1 illt
I qi and a porous structure. Two different chem-
icals are then rubbed into the paper in the
form of very fine powders. The first chem-
SIPHON ical to be applied is copper sulphate. The blue
TO DRAIN crystals are thoroughly ground in a mortar
DRYING and sifted through fine cloth (bolting cloth
is excellent) to obtain a very fine powder.
PRESS This powder is then evenly rubbed into the
paper with a cloth pad. In a similar way
powdered potassium ferrocyanide is rubbed
into the paper. It is essential that the paper
and the chemicals be entirely dry. In order
to print upon this paper it is only necessary
to moisten a rubber stamp with water as
shown in the illustration and apply it the
usual way. The characters appear in brown.
Experiment III-Blotting paper that re-
moves ink spots.
A blotting paper that acts as a ink spot
ACID remover for ordinary iron tannate ink, can
WASHING AMMON A be easily made in the laboratory. A solution
BATH TANM BATH of oxalic acid in alcohol is made by dissolv2,
Making parchment paper, a substance which ing twenty grams of the crystallized acid
sheepskin, formerly so frequent. The college has superseded to a very great
student now no longer gets his extent the use of one hundred cubic centimeters of denatured
will get his "parchment paper." "sheepskin", but alcohol. A piece of ordinary blotting paper
is soaked in this solution for a period of ten
substances. It can be saturated with other minutes and hung up to dry. This paper will
substances readily. Common examples are mersed in a solution made by adding five cu- completely remove fresh ink blots and dry
carbon papers, paraffined papers and insulat- bic centimeters of ammonia to two hundred ones also if they are moistened first before
ing papers. It is the purpose in the follow- cubic centimeters of water. It is again using the paper. Needless to say this paper
ing article to detail in the form of short and placed in the running water for a ten minute will not work with carbon black drawing
period. The purpose of all this wash- inks and similar products.
simple experiments some rather unusual and ing is
uncommon ways in which ordinary paper to remove the slightest traces of Experiment IV-Making fireproof paper.
can be changed and made to serve uncommon the sulphuric acid. The paper is now dried.
purposes. If simply hung up to dry in the usual manner One of the well-known qualities of ordin-
In all these experiments only a the parchment paper will develop many ary paper is that it is readily combustible.
few ordinary chemicals and simple apparatus This is an objectionable feature about paper
are required. wrinkles that are almost impossible to re-
move. The best way to dry it is to place it that is to be used in places where it is liable
Experiment 1-Laboratory manufacture to come in contact with flames or to become
of parchment paper. between two pieces of blotting paper of the overheated.
same size as the parchment and then place Paper can be treated in such a
Very little, if any, true parchment is made way that its liability to easily catch fire is
or used at the present time. Most so-called weights on the papers until the parchment is greatly reduced. It is soaked in a solution
parchment that is in use now, is simply
treated paper that is just as good for nearly
all purposes as is real parchment. This
modern parchment is made by treating piper An interesting
interesting
experiment in
RUBBER
with sulphuric acid. A peculiar thing about preparing paper
this, is that the acid has to be of just the in which STAMP
right concentration. The most concentrated chemical im- PREPARED
pressions are
laboratory reagent will immediately cause produced by PAPER
ordinary paper to turn black and char. This the use of a
may be shown by dropping some of the acid rubber stamp
and special
on a piece of paper. On the other hand paper properly
dilute sulphuric acid causes no marked alter- treated for
ation in paper. The proper details for suc- the work.
cessfully making parchment paper in the
laboratory, arc given in the following sen- SPONGE
tences. The first step is the preparation of
the acid. One hundred cubic centimeters of PRODUCT
entirely dry. When properly prepared this made from certain salts and then dried.
water are placed in a beaker and to this artificial parchment is translucent, tough, and The solution is made in the following
added, very slowly and cautiously at first, changed very markedly from the weak, un- manner :
two hundred and fifty cubic centimeters of sized paper from which it was prepared. Borax
pure concentrated sulphuric acid. The addi- 5 grams
Experiment II-Prepared paper for print- Boracic acid 9 grams
tion of the acid must be done very slowly ing without ink. Ammonium sulphate
and with constant stirring. This solution is 25 grams
Instead of using ink for printing charac- Water 250 c.c.
 917
Science and Invention for February, 1927
The various salts are boiled with the water When wanted for use they are moistened and SILICON HYDRIDE
then applied. By H. S. POSTGATE
until they are all in solution. The solution Various indicators other than litmus may Silicon Hydride is a gas with some of the
is allowed to cool down until slightly warm properties of phosphine, although it is not so
to the touch, then the paper is soaked in it he made in this manner. It does not seem so
for a five or ten minute period and after- generally known that many common plant difficult, nor so dangerous to make. The
wards dried. It will be found that the paper products may be used as indicators very suc- materials needed are few. Some powdered
is but little changed in appearance. On corn - cessfully. Examples of these are alcoholic magnesium, bird sand, hydrochloric acid, a
solutions made from rose petals, violet test tube and a small burner.
petals, elderberry and dahlia petals. Paper Equal parts of magnesium powder and
FIREPROOFING soaked in these solutions is good for the bird sand are mixed and heated in a small
ordinary purposes of practical experiment- test tube until the whole mass turns quite
SOLUTION ing. Besides indicators, as ordinarily black. A Bunsen burner will do, although
thought of, chemical salts that are used, as a hotter burner is better because it gives good
such, can be prepared in the form of reagent reaction. Care must be taken during this
paper. Paper soaked in ten per cent. lead operation because considerable heat is
acetate solution is excellent for testing for evolved and serious burns may be the result
the presence of hydrogen sulphide. A quan- of carelessness.
tity of such paper strips can be prepared and Next, break the test tube and throw the
then they only need moistening for use. black mass, part amorphous silicon, part
Traces of this gas will cause the paper to magnesium silicon, into a small burner con-
darken. Starch paper may be made by soak- taining equal parts of hydrochloric acid and
ing paper strips in starch solution. These water. Silicon hydride will be evolved,
serve as sensitive tests for the presence of which bursts into flame when it comes into
free iodine. Many other chemical test papers contact with the air.
can be prepared in this manner. It is seen
that paper is capable of a vast number of MODERN PAINT AND VARNISH
uses in the chemical sense and the practical REMOVERS
An interesting experiment in fire -proofing pa- sense, and affords a very extensive field for
per. By proper treatment it is made so that it the practical experimenter who wants to dis- By 0. IVAN LEE, [Link]., F.M.S.A.
will not burst into flame as usual, but will
only yield to considerable heating as by a cover something new. Old fashioned paint and varnish removers
Bunsen burner. were merely solvents which when liberally
FLAME TESTS
paring a piece of this treated paper with an By J. H. BYERS
untreated piece of this same paper as to lia-
bility to catch fire by holding them both over
FLAME tests are preliminary
examinations by means of which the ex- DC B A
a Bunsen burner flame, it will be found that perimenter quickly detects certain constit-
the former only catches fire with very con- uent elements of an unknown compound.
siderable difficulty. As first steps in chemical analysis they
Experiment V - Beautiful crystalline furnish valuable information.
forms on paper. No special apparatus is necessary. A
Beautiful crystals of varying shapes and short piece of platinum wire sealed to a
patterns can be formed on paper by causing The theory of the modern paint remover, in
various chemical salts to crystallize on the !ii teresting because a film is formed which pre-
paper. The paper used in this experiment vents the active ingredients from evaporating
PLATINUM if so that they act for a long time.
must be highly sized. The best kind to use fifliV\
is the very glossy type. A saturated solution ,00.01WIRE Lam
of magnesium sulphate (Epsom salts), for applied to the surface to be cleaned would
soften the paint or varnish which could then
instance, is made by heating a quantity of be scraped up.
the crystals with warm water. When a Modern removers contain in addition an
solution of the salt has formed, a small quan- z-' ."-*'**.;il';----14111 ..= ingredient, cellulose acetate (made from
tity, of gum arabic or dextrine is added to cotton and concentrated vinegar, (acetic
the solution. The purpose of this latter ad- The very simple apparatus required for flame
acid) and widely used for movie films,
dition is to cause the crystals to adhere to tests. Hydrochloric acid reacting in the flame
produces chlorides which are particularly good aeroplane "dope" and lacquers) which forms
the paper. The hot salt solution is brushed for giving the colors to the Bunsen burner a protective film over the paint -removing
on the paper with a small brush, care being flame.
solution as soon as it is exposed to the air,
taken to spread it evenly. In a few minutes glass rod, a Bunsen burner, two thicknesses thus (temporarily) preventing evaporation
beautiful crystal patterns will be formed on of cobalt glass, and a few cc's of concen- and allowing the solvent beneath to soften
the paper. With a solution of common salt trated hydrochloric acid complete the out- and penetrate the paint in a few minutes.
of the right concentration the crystals form - fit. If cobalt glass is not available a bottle
DRIED
CRYSTALS\
AIN of three per cent. solution of chrome alum
may he used or a "Bromo-seltzer" bottle
SIMPLE DISTILLING APPARATUS
In the apparatus illustrated below the con-
may be pressed into service. denser is made from a 1 -inch glass tube
SALT The spectroscope greatly extends the which may even be a lamp chimney whose
SOLUTION-, limits of flame analysis. It is by means of ends are closed by corks, each with two holes
PAPER) this instrument that the experimenter has and arranged as shown.
explored the stars and from time to time
discovered new elements. It will be re- GLASS
called that helium, the balloon gas, was TUBES
A rather pretty experiment in which paper is first found through the spectroscope flam-
coated with chemical crystals. Various salts ing from the sun, and later through the
can be used for this purpose and a coat of
varnish will tend to preserve them. same instrument it was discovered in the
earth.
ed will be minute and give the paper an ap- Those elements which are readily charac- GLASS TUBE
pearance of mother-of-pearl. Various other terized by simple flame coloration are as
chemical salts can be experimented with in follows : STOPPERS
this manner with a great many unusual and Element Direct vision Flame color BUCKET -A
beautiful effects. The crystalline coating on Potassium Violet Cobalt glas-
the paper may be rendered somewhat per- Copper (chlo-
_ manent by giving it a thin coat of white ride) Azure blue RUBBER TUBE
shellac varnish, which may be put on with Lead, Arsenic,
an atomizer. and Selen-
Experiment VI-Papers as chemical re- ium Light blue
agents or tests. Tellurium and
The familiar litmus paper is an example Thallium Pure green
of a chemical reagent or test paper. This is Ammonium and
a very convenient form of preparing a chemi- Antimony Feeble green
cal reagent that is to he used often. Many Zinc Whitish green Purple red
test papers of this kind can be prepared by Lithium Carmine Violet BUNSEN BURNER
the chemical experimenter. For this pur- Strontium Scarlet Violet This cut is self-explanatory, showing as simple
pose strips of white blotting paper are soak- Calcium Yellowish red Greenish a way as possible of extemporizing a distilling
ed in the desired solutions and are dried. Sodium Yellow Invisible apparatus for use in the laboratory.
 918 Science and Invention for February, 1927

Interesting Experiments with High Frequency Currents

By S. E. NEWHOUSE, JR.
EVER since the earliest time, man has the demonstration of the four -foot Tesla the tinfoil on one side and the two metal-
looked with awe upon nature's mar- coil, which gives a discharge of 54 inches lic sheets are connected across the termi-
velous electrical demonstrations in in length, between its secondary terminals. nals of the condenser to be shown in circuit
the form of lightning. It remained This is followed by an exhibition of the diagram. The edges of the tinfoil give a
for Benjamin Franklin to be the first to at- seven -foot Tesla coil which gives a second- corona discharge as do the plates of the con-
tempt to learn something of the science con- ary voltage of more than 1,000,000 volts, the denser.
nected with this remarkable manifestation of spark being nearly seven feet in length. A A large variety of Oudin coils have been
electrical energy. His well-known experi- very startling and vivid effect is accom- built for the laboratory, and the demonstra-
plished in all of these
experiments by giv-
ing the demonstra-
tions in a darkened
room. The consrtuc-
tion of the apparatus
used will be described
later.
Two high frequen-
cy electric signs are
exhibited. On one
sign a large butterfly
is shown in a bril-
liant corona dis-
charge, and on the
other are the words
"Washington Uni-
versity," likewise il-
luminated. This ef-
fect is obtained by
pasting tinfoil on
both sides of a pane A discharge of 1,000,000 volts between two 39 -inch Oudin
re -
of glass. The desired resonators.
design is cut out of
With his body charged to a potential of 500,000 volts, the dem- tion of a number of these constituted the
onstrator appears super -human when long sparks major portion of the performance. Oudin
leap from a metal strip held in his mouth.
coils differ from Tesla coils in that one end
ment with a kite in the eighteenth century of the secondary is connected to the primary
marked the beginning of high voltage and and the discharge takes place from the free
high frequency experimentation. Since then end of the secondary which usually termin-
man has made great strides in this field of ates in a brass sphere; while in a Tesla
electrical science. Such men as Tesla and coil the discharge takes place between the
Steinmetz have given us valuable informa- two secondary terminals, neither of which
tion concerning the scientific nature of are connected to the primary.
lightning. A conical shaped Oudin coil was shown in
The trend of modern electrical work is operation ; the discharge from the terminal
toward higher potentials ; 220,000 -volt lines resembling tongues of flame or writhing ser-
have been put into successful operation, and pents. This coil is 15 inches high and gives
even higher transmission voltages are being a discharge nearly two feet in length in all
contemplated. Science must always keep a directions from the terminal. The demon-
few years ahead of commercial progress, strator showed how easily these discharges
and for this reason many high voltage lab- could be taken into the body, first with a
oratories are at work making tests to deter- copper strip held in the hand, and then with
mine what may be expected of future equip- a metal strip held in the mouth. It is quite
ment. But there is much to be learned of High frequency resonators (left to right) : 4 - essential that the discharges should not enter
the nature of lightning, which is a serious foot Oudm coil, a conical Oudin coil, and a or leave the body on the bare skin for a
problem in high voltage transmission. High 39 -inch Oudin coil.
rather bad burn might result. The author
frequency currents which are of an oscilla- has had a number of unpleasant experiences
tory nature, as is lightning, have real prac- in this work. It is also very advisable for
tical application in this field of research, as the demonstrator to stand on an insulated
it is quite common in practice to use high base while receiving the discharges. A
frequency currents in the commercial tests heavy marble slab 20 inches by 50 inches
on insulators. The field of electro-therapeu- laid in a wooden frame supported by four
tics has made extensive use of these oscilla- petticoat porcelain insulators was used for
tory currents in the X-ray and violet ray ma- this purpose.
chines. High frequency furnaces are being Another of the smaller type Oudin coils,
built. when slightly de -tuned gave a beautiful
Here at Washington University, we have fountain -like discharge of purple mist be-
one of the best equipped high frequency lab- tween the primary and the secondary. With
oratories in any school in the country. The any of the apparatus in operation, it was
feature exhibit of the annual Engineers' Day possible to light up Geissler tubes in the vi-
held each spring, is the high frequency dem- cinity of the discharging coil. These were
onstration. During the course of the day evacuated glass tubes about three feet in
seven or eight complete demonstrations are length, with a small tinfoil covering at each
given. These demonstrations consist of a end. The various degrees of evacuation
large number of electrical "stunts" in which give a variety of colors of light within the
high frequency currents are used. different tubes, and very pretty effects are
The "opening number" on the program is The four -foot Tesla coil in full discharge. to be obtained.
Science and Invention for February, 1927 919
Another demonstration that gave the audi- ceiling. The noise was very great whenever charges from the tips of the wires.
ence many thrills was that of the electric this coil was in operation. The demonstra- The "final act" and the one which gave
chair. This was an ordinary chair with tor again showed his ability to take high the greatest thrills to the audience, was that
metallic plates fastened on the arms. These frequency discharges, even of this voltage, in which the human body was used as the
plates were connected to the terminal of the into his body. A brass rod with metallic terminal of a four -foot Oudin resonator.
conical Oudin coil. The chair was placed handles was held in his hands to act as a This resonator had a secondary 6% inches
on the insulated base, and when in diameter, being designed to
operated eight- to ten -inch sparks give a very high frequency for a
leaped from the metal parts. PRIMARY -6 TURNS SECONDARY -130 T. coil of this size. The terminal
After receiving no offers from If BRASS RIBBON 1,1° 16 DC.C. WIRE 9T. of the coil was connected to an
members of the audience to sit in SPACED 12" APART PER IN. WITH CHALK - aluminum plate 9 by 12 inches on
the chair, one of the assistants LINE 'SPACING CORD. which the demonstrator stood
was used as the "victim." The ELECTRIC CHAIR
6" DIA.
with bare feet, in order to obtain
person sitting in the chair felt no good contact. With thimbles on
COPPER his fingers, long discharges
discomfort as long as the hands RIBBON
grasped the metal arm plates. A 4
flashed from the fingertips of his
WIDE
40 -watt light held between the oc- upraised hands. Thimbles were
cupant of the chair and another used to prevent cuticle burns on
person was lighted to full bril- TINFOI L TINFOIL t1/4
the fingers. The demonstrator
liancy. An oil torch could be then removed the thimbles and
lighted by bringing it near to a held a copper rod in his hand
metal strip held in the assistant's from which numerous sparks
mouth. The "electric kiss" was flashed. Two Geissler tubes, ore
TABLE held in each hand, were next
shown when a spark four or five
inches in length jumped between lighted. The demonstrator then
a metal strip held in the mouth allowed the discharges to leave
of the assistant in the chair, and from the top of his head, a cop-
a similar strip in the mouth of an- per crown serving as the metallic
other. INSULATING BASE INSULATORS/I terminal from which scores of
An Oudin coil, 39 inches high sparks leaped into the air. The
was demonstrated in action, dis- Diagram of the "Electric Chair"-a startingly suggestive demonstration of demonstrator then placed a short
charges nearly 4 feet in length be- high -frequency discharges. metal strip in his mouth, leaned
ing obtained. Another identical his head back, and allowed a long
Oudin coil was placed some distance away, terminal. A rather unpleasant sensation is heavy discharge to pass from his mouth in
the primaries of the two resonators being experienced when receiving these powerful this manner.
connected in series. By proper tuning a dis- sparks since several amperes of current These spectacular demonstrations are pro-
charge 6% feet in length could be obtained must be conducted over the surface and duced by apparatus which is relatively

4-r(414.
Left: A high voltage dis-
charge passing from the
6% -foot Oudin coil to
the brass rod held by the
demonstrator.

Right: Electrical dis-

charges passing from the
finger-tips.
4)01.->

between the secondary terminals. The two through the body, and there is a very simple to build. Any experimenter could
secondaries were then placed end on end on noticeable tensing of the muscles of the duplicate part or all of the experiments de-
one of the primary bases, thus making a 6,/2 arms, but no real pain is experienced. These scribed with only a small outlay of capital,
foot Oudin coil. When operating at full sparks possess quite a dynamic force as may some work, and quite a bit of patience. The
power the discharges from the terminal be shown when a small rotor formed of results so far obtained have been particu-
which was a large brass sphere were more radial wires all bent at their outer ends larly satisfying, since the power trans-
than six feet in length, the voltage being circumferentially in the same sense or di- former is only of 5 kilowatts rating, and
over a million volts. The sparks quite often rection, is placed on the terminal and caused the apparatus was built by students.
flashed over to the lighting fixtures near the to rotate rapidly by the force of the dis- (To be continued)

the service line with an electric toaster or

A Simple Electric Furnace ASBESTOS TOP\ flat iron in series with it.
By Charles W. Fay FLOWER It may be feared that the inner flower pot
POTS will succumb to the heat. This might occur
ASIMPLE but efficient electric furnace for if the experimenter pushed the heat for a
experimental use may he easily construct- long period. Undoubtedly a more permanent
ed from two small flower pots of such size construction would result if Hessian or if
ELECTRODE
that one fits snugly within the other. The -,,,,r-V-11,----------Tr1,1"-V-V-V-.1."
space between the pots is filled with shredded
asbestos, and holes are drilled with an old An effective arc furnace, made out of a couple
drill of sufficient size to allow the carbon of flower pots and some asbestos, with B -bat-
tery carbons as electrodes.
electrodes, which may he taken from an old ASBESTOS
"B" battery, to slip into the furnace easily, PACKING
so that adjustments can be readily accom-
plished. If, however, the holes are too large, TOASTER OR IRON clay crucibles were used instead of the flower
the electrodes will have so much play that pots. Plumbago crucibles would not answer
adjusting the furnace will be extremely as they are more or less good conductors of
difficult. The diagram below will explain the 110 V. AC the electric current owing to the graphite
construction. The furnace is connected to mixed with their clay.
 920
Science and Invention for February, 1927

THE CONSTRUCT)?
Home -Made DRILLING
METAL TO OBTAIN
SHE ET

Fixture
AN ARTISTIC EFFECT.

LUGS TO HOLD SHEET METAL

WHILE DRILLING.

Hints
rr HE home craftsman will find the build-
ing of electrical fixtures, as well as
FISH AND BIRD CAGE stands for fish aquariums, candelabra, fern EMERY PAPER
bowls, etc., extremely interesting once he BRASS AND COPPER:
STAND has done a little of THEN LACQUER HOT OR COLD
this work and got his The much desired per-
hand in at it. A num- forated metal effect on
ber of practical hints nxtures can be pro-
duced with a hand
are shown herewith, drill or better still
and these, together with a small lathe or
with the practical ex- drill press.
perience which t h e Hammered brass is
builder will pick up BALL SHAPED
much in demand and
himself, will enable HAMMER. OTHER you can produce it
him to turn out some SRAPES USED FOR
with a ball shaped
ODD EFFECTS.
hammer and a block
surprisingly useful de- of wood as shown in
vices. Iron work such TO OBTAIN 'HAMMERED" BRASS EFFECT.
th, illustration at the
as this, is fairly ex - .2...0111* left.
be finished with one or two coats of flat
A practical design for a fish bowl and bird FISH BOWL black paint or else painted with radiator
cage stand is shown above. The home mechanic, bronze or gold paint. Brass parts may be
can make this from strap iron very easily. It I- X a: STRAP IRON buffed or emery papered and lacquered.
may be finished with dull black paint.
OR
LEAVES CUT OUT OF SHEET ISO. TWISTED IRON
IRON. BRASS OR COPPER,
THEN BENT INTO CURVED
SCROLLS,' SOLDER, SCREW
OR -RIVET LEAVES TO
ROD OR PIPE.

METAL ROD
OR SHELF OR RING OF HINGES
PIPE X OR
BRASS ROD
ST RAP IRON. ....... -
CUT EDGES ROUND SHAPE. 'SHEET IRON, BRASS OR COPPER LANTERNS
,AND FILE OFF SHARP EDGES.
The home mechanic will find the lantern de-
Leaves can be cut from COLD OR BEST HOT IRON Above is a simple design signs above both attractive and simple to make.
brass or iron filed smooth BEING TWISTED for a fish aquarium which The sides and top as well as bottom are cut out
and bent or hammered in- ----'44,. the home mechanic can by means of paper templates, and then either
to the desired shape, as build from strap iron and riveted or soldered as the builder may elect
shown above. Brass fit- finish with flat black paint Copper, brass or iron may be used.
tings may be polished or gold paint. Radiator
with fine emery paper or bronze is useful. LAMP
SOCKET F ROST ED BULB
buffed and then lacquered. OR CANDLE FLAME
SQUARE IRON Rob MOLE TO BULB
BEING TWISTED IN PIPE
Strap iron may be bent IT STD PIPRAIGHTE Picture at left shows how FIT PI PE
cold or hot by means of LARGERKEP THAN PO M. AYPIPE
square iron bar is given
the simple device shown SIMPLY BE SLID OVER ROD
twisted effect. It is best 113"-PIIRPOEN fi
below. The pins are re- to heat iron before at-
movable and can be plac- tempting to twist. For OA/
ed in different holes drilled many twists a pipe guide
along the lever. The work SQUARE HOLE IN
PLUG., PINNED is very useful.
is very inttresting. TO PIPE

pensive in the stores, and besides one is al- SOCKET

TO FIT
ways quite proud to show the result of their -PIPE k-SOUARE
own handiwork. The writer has done a IRON OR BRASS

"714:droop. lot of this iron and brass work with the CUT FROM 32 IRON
4 TO
TUBING
SQUARE.
metals cold, but with the iron work espe- BRASS OR COPPER
AND BEND ON
I

VISE PULL DOWN cially it is best to heat it up to redness, ex- DOTTED LINES
REMOVABLE'
cept when bending or twisting the smaller
pink sizes of stock. Iron or brass leaves, scrolls, TWO WIRES INSIDE
acorns and other decorations can be pur- PIPE
chased if desired
from fixture supply
IRON, COLD OR HEATED houses. You will be surprised, however, WALL
socKET7,

I RED HOT BEST.

MAKING CURLED ENDS
,ON IRON BARS
how much you can accomplish with a little
care and experiment, using a block of soft
wood and a small or medium size ball -peen
hammer. With regard to finishing home- A design for iron candelabra suitable for the
made stands and fixtures, the iron parts may mantelpiece is illustrated above.
 921
Science and Invention for February, 1927

OW TO MAKE IT
Climbing Poles and Trees Boiler Flower Tank
IN the accompanying illustrations at the
'left several methods of climbing trees and
poles are illustrated. At the extreme left is
a method of using a loop to encircle the
pole. Note how this loop is
made, the details thereof be-
ing given in the insert. The
climber inserts his foot into
the rope stirrup, slides the
r op e upward
with his foot
and then per-
mits his weight
to cause the
rope to grip
the pole. A
wire may be
employed f o r
the same pur-
pose, and pref-
erably iron hay
wire is used in
this method. If
t h e individual
provides him-
self with a
rope to en-
circle his body, 'HERE is, of course, noth
he can brace
his feet against
Ting absolutely new in using
a tree
rough the old hot-water boiler for a
and use the flower bed. Generally half of
method illus- the boiler is cut off with a cold 771IrTri
trated for cut- chisel and by the aid of a hack- 4 NIPPLE
ting the limbs saw. Holes are then drilled
off a tree. In through the other half to permit
**-[Link] 104
ALL I PIPE FITTINGS
the last meth- water to drain freely through
od the individ- the tank. The new and novel
ual pulls on feature of this particular sys-
the rope, raises
his foot and tem is its method of support.
..,vithen lifts his This is both neat, rigid and
body to the practical. It is made entirely
newer position. of old pipes and pipe fittings.
Many
Golf Holes and Tees Tripod From Toys times
supports
Very neat and
simple holes made for
for the back - such a
y a r d putting bed are
green can be large and
made by saw- c lurnsy
ing a cocoanut and they consequently destroy the tasty and
COCOANUT - in half. The
halves are artistic appearance of the container. The
sunk into the rugged simp icity gives the tank a chance to
COCOANUT SHELL
ground. A display its charges to advantage. Its dura-
SUNK IN GROUND
small hole at bility and neatness cannot be questioned. In
A31,1N-- the bottom the diagram immediately above full de-
will permit scriptions are given-Frank Bentley.
rain to pass
through the
DRIVER
shell. Turned Siring Telephone
COUNTERSUNK upside d own
they make
good tee s.-
TEE
"-HALF WilsonG. KNOT
MEMBRANE
STRING
COCOANUT SHELL Walters. Rep. TUBE
No. 6385.

Magnet Tester KNOT

Many times it
becomes neces- MEMBRANE
sary to deter-
mine whether MOUTHPIECE
or not a body
is or contains The above photograph shows an ingenious RECEIVER
material which method of constructing a tripod for any chem-
from parts easily obtained RUBBER TUBE
is attracted by ical experiments
a magnetic in toy constructional outfits available on the
The old string telephone comes into its own
force. Fre- market today. This type of a tripod is both
quently these sturdy and rigid. It can be made in different again with a new innovation for carrying the
materials contain very slight quantities of magnetic sizes to suit the height of either a Bunsen bur- telephone around corners. Two membranes are
substances. Place substances on a scale, balance ner or an alcohol flame by simply changing the provided at either end of a pipe and perform
them and apply the magnet as shown.-Kelita J. size of the metal strips used in its construction. the work. A straight pipe fitting is used for
Shugart, Rep. No. 28652. -Dr. E. Bade. carrying the line out of the room.-J. Samson.
 922 Science and Invention for February, 1927

,.:WRINKLES4
REC I P ES 8t, FORMULAS
Edited by S. Gernsback
PEDAL ANTI -SLIP COPPER TEST DEODORIZER
In order to A few drops
LINING OF TISSUE PAPER Numerous
prevent t h e of ammonia
holes are
foot from slip- -ASBESTOSp unched in
ping off a bi- placed on a WOOL sides of a bak-
cycle p e d al piece of metal, ing p ow der
when the rub- which may be CHARCOMI :an and the
ber on the either copper POWDER "
can is lined
pedal has be- or an alloy of with tissue
come worn, a copper, will paper and then
piece of inner META- develop a blue - HOLES filled with
tube can be stain if the -IN BOX equal parts of
slipped over substance is asbestos wool
PEDAL -- the pedal. - pure copper.- and powdered
F. Bishop, Sidney Berlo- charcoal. This
PIECE OF -- Rep. No. 25545. witz, Rep. No. is for icebox
OLD INNER TUBE 28219. use. - Alden
Henry John-
son.

BRUSH CLEANER ATOMIZER

A simple ato-
Paint brushes,
on which the
paint has hard-
ened, can be
r
PA I NT BRUSHES
mizer for
spraying
fumes or other
substances
per- A boat cut
out of cam-
phor and
MYSTERY BOAT
WAND DIPPED IN
SULPHURIC ACID
cleaned by may be made placed in dis- DISTILLED WATER
placing them from a cork tilled water
in a pan full
boiling and two pipes will move
of
water and add- mounted a, around very
right angles to rapidly. It
ing a
amount of any
liberal _ . each other will stop its
of the stand -
and arranged movement if a
a r d cleaners
as in the illus- wand dipped
tration. in sulphuric
found in the *Ain Oa acid touches
kitchen.-Law- e water. -
rence K. White.
Rep. No. 22014 1 -

GUN HOLDER
t h
Lawrence
H oldridge. CAMPHOR BOAT

This gun hold-

er prevents the
WOOD BLOCK sights from "SING" PREVENTER
STAIN REMOVER
I

leaning against
the wall, keeps Frequently
LINEN Iodine stains
and grease the dust out HEAVY CLOTH OR SACK
telephone
BOILING of the barrel wires cause a
,LIME WATER spots may be ringing or
removed from a n d removes
IODINE-.
I
the danger of singing sound
/ TAINS linen if the in the tele-
stained cloth is the gun fall-
immersed in -.LEATHER
ing. It con- / phone, particu-
sists of a small larly those
if
boiling lime block of 01% wires are fas-
water a n d
WPEGOODEN

then rinsed. wood a e n e d to

wooden build-
wooden peg
Grease spots ings. A heavy
are then II
and a
of
piece
leather. - cloth or sack
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Science and Invention for February, 1927 923
examined the photographs of the Match -
$1,000.00 FOR PROOF OF craft Contest prize awards you would
NEWTON'S FORMULA have seen that it takes more than a
The writer of this letter offers little brain power to assemble the
$1,000.00 for proof of Newton's form- matches so as to make the various
ula, through actual pendulum clock articles from these little wooden splints.
tests, in anydeep mine in the Unitrd It requires an intense amount of brain
States. power to sit quietly at the task, molding
The writer is the author of a new the matches into various structures. It
theory of the Universe, which he calls requires the knowledge of the the
"The Theory of Absolutivity." This handling of tools to enable you to make
theory denies the "the assumed basis of your model look Presentable. It re-
fact" on which Newton built his theory. quires the infinite patience and care in
For, if Newton built his theory to ac- whittling matches to fit the constructions
count for certain "supposed" facts, and and in devising methods for hastening
I can prove through actual experiment, the completion of the work. It enables
that just the reverse of these facts ex- a man who may be crippled to sit down
ists, then Newton's theory can have no and tinker with a model for months so
right to a place in the scientific world. SCIENCE AND INVENTION desires to hear from its readers. It that his time no longer passes wearily.
Newton's theory affirms that the force solicits comments of general scientific interest, and will appreciate Your communication mailed in the en-
of gravity diminishes in direct propor- opinions on science subjects. The arguments pro and con will be aired velope of the Lighthouse Church indi-
ton to the distance from the earth's cen- on this page. This magazine also relishes criticisms, and will present cates to us that you are undoubtedly
ter below it, as we descend into a deep affiliated with the Grace Baptist Church,
mine, the zero point being reached at a them in both palatable and unpalatable forms. So if you have anything or at least a member of the congregation
depth of approximately 4,000 miles. It to say, this is the place to say it. Please limit your letters to 500 there. As such a member, you should
affirms, that the seconds pendulum, words and address your letters to Editor-The Readers Forum, cio knozu that anything which will help luck-
swinging 86,400 beats in one sidereal Science and Invention Magazine, 53 Park Place, New York Ci'y. less individuals is uplifting. Of course
day at the mouth of the mine, will lose your membership with this organization
one beat each 24 hours for each is an assumption on our part.
86,400th ol_ the distance covered, coming to com- DISLIKES SCIENCE Doesn't it thrill you to know that the world
plete rest at the center of gravity below. Editor, SCIENCE AND INVENTION: in general has been advanced in its civilization
"If" the center of gravity is indeed below, A young man in my home who is eager for from the days of torture. The torture article.,
and if gravity is a "pull" from below, then his knowledge and wisdom subscribes for many maga- are no longer being published. We have completed
reasoning would be inevitable. the series, although we could have illustrated many
If the pendulum loses as we descend into a deep far snore gruesome than those which we published.
mine, then Mr. Newton's theory is a marvel of Today our tortures are almost as bad. We have
sound logic; but if it gains one beat for each the garrote in Spain, the guillotine in France, the
480 feet of distance we descend, (as the writer hangman's noose in England and in America, the
claims it will) then Mr. Newton was simply try- electric chair, the lethal gas chamber, shrapnel,
ing to explain something that had existence only IN OUR FEB- bombs, liquid fire, machine guns; the submarine
in his fertile imagination. RUARY ISSUE: ruthlessly killing thousands with one torpedo;
Data given me from Washington, D. C., assert the airplane which could snuff out the lives of an
THE LAND THAT TIME entire city and burn up the population if it so
that if, at the bottom of a mine the pendulum FORGOT, by Edgar Rice desired. Are we more civilized in our present
loses 5 beats in 24 hours, as compared to a Burroughs (A Serial in third degree methods than the ancients were in
similar clock at the mine's mouth, then the depth Three Parts-Part One). their'sf We question a man until he is so weak
of the mine will be approximately 2,440 feet. The editors do not remem- from hunger, thirst and front want of sleep that
They could not, however, give me record of any ber ever having read a more he will admit anything and frequently we strike
experiment to prove this, but asserted that it was exciting and all -absorbing story than the him on the head with a rubber hose to make him
based on "recognized formula." present one, by this master of fiction, the "come across" quicker.
The writer contends that for every 480 feet of creator of the Tarzan tales. If you want to Of course you do not like to hear all this, the
depth negotiated, the pendulum will, in 24 hours, be thrilled through and through, do not miss truth usually hurts. Frequently our uplift societies
increase its beat or gain one beat, over a similar this story. carry on their work in circles where it will obtain
clock placed at the mouth of the mine. NEW STOMACHS FOR OLD, by W. the most publicity and advocate reforms which pro-
The writer further claims that this result will Alexander. For some time a new technique duces a bad taste in the mouths of the populace
be entirely independent of the character of the has been built up by surgeons and biological in general. There are many movements which
strata penetrated, and will be true in any mine, experimenters; that is, successfully trans- could well he dispensed with and many which
any time, anywhere in the world. planting animal organs from one animal in- could be initiated, but the latter do not carry as
The issue then between "Absolutivity" and to another. But substituting one man's stom- much distinction with them, they do not mean as
Newton's theory is clear cut. ach for another is even today a large order, much to the leader of the movement.
If Newton's theory is correct, then in a mine. though not at all impossible. What sur- And this answer will probably give you another
say 4800 feet deep the clock at the bottom of prises might be in store when it will finally brain shock.-EDITOR.)
the mine would lose 10 beats. If "Absolutivity" be done, is related vividly by our new author.
is true it will gain 10 beats in each 24 hours, over THE ELEVENTH HOUR, by Edwin
a clock placed at the mouth of the mine. Balmer and William B. MacHarg. Here is A SURE ALARM CLOCK
Space will not permit me to give the rea- another one of the famous scientific detective Editor SCIENCE AND INVENTION:
sons for this, but would take great pleasure in stories by the well-known authors. There is ID the October number of SCIENCE AND INVEN-
doing so later, if allowed the space. good science and plenty of excitement in this TION on page 522, or the Wrinkles, Recipes &
My offer is this: short tale, and you will not know the full Formulas section appeared a very ingenious idea
I will agree to accompany any man in America, solution until the end. for limiting the time which an alarm clock will
at any time, to any mine in America over 4,000 THE THOUGHT MACHINE, by Am- ring when it fulfills its task in the early watches
feet in depth, and if he can show by actual ex- mianus Marcellinus in which the author of the morning. This idea appealed to me and I
periment that the clock loses so much as one gives some very interesting possibilities re- have doctored my spring so that my clock will ring
beat at the bottom of the mine in 24 hours, I will sulting from the invention of a perfect ma- just four seconds. This is enough to waken me,
pay $1,000.00 for the information. chine that can solve-adequately and in rec- because I'm a light sleeper.
The $1,000.00 will be deposited by the writer ord time-all man's problems. Since then I have heard two stories of college
ten days before the date agreed on for the ex- THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON, by men who were just the opposite. One man in an
periment, in any Bank or Trust Co., desired. H. G. Wells. After you have read this adjacent dormitory has his room -mate hide his
To those of you in the scientific world who month's installment you will naturally be alarm clock so that he will have to get up and
think Newton little short of divine, I issue the keyed up for the finish, which will be given hunt it in the morning to insure his getting out of
above clear-cut challenge. to you in large and forceful doses in the bed on time. Another man of his acquaintance
MAURICE JETER, Salem, Va. final chapters next month. has six alarm clocks in his room, each one is
THE SECOND DELUGE, by Garrett P. set so that it will start to ring five minutes after
Serviss. In the closing chapters we find the the one that precedes it starts to ring. Thus lie
RAINING STARS exposé of a great mystery. Cosmo Versal has at least thirty minutes of ringing and he usu-
knows that the entire world must be sub- ally gets out on time. With these examples I
Editor, SCIENCE AND INVENTION: merged, for did he not see the very pinnacle think you ought to call on your inventive readers.
Will you please answer the following question: of the Himalayas disappear under water? FRANK M. ELLis, Pittsburgh, Penna.
Was there a day in the month of May, 1836, that But nature has strange ways and the unex-
the sun went black and it rained stars. It is pected, as usual, promptly turns up. One of (One of the best methods of awakening a very
argued here that it is quoted by the Bible as the greatest surprise endings that we have heavy sleeper and getting him into the habit of
to ever seen. actually leaping out of bed in the morning is to
happen at the time. have his room -mate or a friend enter the room
JOHN DYE, St. Louis, Mo. when the alarm rings and pull the blankets off the
(The latest date quoted in the Bible A. D. sleeper and upset the bed, throwing hint out.
96, according to the Bishop Ussher cronology. zines, among them being .SCIENCE AND INVENTION After he has received treatnzent of this nature for
Consequently, it would be impossible for the Bible and RADIO NEWS. He just unfolds and glances a few weeks, he will jump out of bed the very
to mention an event happening in the new period at the latest magazines and then places them in instant the alarm rings. This method worked in
in the year 1836, except as an indefinite prediction. my room "to read and pass on." I don't wonder the U. S. Army with a great deal of satisfaction.
There was an eclipse in the year 1836 which that he spends no time reading them since today The first man up used to go through the barracks
was ,not a total eclipse but an annular one, and I read that sickening story in part of '"larrano and toss everyone else out of bed.
it was visible at Edinburg, Scotland. This eclipse The Conqueror;" I also noted prizes for Match - Another very good method which can be employ-
Played an important role in the development of the craft, a fine means for those of little brain to ed if the individual is a heavy sleeper, and he has
then new science of Astrophysics; and it was during spend time on non -constructive work. Most of no comrade to perform the expulsion act, is to place
this eclipse that Forbes, who was not an astronomer the stuff in your magazine would absorb soul and a bath spray over the head of the bed and connect
but a stock -broker demonstrated that the "telluric" body with mad house stuff and as to Dr. O'Conor this with a pail and siphon arrangement. When
lines were comparatively few in number and rela- Sloane having to fall back on tortures of long the alarm clock goes off, the pinchcock around the
tively unimportant. During this eclipse the pheno- ago for more brain shock, I'll just say that rubber hose is opened and the sleeper gets a
menon known as "Bailey's Beads" was also demon- shall light my open grate -fire with your stuff. It shower -bath. The amount of water should be so
strated. This eclipse as an annular one was not vis- is worse than useless, it is destructive. regulated that the bed clothes will not be damaged.
ible in the United States and did not compare with OLIVIA KINGSLAND, Several of these treatments and the individual is
the eclipse of 1842. Meteoric showers which are San Jose, Calif. sure to leap out of bed the very instant the alarm
seen during a semi -eclipse but better during a (For every knock on the story "Tarrano The goes off. Disregard for an alarm clock sound is
total eclipse and during certain days of the year Conqueror" which we have received, we have also generally cultivated. If the individual is hard of
may have been likened to "raining stars." heard from thousands of readers to whom this hearing, the disregard is of course excusable. Any
We never see a shower of stars. All of the story appealed. We must please the majority and very heavy sleeper can be made to respond to the
visible stars are greater in diameter than our we find that "Tarrano The Conqueror" was liked sound of an alarm clock if a very disagreeable
sun. In popular language folk very often call very much by our readers. situation will be produced immediately after the
meteoric showers, shooting stars. It is clear, Your statement to the effect that those of little clock sounds. Let us hope that the unfortunate
therefore, that those who argue the way you brain power build Matchcraft models is not gentlemen mentioned in your letter will have will-
have explained are incorrect in their statements. borne out in practice. Were you able to glance power enough to try to enforce the remedies out-
No eclipse was visible in St. Louis daring the at some of the excellent and in fart remarkabl, lined.-EDITOR)
year indicated by yon.-EprroR.) models constructed entirely of matches or had yort (Continued on page 956)
 924 Science and Invention for February, 1927

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WABC Opens in New York City

Uses Latest 5 K.W. Superpower Transmitter

THE studio, occupying the top floor of Steinway Hall on West

57thnew
St., New York City. This is the largest studio used by any THE control room at WABC is equipped to handle
broadcasting station in the country, and is particularly adapted for the con- a large number of remote pick-up lines, and is
venience of symphony orchestras, bands, and other large groups. The also arranged so that several broadcasting stations in
acoustics are perfect for this type of work, and no expense has been spared the Atlantic Broadcasting Company's group may be
in approaching perfection. The studio is well ventilated, which is quite hooked up with either of the studios in the Steinway
unusual in our broadcasting experience, and, as may be seen above, it is Building. This is the very latest in control
well lighted by large windows. equipment for broadcast stations.

UNE of the panels of the transmitter, which is located at THE interior of the 5 -kilowatt transmitter of WABC. It
the factory of the A. H. Grebe Co., Inc., at Richmond Hill. has been found in the past that high power transmitters in
L. I. This equipment was originally installed for the use of the metropolitan district tended to blanket the entire area, mak-
station WAHG, but was recently purchased by the Atlantic ing it impossible for the average listener to tune out the super-
Broadcasting Company, of which Alfred H. Grebe is President, power station. The Western Electric Company, in designing
for the inauguration of their new chain of broadcasting stations. this particular transmitter, strove to eliminate this highly un-
The 5 -kilowatt transmitter above was especially designed for desirable feature, and there is no doubt that the latest develop-
this station and installed at an expense of $167,000. ments have been incorporated in this new station.
Science and invention for February, 1927 925

The Latest in Studios and Equipment

The top floor of Stein-
THE Atlantic Broadcasting Company
recentlyannounced the inauguration way Hall is entirely CONTROL / SMALL
given up to the stu-
of their first station, WABC, which dios of WABC. The ROOM , (STUDIO
was opened in New York City on Decem- large studio, used for
ber 17th. The transmitting apparatus is orchestral and choral
the last word in high power equipment. It work, is about 45 feet
is a new type, rated at 5 kilowatts, which long, 25 feet wide, ili4114-11,

was developed in the Western Electric Lab- and 15 feet high. A

smaller studio is pro-
oratories in an effort to eliminate the in- vided for individual
efficiencies and undesirable features, coinci- artists and string en-
dent upon the use of a great power, to a sembles. The entire
minimum. All the stations which were suite of rooms is beau-
formerly in the A. H. Grebe group will be tifully decorated.
associated with the new company, and will
make a very flexible and efficient schedule
possible. There will be, all told, six broad -

LARGE STUD/0 ENTRANCII RECEPTION

ROOM
GENTL EMENS
ROOM

Below, the exterior

of the building hous-
ing the transmitting
apparatus. The
transmitter is ad-
mirably situated for
broadcasting p u r -
poses, being far
enough from New
York City to make
objectionable inter-
ference with other
stations extremely
unlikely. This fact,
combined with the
knowledge that the
latest type of trans-
mitter is used, leads
us to the belief that
fthe station will be
highly successful.
LARGECSTI10/0
casting stations of various types in use.
The largest unit, WABC-WAHG, operating
on 315.6 meters wavelength, with a power
of 5,000 watts, will be permanently iden-
tified with the studio and transmitter shown
in these photographs. Two experimental
stations are to be operated, 2XE and 2ZV,
each having variable power and wavelength
assignments. There will be one more large
transmitter in the metropolitan area,
WBOQ, operating on a wavelength of 236
meters with an output of 1,000 watts.
WGMU, the much -spoken -of Grebe mobile
station, which is installed on the chassis of
a high-speed truck, will use 100 watts power
and a wavelength of 63-105 or 236 meters,
as the occasion may demand. A marine
station, WRMU, installed on an express
cruiser, which may be sent to points of in-
terest along the coast, will broadcast on the
same wavelengths, with a power of 200
watts. These last two portable transmitters
will probably be used to transmit programs
on a low wavelength to the larger stations,
where they may be rebroadcast on the regu-
lar schedules. A perspective view of the
studio in New York City is shown on this
page, which will afford a good idea of the
appointments to be expected in this modern
broadcasting institution to be operated by
the Atlantic Broadcasting Company.
 Science and Invention for February, 1927

Constructing An "N" Circuit Receiver

Sir Oliver Lodge's Latest Set as Built by SCIENCE AND INVENTION
By JAMES FRANCIS CLEMENGER
denser is of the stand- are used. A corresponding condenser is in-
ard .00025 microfarad cluded in the amplifier unit, indicated by
variety, while the grid Cl. The fixed condensers C2, C3 and C4
leak is preferably var- are preferably of the capacity of about .1
iable between the lim- microfarads, to attain which capacity they
its required by the de- must be purchased in the form of the "can"
tector tube used. A condenser, using paper dielectric. They
.0001 microfarad fixed may, however, be mica condensers of Al
condenser is shunted microfarads or greater capacity. R4, R6
as shown across the and R8 are fixed resistances of about 250,-
oscillatory "N" circuit 000 ohms. R5, R7 and R9 are of the same
to the plate of the de- type, excepting that their resistance is
tector tube. 500,000 ohms. It should be noted that a
The resistance C battery is provided for the last amplifier
coupled amplifier se- tube to prevent distortion from overloading.
lected for this par- THE LAYOUT
ticular unit is worthy Inspection of the photograph, Fig. 5,
of particular notice, will give a good idea of the layout used in
Fig. 1. The panel of the set as constructed in our laboratories was laid inasmuch as it was constructing the set for this article. Note
out so that it would present an attractive appearance. found to be the most that the general effect is that of simplicity
efficient and satisfac- and that the parts are arranged so as to in-
tory of a num- sure the obtaining of the maximum of effi-
VERY once in a long while some- ber tested by our laboratories. It is not ciency. The layout is symmetrically arranged
thing really new is developed in essential, however, that the same make be to give the best appearance.
radio, but more often than not that used, in fact it is quite possible to use any The coil at the left is the one marked L2
which is thought to be new is simply one of the standard amplifier circuits. in the diagram, while the other is that mark-
found to be a revival of an old idea or an ed Ll. The rheostat for the detector is
adaptation of a more or less well-known prin- directly in front of the antenna coil, that
ciple. A few years ago the radio fraternity of the amplifier being in front of the oscil-
hailed with delight the announcement that IN the December number, an au- lator coil. The .0005 microfarad variable
something really new had been discovered in thorized article on the theory of condenser tuning the oscillatory circuit is
the way of radio circuits, wheti Prof. Hazel- Sir Oliver Lodge's "N" circuit was placed in the center of the assembly, with the
tine perfected his first neutrodyne set. Further presented by the Radio Editor. At detector tube socket directly behind it. The
back than that, Armstrong's regenerative that time it was announced that a amplifier unit is placed at the rear of the
circuits and I)eForest's ultra audion circuit full constructional article would be sub -panel, part of its binding posts being
were the sensations of their day. Now prepared for the present issue, with used for direct battery connection. Reading
comes a new circuit from across the sea a view toward adapting the design from left to right in the photograph, the
which promises to cause as much of a revolu- of the set to conditions encountered binding posts on the amplifier unit are as
tion in popular design as did its predecessors. in the reception of radio broadcast- follows : C-, C+, A+, B-, B+
At the Radio Exposition held at Olympia, ing in this country. 90, B+135, and the two output posts. Of
near London, about a month ago, a new set The set described here was de- these the B battery and C battery posts alone
was presented for the first time for which signed and built under the immedi- are used direct. The A battery leads are
its makers claimed many important ad- ate supervision of the writer, and conducted to a pair of binding posts on a
vances. The circuit incorporated in the set while improvements are possible strip fastened at the rear of the brackets
was the invention of Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R. and to some extent advised, it is under the sub -panel, and the output posts
S., who is known far and wide as one of felt that the set will give very sur- are connected to the amplifier jack. The
Britain's ablest scientists. Two weeks after prisingly excellent results to those knob which shows immediately to the left
the first set was publicly exhibited in Lon- who care to construct it. of the detector tube socket is used to control
don, SCIENCE AND INVENTION Magazine pub- -THE EDITOR. the graphite compression grid leak. This,
lished the first thorough article to be seen in together with the grid condenser and the
this country. The novelty of the set ap- 0001 condenser which is shunted from the
pealed to the editors of this publication, and oscillatory circuit to the plate, is placed un-
it was decided that it would be wise to cover Naturally it is understood that resistance- der the sub -panel to aid in preserving the
the subject in two articles. One, giving the coupled amplification affords a finer repro- neatness of appearance which is so desir-
theory of the circuit, appeared in the Dec. duction of the signal, although at the expense able. The high potential end of the oscil-
issue, and this article covers its practical of one more tube to drain current from the latory coil, L2, in other words that end
development. A battery. It is of
THE CIRCUIT interest to note that Fig. 2. Note the aluminum sub -panel braces
As the theory governing the operation of the price of the parts and the method used in cabling the battery
the new circuit was thoroughly gone into in for an amplifier such leads. right
The inductance coils are placed at
angles and well separated.
the December number, it should not be neces- as that used here may
sary to repeat that portion of the story. In be purchased for about
laboratory tests, it was found that the "N" $3.00, and that a
circuit was adaptable to numerous variations, highly efficient manu-
each of which had some common and some factured amplifier of
individual characteristics. The circuit the make used may be
which was finally adopted for construction purchased for about
is essentially similar to that used in the $15.00. Two jacks are
commercial production of this set by a provided, J1 for the
British firm. Referring to Fig. 4, it is seen detector tube, and J2
that the circuit consists of a detector and for the final amplifier
three stage resistance coupled amplifier, us- output. R2 is a
ing a variation of the single circuit antenna r h e o s tat controlling
familiar to all radio fans. In the diagram the filament of the de-
Ll and L2 are coils of about .2 microhenries, tector tube, while R3
comprising about 55 turns of No. 24 wire is a rheostat which
wound on a 3" coil. It should be noted here controls the filaments
that the circuit may be broken at the point of all the amplifier
marked X in the grid and filament circuits, tubes. Sw. indicates
and any of the standard antenna tuning cir- an "A" battery
cuits may be connected to these leads. switch. A .002 micro -
The oscillatory circuit, represented by the farad fixed condenser
coil L2 and a .0005 microfarad variable con- is shown s hunted
denser shunted across it, is the essential por- across the detector
tion of the "N" circuit which gives the set jack to act as a by-
its unusual characteristics. The grid con - pass when telephones
Science and Invention for February, 1927 927

which is connected to the grid condenser of the parts used in this

the detector tube, is placed so that it is set may be obtained
farthest from the frame of the variable con- free of charge by ad-
denser. This is done to reduce losses by dressing the Radio
absorption which might be occasioned by Editor. The condenser
the presence of the metal frame in the field used is of a type
of the oscillatory coil. The two jacks and known as straight -line -
the filament switch are all located under the tuning, to differen-
sub -panel with a view towards shortening tiate it from the other
leads. The peculiar looking mechanism im- three types, known
mediately above the variable condenser is respective ly as
the rear of the socket which holds the lamp straight - line - fre-
for the illumination of the dial. quency, -capacity, and
It is worthy of note that the leads from -wavelength. It is
the instruments which are mounted on the found that this type
panel were all made with spaghetti covered of condenser, as well
bus bar, the bends being made with care so as having almost per-
as to lead the wires vertically through holes fect electrical charac-
drilled in the sub -panel, while the wiring teristics, combines the
under the sub -panel was done with spaghetti efficient ranges of the
covered No. 18 soft copper wire, using the
"catch -as -catch -can" system. In other words
other three types,
while eliminates
it
the latter leads were carried in the most their bad spots. The
direct manner, regardless of turns and tuning coils used are of
twists. The leads from the binding posts a type commercially
on the amplifier unit were cabled and wrap- manufactured and fur-
ped, then carried through holes drilled in nished to experiment- Fig. 3. The resistance coupled amplifier unit is bolted as shown above to
the sub -panel to their respective instruments. ers in 20 -inch lengths the rear of the sub -panel. The detector tube is directly behind the condenser.
In laying out the panel, it will be found to be cut to the
wise to adjust the positions of the various required size. The coils are space wound of control it is obviously unnecessary to go
dials and knobs according to the particular No. 26 double silk covered wire shrunk on a into any detailed explanation of how it
size used, so as to provide for as symmetri- celluloid form, and may be mounted, as was should be operated. If the set is constructed
cal an appearance as possible. done here, on bakelite strips. The inductance according to directions, it will be found im-
THE SELECTION OF PART1- of this type of coil is approximately .1 possible to make it oscillate, and as a result
In designing this set, very careful con- millihenry per inch of length in the 3 -inch there can be no interference with your neigh-
sideration was given to the selection of the diameter size. The two rheostats and the bor's enjoyment of his program through ra-
components, with a result that the set con - grid leak are of the graphite compression diation from your antenna. It is recom-

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Fig. 4. The circuit given here is but one of a large number which might standard antenna circuits may be substituted. The parts contained in the
have been used with the "N" circuit, but it was selected in this case be-. resistance coupled amplifier unit are all within the dotted line. See the
cause of its simplicity. If the leads are cut at points (X), any of the December article for suggestions as to other circuits which may be used.
tains parts which are of the highest quality type selected because of their compactness mended that the type 200-A gas -content tube
available. It is obviously impossible to and efficiency. The amplifier unit has been be used in the detector socket and the type
mention the manufacturers' names in an spoken of before, but it is worthy of notice 112 power amplifier in the last stage of audio
article of this type, but if our recommenda- from the standpoint of appearance as well frequency. The other two stages of audio
tions would be of interest, the names of as that of high efficiency. It was considered frequency may use either the type 201-A
advisable to include a tubes or one of the special High -Mu tubes
unit amplifier rather designed especially for resistance -coupled
than one specially as- amplifiers.
sembled so that the In testing the set in our laboratories, at a
simplicity of the orig- distance of approximately half a mile from
inal set might be en- WEAF, it was found that the set had pecul-
hanced. It is to be iar characteristics in tuning. The peak of
understood that it is the wave, i.e. the point at which the signal
not essential that the came in with full volume, covered only
parts shown in the about three degrees of the dial, but due to its
photographs be used high power and its nearness, the station came
with this circuit, as in weakly with uniform amplitude over the
this apparatus w a s entire range of the dial, forming a faint
simply selected for its "background" of sound; found not to inter-
high efficiency and re- fere to any great extent with the enjoyment
liability, and its selec- of reception, as the interference could be
tion does not exclude practically eliminated by reducing the fila-
other makes from con- ment current of the detector tube. If strong
sideration. interference is caused by some nearby high
OPERATION OF powered station, it is suggested that a wave
THE SET trap be inserted into the ground lead to cut
Due to the fact that out the undesired signals. The trap may be
Fig. 5. A top view shows of the sub -panel to be very neat. the set has only one (Continued on page 951)
928 Science and Invention for February, 1927

List of Broadcast Stations in the United States

Radio Radio Radio Radio
Call BROADCAST STA. Call BROADCAST STA. Call BROADCAST STA. Call BROADCAST STA.
Letter Location Letter Location 1.; Letter Location 3f 113 Letter Location '3
K D KA, !East Pittsburgh, Pa. -.309.1 Var. K G DA, Dell Rapids, S. Dak -.254.1 15 WARC, Medford Hillside, Mass 261 100 WFBL, Syracuse, N. Y 252 100
(Various short-wave transmissions) K G D E, Barrett, Minn. WARS, Brooklyn, N. Y 295 500 WFBM, Indianapolis. Indiana 268 250
K D LR, Devils Lake, N. 1) '231 5 K G D I, Seattle, Wash. 116.4 WASH, Grand Rapids, Mich ....256.4 500 WFBR, Baltimore, Ald. 254 100
K D YL salt Lake City. Utah 246 200 K G DJ, Cresco, Iowa 202.6 WATT, Boston, Mass. (portable 243.8 100 WFBZ, Galesburg, 111. 254 20
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K FA B, Lincoln, Neb. .340.7 5000 K G D M, Stockton, Calif. 217.3 WBAA, West Lafayette. Ind. .272.6 250 WFC-1, Pawtucket. IL I. 258.5
K FAD, Pheonix, Ariz. 273 500 K G DO, Dallas, Tex. 285 100 W BA K, Harrisburg, Pa. 27" 5110 W FD F, Flint, Mich. 234 100
KFAF, San Jose, Calif 217.3 50 K G DP, Pueblo, Colo. 260.7 10 WBAL, !Glen Morris, Md. 246 5000 W F I, Philadelphia, Pa. 39-1.5 500
K FA U, Boise, Idaho 280.2 2000 KG D R, San Antonio, Tex. 240 15 WBAO, Decatur, Ill. 270 100 W F K B, Chicago, Ill 217.3 )590
K F BB, Havre, Mont 275 50 K G EA, Seattle, Washington 345 15 WBAP, Fort Worth, Texas 175.9 1500 W F K D, Philadelphia, Pa. 2-19.9 10
K F BC, San Diego, Calif 380 50 K GO, Oakland, Calif. 361.2 5000 W BAW, Nashville, Tenn. .36.1 100 W FLA, Clearwater, Fla. 265.3
.

K FBK, Sacrainento, Calif 500

335 100 KG RS, Amarillo, Tex. 234 125 W BA X, Wilkes:Barre, Pa. 256 100 W F R L. Brooklyn. N. Y '129.5 100
K F BL, Everett, Wash 224 100 KGTT, San Francisco. Calif. 206.8 50 WBBC, Brooklyn, N. Y. 219.9 100 WGAL, Lancaster, Pa. 248
K F BS, Trinidad. Colo 238 10
15 K G U, Honolulu, Hawaii 270 SOO
W B B L. Richmond, Va. 228.9 100 WGBB, Freeport, N. Y. 244 100
K FB U, Laramie, Wyo. 375 504 KG W, Portland, Ore. 131.5 1000 WBBM, Chicago, Ill. .225.4 10)100 W G BC, Memphis, Tenn. 277.6 15
K FC 6, Phoenix, Ariz. 238 125 K G Y, Lacey, 11 ash. 278.8 50 WBBP, I'etoskey, Mich. 238 200 WGBF, Evansville, Ind. 236 500
K F D D, Boise, Idaho 275.1 50 K H1, Los Angeles, Calif. WBBR, Rossville, N. Y. 416.4 500 WGB1, Scranton, Pa.
KFDM, Beaumont, Tex. 405.2 500 240 '100
315.6 500 K H (1, Spokane, Wash. 391.5 1000 WBBW, Norfolk, Va. 222 50 WGBR, Marshfield.- W6 "28.9 13
K F D X, Shreveport, La. 250 100 K H X. Los Angeles, Calif. (port.) 119.9 500 W B BY, ChaYieston, S. C. . 268 100 WG BS, !Astoria, 'N. Y. 1/6
.

500
K F D Y, Brookings, S. Dak '299.8 100 KICK, Anita, la. 273 101) WBBZ, Chicago, Ill. (portable) 215.7 50 W G BU. Fulford, Fla 384.4 500
K F DZ. Minneapolis, Minn.
K F EC , l'ortland, Ore
231 10 K1 BS, San Francisco, Calif 234.2 5 W BC N, Chicago, Ili. 266 500 W G BX. Orono, She. 231:2 . 500
'

252 50 K1 R, Seattle, wash: 384.4 1000 W BES. Takoma Park, Md. 222 100 W G CP, Newark, N. J.
K F EL, Denver, Colo. 254 250 252 500
K LDS, Independence, Mo. .440.9 1000 W BK N, Brooklyn, N. Y. 291.1 100 WG ES, !Oak l'ark, Ill 313.6 '.51.10
K F EQ. Oak, Nebr. 268 500 K LS, Oakleind, Calif. 2?50 250 W B N Y, New York, N. Y. 322.4 1000 WGHB, Clearwater, Fla.
KFEY, Kellogg, Idaho 233 10 266 500
K LX. Oakland, Calif. 508.2 500 WBOQ, Richmond Hill, N. Y. 236 100 WG HP, Mt. Clemens,- Mich 270 1100
KFFP, 31ekerlY, Ma.' 242 50 K LZ, Denver, Colo. 384.4 500 WB RC, Birmingham, Ala. 248 50 WGM, Jeannette. Pa.
K FGQ, Boone, Iowa 226 289: 150
10 K MA, Shenandoah, Iowa 481 500 WERE, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 231 100 WGMU, Richmond Hill,N. Y. (port. )236 100
K F H. Wichita, Kans. '207.7 500 K MI, Fresno. Calif. 234 W BBL, Tilton, N. H. 41)1 500 WG N, Elgin, III.
50 302.8 1000
K F HA, Gunnison, Colo.
K F H L, Oskaloosa, Iowa
252
240
50
10
K M1P, Kansas City, Mo. 110.9 1000
'

W B MS, North Bergen. N. J 233.7 10 W G R, Buffalo, N. Y.319.750 '

K F I,Los Angeles. Calif. K M M1, Clay Center. Neb. 228.9 1001) WBRS, Brooklyn, N. Y. 394 100 W G ST, Atlanta, Ga. 270 500
467 5000 acoma. as 1. 250 ,-100 WBT, Charlotte, N. C. .275 250 WGW B, Milwaukee; .Wi
K F1 F, Portland, Ore 248 100 381.4 1000
K MI,. !Kirkwood, (SILO.) Mo. 280.2 5000 WBZ, !East Springfield, Mass "131.1 5000 WG Y, Schenectady, N. Y.
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.379.5 50000
K F10, Spokane, Washington 273 500 K MT R, Hollywood,- Calif.- :72.2 WBZA, Boston, Mass. *331.1 500 WHA, Madison. Wis.
K F IQ, Yakima, Wash. ' 256 500
504 , 13. 4, 750
-
K N RC, Santa Monica. Calif. 238 500 WCAC, Storrs, Conn. WHAD, 31ilwaukee, Wis. 275 500
K F I U, Juneau, Alaska
KFIZ, Fond du Lac. Wis.
226
273
10
100
K N X, Los Angeles, Calif. 330.9 - 500 WC A D, Canton. N. Y. .63
2 250' WHAM, Rochester,- N.- Y. -."..-. . . .. 278 100
K FJB, Marshalltown, Iowa
""
(OA, Denver, Colo. '322.4 5000 WCAE, Pittiburgh, Pa. 461.3 500 WHAP, New. York, N. Y. , 431 . 500
248 10 KOAC, Corvallis, Ore. 280.2 WCAH, Colunibua, 0. .65.3 500 WHAR, Atlantic City, N. J.
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K F1F, Oklahoma City, Okla._ 061 504 500 -275. 500

K FA I, Astoria. Ore. 248 10
K 0 B; State College, N. M. ...... 348.6 5000 WCA1, University Place, Neb. 254 500 WHAS, Louisville Ky. 399:8' 500
K FJ M, Grand Forks, N. Dolt 300
IC OC H. Omaha, Neb. 258 500 WCAL, Northfield, Minn. 336.9 500 . Troy, 375.5. 500
278 KOCW, Chickasha; Okla. WCAM, Camden, N. J. 336.9 1000 W H B, Kansas City, Mo.
K Fl R, Portland. Ore. 263
252 '200 365.6 500
K FlY, Fort Dodge. Iowa
1211
50
K 01 L. Council Bluffs, Iowa 305.9 500 WCAO, Baltimore, Md. 275 100 WHOA, 011 City, Pa.' 250 . 10
246 KO1N, !Sylvan, Ore. 319 1000 WCAR, San Antonio, Texas 263 5000 W H BC, Canton, Ohio
K FAL Fort Worth, Tex. 254 00 254 - 10 ,

K F KA, Greeley, Colo W H BD, Bel lefontaine, Ohio s 222 - 100

.272.6 50 W H B F, Rock Island, Ill.
K F K B, Milford, Kas. 431.4 1000 222 100
K F K U, Lawrence, Kans. 275 500
WHBG, Harrisburg. Pa. - -231 20
K F K X, Hastings, Nebr. W H BL, Chicago, Ill. (port. E....215:7 .50
288.3 5000 W H B M, Chicago, Ill. (port.) ... .215.7
K F K Z, Kirksville, 111o. 225.4
K FIR. Albuquerque, N. 31ex. ..... 251
50
100
At the closing date of this magazine, the list of broad- WHEN, St. Petersburg, Fla. 238
20
10
K FLU. San Benito, Tex. 216 20 cast stations is subject to daily alterations, as regards wave- WHBP, Johnstown, Pa.
W H BQ, Memphis, Tenn.
256
233
100
K F L V, Reekrerd, III.
K FIX, Galveston, Tex.
229
240
100
250
lengths, power, etc. We especially request stations mak- WHBR, Cincinnati, 0. 215.7
50
300
WH B U, Anderson, Ind.
K F M R. Sioux City, Iowa
KFMX, Northfield. Minn.
261 100 ing changes at this time to send a notification to SCIENCE W H BW, Philadelphia, Pa.
218.8
215.7
10
100
136.9 500 AND INVENTION in order that broadcast listeners may be ad- W H BY, West De Pere, Wis. 250
K F N F, Shenandoah, Iowa 461.3 2500 50
WHOP, Minneapolis. MIMI. 278 500
K FO A, Seattle, Wash.
K FOB, Burlingame, Calif.
451.3 1000
226 50
vised as soon as possible of the new conditions which they W H EC. Rochester, N. Y.
W H F C, Chicago, III.
258 100
KFON, Long Beach, Calif. 233 500 may expect in tuning in the stations. W H K, Cleveland, Ohio
258.5
272.6 1000
150
K FO R, David City, Nebr. 226 100 W H N, New York, N. Y. 361.2 3000
K F OT, Wichita, Kans. 211 50 WHO, Des Moines, Iowa 526
K FOX, Omaha, Nebr. 248 100
111,3111,114111111111 11111111111t1111111111.11111111111111111.111/14111111141.11.111.....111..1 1.11.1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111.1111111.11111111i.
5000
K FOY. St. Paul, Minn. 50
WHOG, Huntington. Ind. 241.8 15
252 W HT. !Deerfield, III.
K F P L. Dublin, Texas 309.8 3500
252 20 K 0 MO, Seattle, Wash. City, S. D. 240 50 WIAD, Philadelphia, P 100
K FP M, Greenville. Texas 242 10 K 0 WW, Walla Walla, Wash. 285.5 500 WCAU, Philadelphia. l's. W I AS, Burlington, Iowa
Los Angeles, Calif.
K F PR . 230.6 500 254 100
K FPW, carterville. 31o.
K P1 M. Prescott, Ariz. 215 WCAX, Burlington, VL 272527.6 6 1.(13M0) W1BA, Madison. Wis. 236 100
258 20 KPO, San Francisco. Calif. 428.3 1000 WCAZ, Carthage, III. 245.8 50 WIBG, Elkins Park. Pa. 222 50
KFPY, Spokane. Wash 273 100 K PPC Pasadena, Calif. 229 ) WCBA, Allentown, Pa. 254 125 WI B H, New Bedford, 'Mass. ....209.7
KFQA, St. Louis, 31o. 30
KFQB, Fort Worth, Texas
980.2 5000 KPRC, Houston. Texas 296.9 500 WC B D, Sion, Ill. 344.6 5000 WIBI, Flushing, N. Y. 218.8 50
508.2 2500 KPSN, Pasadena, Calif. 315.6 1000 WCBE, New Orleans, La. 263 WIEL). Ch tear°, Ill. (port.) 215.7 50
K FQD, Anchorage, Alaska 927.1 100 KQV, Pittsburgh, Pa. 275 500 WCBH, University. Miss. 242 W1BM, Chicago, III. (Port.) 215.7
'<FOP. Iowa City. Iowa 50rS 10
224 10 KQW, San Jose, Calif. 333.1 500 WC B M, Baltimore. Md. 229 100 W I BO, Chicago. III. 226 1000
K F Q U. Alma (Holy City) Calif. ..231 250 ( RAC. Shreveport. La. 220 50 WCB R, Providence, R.I. (port.) 234 100 W1BR, Steubenville, Ohio 246 50
K FQW. Seattle, Wash. 215.7 rll K RE. Berkeley, Calif. 256 100 WC BS, Providence, R.I. (port.) 242.5 250 W1BS, Elizabeth, N. J. 202.6 10
K FOX. Seattle, Wash. 210 15 KRLD, Dallas, Tex. 353 500 WCCO, Minn. -St. Paul, Minn. 116.4 5000 WIBU, Poynette, Wis. 222 20
K FQZ, Hollywood, Calif. 225.4 500 K R SC, Seattle. Wash. 499.6 250 WC F L, Chicago, Ill. 491.5 500 W1BW, Logansport, Ind. 220 100
K FR B, Beeville, Tex 218 250 KSAC, Manhattan, Kansas 340.7 500 WCFT, Tullahoma, Tenn. 252 10 W I B X, Utica, N. Y. 214 2 150
K F RC. Son Francisco, Calif. .... 267.7 50 KSBA, !Shreveport. La. 260.7 1000 WCGU, Lakewood, N. J 350.6 500 W I BZ, Montgomery, Ala. 230.6 10
K F R U, Columbia, Mo. 499.7 500 KSD, St. Louis. 310. 545.1 500 WC LO, Camp Lake, Wis. 231 50 WICC, Bridgeport. Conn. ' -
K F RW, Olympia, Wash. 218.8 50 KSE1, Pocatello, Ida. 260.7 500 WC LS, Joliet, Ill. 214.2 150 W 1 L. St. Louis, Mo. 218 250
K FSD, Son Diego. Calif. 245.8 1000 KSL, Salt Lake City, Utah 299.8 1000 WC MA, ('ulcer, Ind. 238.5 500 WILL, Urbana -Champaign. Ill. ....260 1000
K FSG, Los Angeles, Calif. 275 500 KSMR, Santa Maria, Calif. 242.8 100 WCOA, Pensacola, Fla. 252 500 woo. Miami Beach. Fla. 247.8 1000
K F U L. Galveston, Tex. 258 500 K SO, Clarinda. Iowa 105.2 500 WCRW, Chicago, Ill. 416.4 50 W IP, Philadelphia, Pa. 508.2 500
K FU M, Colorado Springs, Colo....239.9 100 KSOO, Sioux Falls. S. D. 360 100 WCSH, Portland, Me. 499.7 500 WJAD, Waco, Texas .352.7 500
K F UO. St. Louis, Mo. 515.1 5011 K TAB, Oakland, Calif. 302.8 1000 WCSO, Springfield, Ohio 248 ton WJAG, Norfolk, Nebr. 270 200
K F UP, Denver, Colo. 231 50 KTAP, San Antonio, Tex. 263 10 WCWK, Fort Wayne. Ind. 234.2 250 W1AK, Kokomo, Ind. 254 50
K FU R, Ogden. Utah 224 50 KTBI, Los Angeles, Calif. 293.9 750 WCWS, Bridgeport, Conn. 281 500 W1 A M, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 288 100
K F US, Oakland, Calif. 250 50 KTBR, Portland, Ore. 263 50 WCX, !Pontiac. Mich 116.9 5000 WJAR, Providence, R. I.']019 500
K FUT, Salt Lake City, nab 263 100 KTHS, Hot Springs, Ark. '374.8 1000 WDAD, Nashville. Tenn, 225.4 1000 WJAS, Pittsburgh. Pa. 275.1 500
KFUU, Oakland, Calif. 220 100 KTNT, Muscatine. Iowa 333.1 1000 WDAE, Tampa, Fla. 273 1000 W1AX, Jacksonville, Fla. 306.9 1000
KFVD, Venice, Calif. 208 50 K T UE, Houston, Tex. 263 5 WDAF, Kansas City. Mo. 365.6 non WJ AZ. !Mount Prospect, III._ 329.8 10000
KFVE, St. Louis, Mo. 210 5001) KT W. Seattle. Wash. 114 3 1500 WDAG, Amarillo, Texas 263 100 WIBA, Joliet, IIL 206.8 50
KFVG, Independence, Kas. 236 15 K U OA, Fayetteville, Ark. 299.8 750 WDAH, El Paso. Texas 267.7 50 WJBB, St. Petersburg. Fla. 254 250
K FYI, Houston, Texas 239.9 50 K U 0 M, Missoula, Mont. 244 250 WDAY, Fargo. N. D. 261 5 WI BC, La Salle, Ill 234 100
KFVN, Fairmont, Minn. .27 50 K USD, Vermillion. S. D. 278 500 WDBE, Atlanta, Ga. 570 11100 WIBI, Red Bank, N. J. 218.8 250
K F V R. Denver. Coln. 214 50 KUT, Austin, Texas 231 500 W D B.I. Roanoke, Va_ 229 o0 W113 K, Ypsilanti, Mich. 219 10
K F VS. Cape -Girardeau. Mo. .....223.7 50 K VI. Tacoma, Wash. 242.1 15 WDBK, Cleveland, Ohio 227 500 W1 BL, Decatur, III. 270 500
K FVY, Albuquerque. N. Mex. 250 10 KVOO, Bristow, Okla. 174.8 1000 WDBO, Winter Park. Fla 210 500 W1B0, New Orleans, La. 268 100
K F W B, Hollywood, Calif. 252 500 KVOS, Seattle, Wash 333.1 500 WDBZ, Kingston, N. Y 232.4 10 WIBR, Omro %Vis. 227.1 50
K FWC, San Bernardino, Calif. ..291.1 200 KWCR, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 295 500 WDEL, Wilmington. Del. 266 100 W1BT, Chicago, III 468.5 500
KFWF, St. Louis. Me. 211.2 250 K WC. Stockton, Calif. 218 50 WDGY, Minneapolis, Minn. 500500 W1BU, Lewisburg, Pa. 211.1 100
KFW11, Eureka. Calif. 254 100 KWKC, Kansas City, Mo. 236 100 WDOD, Chattanooga. Tenn. WIBV, Woodhaven. N. Y. 469.9 100
KFWI, San Francisco. Calif. 250 500 KWSC, Pullman, Wash. '114 6 500 W D RC, New Haven, Conn.
256263

260 100 W1BW, New Orleans La. 270 20

KFWM. Oakland. Calif. 325.9 500 KWTC, Santa Ana. Calif. 253 15 W DW F, Edgewood. ILI 440.9 500 W1B Y, Gadsden Ala 260 90
KFWO, Avalon. Calif. 211.1 250 KWUC, Le Mars. Iowa 252 50 WDWM, Newark, N. J. 280.2 580 WIBZ. Chicago Heights. III. ...419.3 100
KFWU, Pineville, La. 218 100 KWWG, Brownsville, Texas 278 500 W D XL. Detroit, Mich. 296.9 250 W1.1 D, Mooseheart. III 170.2 1000
KFWV. Portland, Ore. 212.6 50 K X L.. Portland. Ore. 100 50 W DI, Tuscola. 111. 270 100 W1 R. Pontiac Mich. 518.9 5000
KFXB, Big Bear Lake, Calif. _202.6 500 K X RO. Seattle. Wash. 240 85 WEAF, New York, N. Y *491.1 WJU G. New York, N. Y 518.9 250
KFXD, Logan, Utah 205.4 10 KYW, Chicago, Ill. 515.4 2000 WEAL Ithaca, N. Y. 254
500050
5 W1Z, 'Bound Brook N. J "154.3 50000
K FX F. Denver, r0111. 410.1 1000 K ZIB. Manila, P. I. 249.9 20 WEAM, North Plainfield, N. J. 281 210 W K A F. Milwaukee, Wis.
K F X H, El Paso. Texas 261 1000
242 50 KZKZ, Manila, P. I. 270 100 WEAN, Providence, R. 1. 187 500 WKAQ, San Juan. P. R. -.340.7 500
K FXJ. Edgewater, Cole. 215.7 15 KZ M. Oakland, Calif. 240 100 W EAO, Columbus, Ohio 5993.9 750 W K A R, East Lansing, Mich. ....285.5 1000
.

K F X R, Oklahoma City, Okla. ....214.2 15 KZRQ, Manila. P. L. 400 500 WEAR, Cleveland. Ohio `MC I 750 WKAV, Laconia, N. H. 223.8 100
K F X Y, Flagstaff. Ariz. 205.4 50 NAA. Arlington. Va. "I+1.5 1000 WEAU, Sioux City. Town 275 100 W KBA, Chicago, Ill. 209.7 200
K FY F, Oxnard. Calif. 2112 10 WAAD, Cincinnati. Ohio 210 25 W E BC, Superior, Wis. 242 100 W K BB, Joliet. III.
K FYJ, Houston. Texas (portable) 238 281.8 100
10 WAAF. Chicago. 111. 278 500 WEBH, Chicago. Ill. 370.2 2000 WKBC, Birmingham, Ala.
K FY0, Texarkana. Tee 209.7 10 WAAM. Newark. N. J. "203 500 WEBL New York, N. Y. 272.6 500
225 50
K FY R, Bismarck, N. Dak. 248 10 WAAL Jersey City, N. J 0'5 910 WFBL, New York, N.Y. (port.) ..228 WKBE, Webster, Mass. 270.1 100
KGAR, Tucson, Ariz. 100 WKBF, Indianapolis, Ind.
243.8 500 WAAW, Omaha. Ncb. .384.4 & 278 500 WFBQ, Harrisburg. Ill. 0225.4 10 244 100
K G BS, Seattle, Wash. 227 100 WABB, Harrisburg. Pa. 204 10 WEBS, Buffalo, N. Y. W KBG, Chicago, Ill. (portable) .215.7 100
K G B [Link]. .tiaska
K G BX, St. Joseph, Mo. 347.8
229 500
50
W ABC. Richmond Hill, N. Y
W A R F. Kingston. Pa.
3 '11.8 500 WEBW, Beloit. Win288 500
WFOC, Chicago. H E
WKI314, La Crosse. Wis.
WKBI, Chicago. Ill.
249.9 500
110.7 500 219.9 1000 220.4 500
K G BY, Shelby, Neb. 202.8 50 WAR), Bangor, Me. 240 100 WEE!. Boston. Mass 3406 500 W K B1, St. Petersburg, Fla 280 250
K G BZ. York, Neb. 111 1 100 WABO, Rochester, N. Y. 2113 100 WEBS. Evanston, 111. 202.6 W K B L. Monroe, Mich. 252
W AB Q, Ho verford . Pa. 181.7 1008 WEMC, Berrien Springs, Mich 315.6 4000 15
K GCA, Decorah, Ia. 280.2 20 WABR. Toledo. Ohio 263 50 WENR, Chicago. III. .265.3 1000
WKBM, Newburgh, N. Y. 285.5 100
K GCB, Oklahoma City, Okla. 331 100 WA BW, W nosier, Ohio 208.8 50 WKBN, Youngstown, Ohlo 360
W a PX 'Mount Clemens, Mich .... '2 '8 500 WEPS, Gloucester. Mass. 295 100
K GCG, Newark, Ark. 2.39.9 150 W A BY, Philadelphia. Pa. 242 50 WEW, St. Louis, Mo. 360 1000
WKBO, Jersey City. N. J. 303.9
KGCH, Wayne, Neb. 434.5 500 WABZ, New Orleans, La. 275 50
WFAA, Dallas. Texas WKBP, Battle Creek. Mich. 265
KGCI, San Antonio Tex 219 9 15
WAnC, Akron. Ohio 258 500 475.9 500
WKB11, New York, N. Y.
WAFD, Port Huron, Mich. 275 500 WFAM, St. Cloud. Minn. 273 10 285 8
KGCL, Seattle. Wash 238 10 WAGM, Royal Oak. MIMI. 025 5 50 WFAV, Lincoln, Nebr. 275 500
WKBR, Auburn. N. Y. 225 100
K GC N, Corcordta, Has. 210 50 W A CS, Somerville. Mass 210 5 WKBS, Galesburg. III. 361.2
WAIT, Taunton, MA, 029 10 WFBC, Knoxville, Tenn. 224
1.0 50 200
KGCR, Brookings, S. D. 252 10 W AI U, Columbus, Ohio 293.9 1000 W F BE, Cincinnati. 0. WKBT, New Orleans, La 252 50
KGCU, Mandan, N. D. 285 100 WA MD. Minneapolis, Minn. 244 5000 WFBG, Altoona, Pa. '277.6 100
WKBU, New Castle, Pa. (port.) 238 50
KGCX, Vida, Mont. 210 8 WAPI, Auburn, Ala. 181.3 11,00 WEB1, Collegeville, Minn. 236 100 (Continued on opposite page)
Standard or constant frequency.
!Location of transmitter only.
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Science and Invention for February, .1927

LIST OF BROADCAST STATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES

Radio
Radio Radio Call BROADCAST STA.
Radio 1: 1, BROADCAST STA.
Call BROADCAST STA.
Location
Call
Letter
BROADCAST STA.
Location ;
Call
Letter Location 3f a3 Letter Location
Letter

WPEP, Waukegan, Ill. 221.6 500 WSAZ, Pomeroy. Ohio 2)) 50

950.1 150 WMCA, 'Hoboken, N. J. :10.7 500 299.8 5000 WSB, Atlanta, Ga. 123.3 1000
WKBV, Brookville, Ind. WMR.I, Jamaica, N. Y. 227.1 WPG, Atlantic City, N. J. 288.3 1500
WKBW, Buffalo, N. Y. 362.5 1000
WMSG, New York, N. Y 302.8 500 WPRC, Harrisburg, Pa. 215.7 100 WSBC, Chicago. III. 250
WSBF, St. Louis. Mo. 273
WKBX, Harrisburg, Pa.
WKBY, Danville, Pa. (Port.) 220 50 WMVM, Newark. N. J. 175.9 500 WPSC, State College. Penna. -282.8
220
500
500 WSBT, SouthiSend, Ind. 315 500
256.3 15 WNAB, Boston, Mass. 280.2 100 WQAA, Parkesburit, Pa. 50 WSDA, New York, N. Y. 263 250
W K BZ, Ludington, Mich. WNAC, Boston, Mass 430.1 500 WQAE, 3pringfleld, Vt. 246
'260.7 100
WKDR, !So. Kenosha, Wis. 259 500 WQAM, Miami, Fla. 285.5 750 WSKC, Hay City. Mich.
W KM, Lancaster. Pa. -258 50 WNAD, Norman. Okla. 250 100 WSW Nashville. Tenn. 282.8 1000
422.3 1500 WNAL, Omaha, Nebr. 238 500 WQAN, Scranton, Pa. 100 WSMB, New Orleans, La. 319 500
W K RC, Cincinnati, Ohio, 325.9 & WNAT, Philadelphia, Pa. 250 500 WCIAO, !Cliffside, N. J. '161.2
210 20
W KY, Oklahoma City, Okla. 275 100 244 100 WQ.1, Chicago. III. 447.5 500 WSMH, Owosso: 'Mich.
W LAC, Nashville, Tenn. 991.4 1000 WNAX, Yankton. S. Dak. 244 100 WS M K, Dayton. Ohio 275 500
250 100 WNBH, New Bedford, Mass. 248 250 WRAF, Laporte, Ind. WSOE, Milwaukee, Wis. 500
216
WLAL, Tulsa, Okla. Wkli. Newark, N. J. 350 150 W RAH, Providence, R. 1. 235 950
252 100
W LAP Louisville, Ky. 275 20 268 100 W RA K, Escanaba, Mich. 256.3 100 WSRO, Hamilton. Ohio
WLB, Minneapolis, Minn. 277.6 500 WNOX, Knoxville, Tenn. 365 25 WSSH, Boston, Mass. 111 100
WNRC, Greensboro, N. C. 223.7 10 WRAL, Ithaca, N. Y. WSUI, Iowa City, Iowa 483.6 500
WLBA, St. Petersburg, Fla. W N VC, New York, N. Y. 526 1000 WHAM, Galesburg, Ill. 244 100
WSVS, Buffalo. N. Y. 218.8 50
WLBC. Muncie, Ind. 223.7 391.5 5000 WRAV, Yellow Springs, Ohio 263 100
WLBE, Brooklyn, N. Y. 230.6 WOAI, San Antonio, Tax. 238 10 WSWS, Batavia, III. 275.1 1000
278 750 WOAN, Lawrenceburg, Tenn. . 356 4 500 WRAW, Reading, Pa. WSYR, Syracuse. N. Y. 352,7 500
WLBL, !Stevens Point, Wis. WOAX, Trenton, N. J. .210 500 WRAX, Philadelphia. Pa. 267.7 500
206 100
WLBF, Kansas City, Mo. 211.1 25
555.2 5 WRBC, Valparaiso, Ind. 278 500 WTAB, Fall River. Mass.
WLBH, Farmingdale, N. Y. 230 30 WOBB, Chicago, III. .468.5 1000 WTAD, Carthage. III. 236 50
WOC, Davenport, Iowa .483.6 5000 WRC, Washington. D. C. 545.1 500
WLBI, East Wenona. III. 296.9 250 293.7 50 WRCO, Raleigh, N. C. 252 100 WTAG, Worcester, Muss.
WLCI, Ithaca, N. Y. 966 50 WOCB, Orlando, Fla. 300 100 WTAL, Toledo, Ohio 252 100
302.8 9000 WOOL, Jamestenvn, N. Y. 275.2 13 W REA, Shillington, Pa. W TAM, Cleveland, Ohio '389.4 3500
WLIB, !Elgin, Ill. WODA, Paterson, N. J. 390.7 1000 WREC, !Whitehaven. Tenn. 254 10
251 1003
WLIT, Philadelphia, Pa. 391.5 500 .270.1 750 WREO, Lansing, Mich. 285.1 500 WTAQ, Eau Claire, Wis.
WLS, !Crete, III. "344.6 5000 W01, Ames, Iowa WRES, Wollaston, Mass. 300 100 WTAR. Norfolk, Va. 241 100
440.9 500 WO K. !Homewood, III .217.3-238 20000 256 50 WTAW, College Station, Texas ...270 500
WLSI, Edgewami, R. I. 100 WOKO, Peekskill, N. Y. 93.1 50 WRHF, Washington. D. C. WTAX, Streator. III. 231 50
WLTS, Chicago, Ill. 258 251.1 W R H M, Minneapolis, Minn. 2.52 50
.422.3 5000 WOMT. Manitowoc, Wis. 2-0 100 WTAZ, Lambertville. N. J. 241 15
WLW, !Harrison, Ohio WOO, Philadelphia. Pa. 308.2 500 W R K, Hamilton, Ohio 407 500
WLWL, New York, N. Y. 364.4 5000 212 1000 Urbana. III 273 501) WTHO, Ferndale, Stich.
W MAC, Cazenovia. N. Y. 275 100 WOOD, Femwood, Mich ,
100 WT IC. Hartford, Conn. *475.9 5011
410.9 1000 WOO, Kansas City, Mo. 278 1000 W R M U, Richmond Hill.N.Y. (port.12.36 500 WTRC, New York, N. Y. 239.9 50
W M A F, Dartmouth, Mass WRNY. ICoytesville, N. J 373.8
246 5(10 WW A E, Electric Park, Ill. -.384.4 10000
365 ape WOR, Newark, N. J. 405.2 500
W MAK, Lockport. N. Y. WORD, Batavia, III. 275 5000 WRR Dallas, Texas '352.7 1000
WMAL, Washington. D. (' 293.9 500
50 WOS, Jefferson City, Mo. 440.9 500 WRRS, Racine, Wis. 360 10 WW1, Detroit, Mich.
975 100
W MAN. Columbus, Ohio 286
WOW, Omaha, Neb. 523 1000 WRST, Bay Shore, N. Y, 213.7 150 WWL, New Orleans, La. '251 IOC
W MAO. Chicago, Ill "147.5 1000 '227 500 256 1000 WWNC, Asheville. N. C
WMAY, St. Louis, Mo. 218 100 WOWO, Fort Wayne, Ind. W R VA, Richmond, Va. 300 500
261 5fal WPAB, Norfolk: Va. 319 100
WSAI, !Norwood. 0. 325.9 5000 WWPR, Detroit.- Mich. 258.5 100
WMAZ. Macon, Ga. WPAK, Fargo. N. Dak. 275.1 50 299 250 WWRL Woodside, N. Y.
WMBB, Chicago. III. 250 500 361.2 100 WSAL Grove City, Pa. WWVA, Wheeling. W. Va 318.0 100
WMBC, Detroit, Mich. 256.4 100 WPAP, Cliffside, N. J. WSAN, Allentown, Pa. 229 100
WMBF, Miami Beach, Fla. 184.4 500 WPCC. Chicago, 111. 238 500 322 100 2X A D, Schenectady, N. Y. ...22.6-26.2 1000
WSAR, Fall 'River, Mast(port )....268
WMBI, chleago, ill. 288.3 WPCH, New York. N. 17 273 500
WSAX, Chicago, Ill. 100 2XAF, Schenectady, N. Y. ....32.79 10000
WMC, Memphis, Tenn. 499.7 500500 WPDQ, Buffalo, N. Y *2014 50
'Standard or constant frequency.
!Location of transmitter only.

New Loud Speakers of Merit

The loud speaker The rather unusual appearance of the device shown below might lead
unit shown at the one to believe that it is almost anything but what it actually is. All
one of the physicists are familiar with the action of the Hemholtz resonator, which
left is
is in effect a reflecting surface, having a given curve for each frequency,
most perfectly de-
signed which we have which amplifies the particular frequency to which it is sympathetic to
ever tested. The mas- several times its original volume. A compound curve, consisting of
construction of resonator curves for all of the' frequencies in the musical range, was
sive first constructed and then incorporated into the bell -shaped unit shown
t h e electro - magnets he: -e. -Photos courtesy Resonata Corp. of America.
and the general
strength and solidity
of the unit make it
possible to use it
with extremely power- Below is a front view of the loud
ful amplifiers without talker, whose unit is illustrated in the
producing distortion. upper left photograph The cone is
The approximate size supported by the pillars seen in
five
of the unit may be the other photo, to which are bolted
deduced by comparing soft leather disks glued to holes in the
it with the foot rule heavy paper cone. The general appear-
alongside. - Photo ance of the speaker is very attractive
courtesy F. A. 33. An- and the tone quality excellent.
drea, Inc.

The photograph at the right

shows the rear view of the re-
markable loud talker, which is
designed on the theory of the
.Hemholtz resonator. It will be
seen from comparison with the
twelve -inch rule that when
the
speaker is very small
compared with the usual type.
In spite of its diminutiveness,
this little speaker will fill a
room with sound as effectively
as one of the large cones. It
is, in fact, a cone itself, as the
moving element is a very thin
conical sheet of bakelite, which
is fastened at its center to a pin
coupled to the armature of the
speaker unit.

designers' ingenuity in an which will not be released to the general public for some beneficial
months. Oc-
both
Every season brings forth new products of All sorts of principles and casionally, however, it is decided that immediate release is
effort to produce the perfect loud speaker. to the manufacturer and the user, as in the case of the twoand speakers
beauty
theories are invoked in the usually vain attempts to create something illustrated above. Both are very remarkable for the fidelity
new and effective. It is known thatof there are marvelous loud speakers of their production. Names of makers on request.
already developed in the laboratories a number of the large companies,
 930
Science and Invention for February, 1927

The [Link]
A Two -Tube Receiver of Ample Selectivity that Holds Forth Great Promise
for DX Reception
By A. P. PECK, Assoc. I.R.E.
THOSE radio fans who live in and developed to any great extent in the United
around New York City have a great its best immediately, he is disgusted with
States. The reason for this is not quite the job.
many advantages over those living in clear, as some double regenerative circuits If on the other hand, a bread-
outlying districts. One of the biggest of are quite efficient. This one is particularly board lay -out such as shown in the photos, is
these is the accessibility to radio supplies.
Today it is possible to buy almost anything so, and the only fault that the writer had
to find with it is that it is somewhat cranky.
However, once the operator gets the knack
of tuning it no trouble will be experienced,
and it is passible to cut through local inter-
ference and pull in the DX with surprising
regularity, when it is considered that only
two tubes are employed. Of course, a two -
stage audio frequency amplifier could be
added to this set, making a regular, four
Front view of the duo -regenerative receiver. tube B.C.L. receiver out of it. Then, loud-
speaker volume would be combined with DX
in the radio line at cut rate prices in various results. However, the average DX devotee The bread -board type of mounting is used.
New York stores. Apparatus that was very usually likes to wear phones, and so to lapse
popular a year or two ago but has lost favor, employed at the start, the operator is usually
into comparative seclusion. This is true with willing to play around with it until he really
not always because of
inefficiency, can often knows something
be purchased for a about it. Then he can
mere song. One of concentrate on learn-
the striking examples ing to tune it, and
of this fact, is the need not worry about
three coil honeycomb appearances.A f ter
mounting and coils that this stage of develop-
are designed to be ment has been gone
used with it. It was through, if the builder
not so long ago-prob- likes the set well
ably a good many of enough, he can build it
our readers remember up in a neat fashion.
the time-when these If not, he can tear it
three coil honeycomb apart and try some
mountings sold for other circuit. There
prices ranging from will be no hard feel-
$6.00 to $12.00. To- i n g s regardless of
day they can be pur- which process is fol-
chased for anywhere lowed. As to the re-
from 75c. to $1.50. ceiver itself, it will be
Although they are con- seen by reference to
sidered to be rather out the diagram, that the
of style, still the ex- plate circuit of the de-
perimenter is not al- tector tube is fed back
ways one who cares to the grid circuit of
particularly for style, the radio frequency
a n d, therefore, h e amplifier, as well as to
should by all means its own grid circuit.
have at least one of The theory underlying
these coil mountings The circuit at first may appear rather unorthodox, but it utilizes a principle known and used for the operation of such a
and a set of the It affords high selectivity with exceptional signal strength. years. receiver will probably
smaller sizes of honey- be somewhat compli-
not enter into it [Link],
comb coils on hand for experimental purposes. the writer, and therefore, the circuit is and so we will
With honeycomb coils and a suitable shown only with the two essential vacuum However, it works.
mounting innumerable circuits can be tried tubes. What more can be asked for?
out and experimented with. Coil values We do not recommend any reader to as - The values of the various parts used are
can be quickly changed until the best results as follows-we are considering
for the
are obtained. A circuit using such an ar- moment that the builder will desire to use
rangement is always as flexible as can be honeycomb coils:
desired. Coils Ll and L3 are each 50 turn honey-
It was while playing around with one of comb coils.
these three coil mountings and a bunch of Coil L2 is a 75 turn coil.
honeycomb coils that the writer struck up- Condensers Cl and C2 have a capacity of
on the circuit which is shown in the diagram .0005-mf.
given here. While this arrangement of ap- Condenser C3 is the usual grid condenser
paratus may seem quite new to the average of .00025-mf. capacity.
fan, still no distinct originality is claimed. R is a grid leak.
Double regeneration circuits of this type are RI and R2 are standard rheostats.
quite well known in England and other for- (Continued on page 947)
eign countries, but they have never been

A top view of the duo -regenerator reveals the

simplicity of the set. The layout is well
arranged.

semble this set on a nice panel and expend

The rear view of the set shown in the above a lot of pains on the construction of it at
photograph indicates the assembly to be very first. If he does he will probably be dis- The three coil honey -comb coil mounting is
simple, with the leads run more for efficiency appointed, because with a nice looking lay- seen in the foreground. The best type has a
than appearance. Note the binding -post strip. vernier adjustment which permits very accurate
out, if the set does not seem to operate at control of coupling.
 931
Science and Invention for February, 1927

RADIO ORACLE Letters addressed

In this department we publish questions and answers which we feel are of interest to the novice and amateur.
desired.
50c. is made for all questions where a personal answer
is
to this department cannot be answered free. A charge of

2 MEGOHMS
INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY
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.00025 MF
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MF. ME
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.0005 ME F
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TRANSE
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200 OHMS
PUSH-PULL
TRANSFORMERS
-0 B+ AMP. B+ DET. A-
A+

This circuit illustrates a method of connecting the filaments of a Superheterodyne in series to make
it possible to utilize the output of a full wave rectifier tube as an A current supply. The circuit is
intended to be used in a set employing 199 type tubes, anti has been found entirely satisfactory by
experimenters who have tested it at some length. Any circuit mayefficiency
be modified on the same basis to
in the least.
produce the same results without necessarily reducing

AUDIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFICATION 201 tube layout with regard to the spacing be-
COMPLETE BATTERY ELIMINATION tween the coils, etc. It will also work satisfactorily
(524) Q. 1. Francis Bushman, Las Palmas, Cal., with the coils spaced closer as you specify, in
(523) Q. 1. A. .P. Slocum, Los Angeles, Cali- asks our opinion as to the relative efficiency of the the case of the Madison -Moore set, thanks to the
fornia, writes for information as to the possibiilty various methods of amplifying at audio frequencies. metal shield surrounding each coil.
of completely eliminating batteries by using a full A. 1. For a number of years, the only type of The question you raise concerning the use of
wave rectifier tube to supply filament and plate audio frequency amplification in common use em- 201 tubes as compared to 199 tubes is rather like
current for a complicated circuit such as a super- ployed transformer coupling, which made high volt- splitting hairs, in the opinion of many experts. It
heterodyne. age amplification possible at the expense of con- seems when all is said and done that the 201 type
A. I. The complete elimination of all batteries siderable distortion. Transformers were gradually tubes afford greater range of reception and con-
in a multi -tube circuit amounts to quite a problem. improved by itcareful design and painstaking re- siderably greater volume of signals. The next best
It is a comparatively simple matter where asupply,
large search, until can be said that there are two or arrangement requires six 199 tubes, with two 201
current may he drawn for the "A" battery three makes of transformers which will not notice- tubes in the two stage audio amplifier. Next in order
but where only AC is available it is quite difficult ably distort signals falling within the normal voice of efficiency, is the line-up using all 199 tubes. The
to rectify a sufficient amount of current to operate frequency range. Resistance coupled amplification small tubes undoubtedly do give very clear re-
the tubes in a standard circuit. It is quite a differ- later came into vogue, with the immediate result ception, and it is hard to say in any particular case
ent matter to supply the "B" battery current by that the quality of reproduction was immensely im- and with a given set of tubes just which arrange-
rectifying the line AC by using a full wave rectifi- proved. A similar system of impedance
coupled ment affords the greater advantage. These vary
er tube, as a comparatively small amount of current amplification has been developed, which, like the considerably and so do some sets, even though they
is required. The output of the largest of themilli-
full does not produce as
resistance coupled amplifier,equal are built from the same parts. You will find out
wave rectifier tubes is limited to about 80 high an amplification as an number of trans- more about these matters concerning your pro-
amperes, while nine 201-A tubes would require former coupled stages, but does insure almost per- posed superheterodyne after operating it for a week
2.25 amperes for filament supply. This amounts to fect reproduction. The expense of operation is less or so and trying different tubes, than you will by
2250 milliamperes, so it may be seen that the stand- with this type, and we feel inclined to recommend reading half a dozen textbooks. In the early days
ard arrangement of filaments is entirely out of the it highly. of radio we were very much impressed by the sug-
question. Even if 199 type tubes were used gestions given by various writers on superhetero-
throughout the filament current would amount to dyne operation, but we have since found that many
540 milliamperes. There is a way to get around PORTABLE SUPERHETERODYNES of the suggestions given were theoretical and, to
this disadvantage which is well known to radio en- (525) Q. 1. Henry P. Hammer, Franklin, our minds, practically worthless.
gineers. This method involves connecting the fila- Pa., asks our advice on the construction of a In regard [Link] best variable condensers to use,
ment of the tubes in series rather than parallel. If portable superheterodyne receiver. we have found that the new straight -line -tuning
parallel,
nine 199 type tubes are connected in three volts. the A. 1. Speaking in a general way, we think it designs are very fine and are generally superior to
filament supply must be .540 amperes at is the wrong idea to attempt building a superhetero- straight -1 ine-f requency, straight -line -capacity, or
If the tubes are connected in series, the current dyne in too small a space. While we do not be- straight -line -wavelength types. We use one highly
drops to .06 amperes while the voltage must be in- lieve in building a set so large as to be awkwardis not in
efficient make for all experimental work in our
creased to 27 volts. With the circuit arrangement in appearance, a 7" or 10" by 29" panel laboratory, but for obvious reasons it is not wise
in this page it is our estimation objectionably large. Most console to publish the name of one manufacturer in a
such as shown in the diagram cabinets of modern design will accommodate such field as large as this. The new straight -line -tuning
necessary to vary the usual procedure somewhat design incorporates the good features of each of
returns of
in connecting the gridfilament the various tubes,
current is at a differ-
a set.
It would seem from our experience that it is the other three types, at the same time reducing
as every point on the to select the intermediate frequency trans- their disadvantages to practically zero.
other point. This best
ent potential relative to every due You can very easily change the wavelength of
is also an advantage in a way to the fact that formers from those designed for use with 201 type
almost any desired C battery or grid potential may tubes, as these will also work very well with the both the loop and the oscillator with any given -set
grid return about 199 type. There is a greater plate current passing of variable condensers by connecting a small mica
be obtained at will by moving the in the case of the 201 tubes, and with transformers variable condenser of about .0005 mf. capacity, in
to various positions. The circuit illustrated at the
standard superhetero- designed for the smaller tubes there might be series with each variable condenser. This will re-
top of this page is that of amodified by placing the some danger of burning out the windings. If we duce the wavelength in the event that the minimum
dyne circuit which has been were building the Madison -Moore Superheterodyne is too high with the original arrangement.
filaments at the various tubes in series rather than which you have in mind, we would certainly build This department has made it a policy not to
in parallel. The various of inductances Ll, L2, L3
the experimenter, but it according to the design recommended for the mention the trade names of parts except in cases
are left to the discretion trans- where confusion might result from such
any of .he standard oscillatory circuit. TRANSFORMER ALUMINUM 30 HENRY CHOKE names not being used. We will be
formers may be used with this glad, however, to recommend a list of
It is recommended that the intermediate parts for your set if you write us, after
frequency transformers be adjusted so noting the rules at the head of this page.
that the peak is at some given frequency,
preferably in the neighborhood of 30 ELECTROLYTIC B ELIMINATOR
kilo -cycles. Cl in the diagram is a con- (526) Q. I. Jack Nagel, Toronto,
denser which is used to tune the first Canada, asks for information concerning
transformer sharply to the selected in- the use of lead -aluminum electrolytio
termediate frequency, although it is pre- 110 V.
rectifier cells in a B battery eliminator
ferred by some designers to tune the
instead circuit.
output of the last transformer
The audio fre- A. 1. The circuit given at the left is
of the input of the first. one which caused much favorable com-
quency amplifier is of the type common- ment when it was first published in the
ly known as a push-pull circuit, where May, 1925 issue of this publication. It
two tubes are connected in parallel cross
is, in effect, a full wave rectifier circuit
separate windings of the same transform- which does away with the necessity of
ers to amplify both halves of the output using expensive rectifier tubes and their
of the detector tube. Anwith output trans-
this type
2 MF. CONDENSERS' accessories.
former is not necessary Four of the lead -aluminum rectifier
of amplifier to protect the loud speaker VARIABLE HIGH RESISTANCE----- cells, familiar to all radio hams as used
surges, as no
from excessive currentsecondary in transmitting circuits, are employed in
battery is used in the circuit
It will be no-
of the last transformer. variable
-
+4.5V. +100V. this eliminator to avoid the use of any
spiEfal type of tube rectifier. The trans-
resist- The diagram above shows a hook-up of electrolytic B battery eliminator
ticed that one 200 -ohm which far surpasses vacuum tube rectifiers in economy of construction. former is the largest item of expense.
ance controls oscillation.
 932 Science and Invention for February, 1927

Scientific Humor
EXPERIENCE IS SOMETIMES THE REVOLTING REVOLUTION?
MOTHER OF INVENTION, TOO!
DING: "W!tat is Freewriter doing since First Prize $3.00 BoLsno: "Do you know that this earth
which we inhabit is becoming more anar-
that golddigger won her breach of promise YOU OUGHT TO SEE WHAT chistic day by day?"
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DoNG: "Trying to invent an emergency RAY D.O.: BoLsuo: "Yes, sir, this earth completes
brake for fountain pens !"-Mrs. F. L. "Did you one revolution every
Cosby. 24 hours.-Henry
ever go to a Fischer.
Radioguet Ban-
A LEAF OUT OF ADAM'S & EVE'S ISN'T ICE MADE OF SOFT
EXPERIENCE LOWDE WATER?
PROFESSOR: "Can you give me an ex- SPEAKER: FIRST: "I heard your old-man died of
ample of a commercial appliance used in 'No what did hard drink."
ancient times?" they serve?' SECOND: "Yes, poor fellow, a cake of ice
STUDENT: "Yes, sir; the loose-leaf sys- RAY D.O.: fell on his head."-Earl Floathe.
tem used in the Garden of Eden."-Clifton -
'Oh they had
Ask. pagetti a la PERMEABILITY
bus bar.
Pretsel coils. Buttered MATH. TEACH-
Bakelite Sandwiches. The meat was 3
"PROFICIENCY" Circuit Jack Rabbits and the Rheo- ER (explaining -
Mike had been stats were the Piece de Resistance."- problem). "Now
told to run the Leslie Carpenter.
switch engine watch the board
into the round closely and I'll
house. He had run through it
run it in three again." - Steve
times and each WE receive daily from one to Bugar.
time thrown it two hundred contributions to
into reverse and this department. Of these only
run it back out one or two are available. We desire to GIVE ME A PUFF
again. "Mike" publish only scientific humor and all "I just bought a brand new oxy-hydro-
said the super- contributions should be original if pos- gen blow pipe today," said the first boy.
intendent, "I thought you said you could sible. Do not copy jokes from old "Bring it out here I've got some tobacco."
run an engine." books or other publications as they -Burl Knutson.
"And so I kin," answered Mike. "I had have little or no chance here. By
the danged thing in there three times and scientific humor we mean only such HOUSEHOLD HINTS
you wouldn't shut the door on it."-G. N. jokes as contain something of a scien- Never throw away old doughnuts, they
Alzvorth. make good napkin rings.
tific nature. Note our prize winners. A moth ball dissolved in pancake batter
Write each joke on a separate sheet will keep the pancakes from rusting.
YOU CAN'T BLAME HIM and sign your name and address to it. Dandruff may be removed easily by rub-
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STUDENT: "Sir, I read a page and then it do not enclose return postage. A coat of shellac on the bottom of a cherry
said that the brain should never be forced All jokes published here are paid pie, will keep the juice from leaking out.
to work when already tired, and so I fol- for at the rate of one dollar each, be- Never open soft boiled eggs with a- can
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for the best joke submitted each
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a paper drinking the first man who
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get a drink with- about that. My
out spilling water DESIRE barber can tell
down my neck."-Paul S. Powers. some hair-raising
The man next stories, too."-Peter P. Udre.
door has heard
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 933
Science and Invention for February, 1927

LATEST PATE
I l

I I {!

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PrI

MOUNTING FUSED FIXTURE PLUG ANTENNA CONNECTOR

BOXING DOLL DIAPHRAGMS No. 1,606.268, issued to Arthur
Smith. This device consists of a
No. 1,604.788, issued to H. J. double shell of copper of the general
Round. In a telephone receiver or shape shown, one-half of which fits
transmitter, an apenodic diaphragm closely within the edges of the other.
is usually supported within the field A bolt is inserted through a hole in
of an electromagnet. In many cases the center of the device to retain the
extraneous sounds are introduced by halves in proximity. As shown in
the vibration end reflection of sound the lower drawing, the lead-in wire is
between the diaphragm and the in- inserted into the lower opening and
ner walls of its suporting case. This wrapped once or twice around the
may be remedied by dampening the bolt. The antenna wire is then slip-
diaphragm with soft or pulverulent ped thrugh the other two channels as
material as shown. shown, after which the two halves
are fitted together and the nut is
No. 1,605,738, issued to Wataru tightened on the retaining bolt.
Idemote, Sacramento, California. A No. 1,603,940, issued to Joseph R.
real novelty in toys, which consists Eaglen. An excellent idea for a
of a doll representing a boxer the plug to be used in connection with a
arms of which are actuated by means household electrical appliance of any
of compressed air. The arms are kind which draws a rather heavy
pivoted and connected to bellows load from the line. A fuse is in ser-
within the body of the doll, each GOLF INSTRUCTOR ies with one of the sockets.
arm being separately adjusted to imi- No. 1,604,118, issued to W. J. Glan-
tate the actions of a boxer. The toy cey. Designed particularly for the BOOKMARK
is worked by pressing a rubber bulb dub golfer who cannot keep his eye
containing two compartments, sepa- on the ball, this apparatus should
rately compressible, each of which find a great usefulness as an aid to
controls one of the bellows within the professional instructor. The
the mechanism. would-be golfer is encircled by a steel
belt which prevents him from bend-
ELECTRICAL PICK-UP ing or assuming incorrect positions,
while his head is retained in the
correct position by means of a small AIRPLANE GLIDER
skull cap fastened to a stand some-
thing like the highly unpopular pho- No. 1,600.838, issued to Ray M.
tographer's head -clamp for unruly Moore. Intended as a means of in-
subjects. structing a pilot in the control of
wing surfaces, this glider is intended
No. 1,601,832, issued to G. L. Jack- to be towed along three or four feet
son. A small clip made of celluloid above the ground while the pilot ex-
or metal which may be slipped over periments.
the edge of a page in a book to mark
the exact line desired. It does not
extend beyond the edge of the page,
therefore cannot be broken off or
twisted with resultant injury to itself
or the book.
BATHING CHAIR
No. 1,604,655, issued to C. H. Mill -
ward. One of the several recently
developed inventions for electrically
operated phonographs. A diaphragm,
suspended in the field of an electro-
magnet, is mechanically coupled to
the phonograph needle -holder and is PROECTING MICRO-
caused to move in sympathy with the SCOPE IMAGES
motions of the needle. The motion GAS -LIBERATING No. 1,601,864, issued to Paul H. R.
of the diaphragm causes small cur- CARTRIDGE Leroux. An apparatus which per-
rents to be set up which may be mits of rendering visible to several
easily amplified. No. 1,600,223, issued to B. C. Goss. persons the projections obtained
A clever means for producing tear from a microscope image by throw-
TYING BOW -KNOTS gas and other disabling gases and ing the image reflected from an
projecting them with some force in obliquely placed mirror upon a
any desired direction. An ordinary ground glass screen.
rifle or shot gun shell is filled with a
mixture of powder and a gas -gener-
ating chemical or liquid, and the fir-
ing of the shell causes the gas to be
liberated and projected with excellent
effect.
No. 1,598,475, issued to Joseph Som
No. 1,598,309, issued to Thomas A. mar. The object of this invention is
to provide a bathing chair in which
Quinlan. This invention relates to a a bather may assume a comfortable
method of mechanically tying knots seated position in the water, and will
in package binding cords, which
be buoyed up and maintained with
makes it possible to quickly tie a his head above the water at all times.
neat, efficient knot which may be With this device, it is possible for
easily untied. Two wire hooks are the novice to remain in the water in-
used, each adjusting one of the loops definitely without receiving a danger-
after the binding material has been ous submersion.
looped as shown at the left above.

NOTICE TO READERS. The above illustrated and described devices the Patent Office at Washington, D. C., give only the addresses of the
have recently been issued patent protection but are not as yet to our inventors at the time of application for a patent. Many months have
it is im-
knowledge available on the market. We regret to advise that above elapsed since that time, and those records are necessarily
inaccurate.
possible to supply the names and addresses of inventors of the de- -EDITOR.
vices to any of our readers. The only records available, and they are at Therefore, kindly do not request such information.
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THE MUSICAL SCALE

(2154) Q. 1. Miss Cecelia Brown, Greenland,
Pa.. would like an explanation of the musical Science and CORRESPONDENT

scale adopted for modern music. Invention REPORTER'S

A. 1. Music gives pleasure because of its IDENTIFICATION
agreeable combinations of sounds. These pleasant
combinations are not matters of chance but de-
pend upon certain simple relations which can be C4 "MawTHE HEARER OF THIS CARDe.2?;
numerically expressed that exist between the
vibration numbers of the musical notes. The 0 IS AN AUTHORIZED CORRESPONDENT REPORTER OF
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simplest possible relation is 1:2, and this is the THE PUBLISHERS OF SCIENCE AND INVENTION WILL
ratio that exists between the vibration numbers APPRECIATE ANY COURTESY EXTENDED THEIR
of the first and eighth notes of the musical scale, REPRESENTATIVE.
the eighth note, upper C (do) or between cor- EXPERIMENTER P CO.
responding notes of adjacent octaves. The whole
eight notes are called the diatonic scale.
A simple ratio such as 3:2, 4:3, 5:4, 9:8, etc.,
exists between tones on the scale and the key-
note. The eight tones are given names and num- N ORDER to present to the public the
bers and are graphically represented by definite very latest scientific details, SCIENCE AND
positions on the musical staff, which consists of INVENTION maintains a large staff of field
five parallel lines with the sign of the clef at the reporters. Any one of our readers is eligible
left. to join this staff and, upon request, a re- The principle of buoyancy is illustrated by the
The key of D
has d' for its keynote with a porter's card will be forwarded, together action of water pressure on this cube.
vibration number of 288. If this number is with complete instructions for gathering
multiplied by the "ratio of vibrations," material. The reporter's card is illustrated
9 5 4 3 5 15 above, and its use will gain admittance places, it will float or, if submerged, will rise to the
and 2, vibration numbers to many places that would otherwise be surface. It will not rest with its top even with the
8, 4, 3, 2, 3, 8, closed to the ordinary person. You need not surface of the water, but it will project far enough
have any special ability to obtain one of above the surface so that the submerged part will
these cards other than a desire to help
I others to gain knowledge.
Address Field Editor, SCIENCE AND IN-
displace an amount of water the weight of which is
equal to its own weight. For example, if the 1 -centi-
VENTION. meter cube weighed 0.5 gram, it would rise until
r Submitted manuscripts cannot be returned only one half of it was under water, and it would
therefore displace 0.5 gram of water. An iron
JUJI unless accompanied by postage. pail will float on the water because, though it is
made out of very heavy material, it is so shaped
are not remedied. To correct all the differences that it displaces a great deal of water. The iron
* arising in the building of the several keys would ship floats for the same reason. The vessel there-
10, 3 82 give about 70 notes to an octave. This is an im- fore sinks in the water only deep enough to dis-
CDEFGABCOEFGABC COEFG BC possible number for usable keyboards. place an amount of water equal to its own weight.
I E F
To get regular intervals between the tones of
the scale whatever may be the key, the even- WATER FAUCETS
tempered scale has been devised. It consists of (2156) Q. 1. William J. Ashley, Bronx, N. Y.,
13 tones with equal intervals between. Each requests information concerning the various types
II! note, then, is a semitone. Since there are 12 of water controlling faucets and spigots which are
intervals and since the vibration number of the in common use.
octave is twice that of its keynote A. 1. In the drawing above are illustrated
three types of faucets which represent those most
12 2 12 commonly found in the average home and office.
a - or 2 A is the standard type which is closed by turning
a handle in a clockwise direction, thus forcing
1

will be the ratio number of the semitone interval. a leather or fiber washer to seat in an opening
in such a way as to prevent the water from
This diagram illustrates the relations existing reaching the outlet tube. Another type, illustrated
between the frequencies of vibration, the key- 12 IT; is approximately 1.06. The vibration num- at B, is opened by squeezing two handles toward
board positions and the positions of the notes one another, thus raising the valve from its seat
on the musical staff. There are a number of ber of each tone is found by multiplying the fre- and permitting the flow of water. This is accom-
quency of the preceding tone by 1.06. The even- plished by a scissors -like action, and the auto-
standard pitches used for different purposes, tempered scale is the scale used with most musical matic closing of the valve is attended to by the
but the two shown here convey the idea. instruments. expansive power of the compressed spring when
It is unfortunate that there are several standards the handles are released. The third type, C, is
for the seven other tones in the scale of this key for pitch. The standard tuning fork of physical closed by a rubber mushroom valve and an obvi-
are found. Tabulating the results: laboratories is the middle C (c') with 256 vibra- ously simple mechanism.
ct d' eI P gt a' h' c't d'1 tions per second. This gives a1 a frequency of
Key of C 256 288 320 351.3 384 426.6 480 512 576 427. The standard for International Pitch, how-
Key of D 288 324 360 384 432 480 540 576 ever, is a5 with a frequency of 435. The Ameri-
It will be noted that there is a close agreement of can Federation of Musicians have adopted still
the vibration number of the corresponding notes another standard, 440 for a5. There is still an-
in the two keys, except those for P and other for Concert Pitch, which is rapidly going
cl". To remedy this and in order to have the inter- out of use.
vals in the key of D about the same as those in
the key of C, musicians introduce two new semi- BUOYANCY
tones, P sharp and e" sharp, when playing the (2155) Q. 1. Mrs. S. T. Fairbanks, Butte,
key of D. Montana, requests an explanation of why it is
25 that some objects are buoyed up in liquids.
The vibration number of a sharp is - of the A. 1. In order to assist in explaining why
24 objects are buoyed up by the water, let us
vibration number of the note from which it is imagine a cube measuring 1 centimeter on each
derived. In constructing the scale for other keys, edge submerged beneath the water so that the top
some notes have to be flatted. The vibration num- is 10 centimeters from the surface (see figure).
24 The pressure on each of the four sides will be
of a flat is - of the frequency of the note from 10.5 grams, since the average depth of a side is
25 10.5 centimeters. The pressures on the sides
which it is derived. Five of these semitones are exactly counterbalance each other, and the object
needed in the construction of the scales for the is not moved either to right or left. The pressure
different keys. is 10 grams on the top and 11 grams on the
The chromatic scale in any octave consists of bottom. These two do not balance each other. The
the eight regular tones of the diatonic scale and pressure upward is greater by 1 gram than the
five semitones. The white keys on a piano are pressure downward. Plainly, such an object as we
for the eight regular tones in the key of C, while have supposed, if its own weight amounted to noth-
the black keys serve for the semitones (sharps ing, would be pushed up to the surface. If it
and flats). weighed more than a gram its weight would over-
In constructing the chromatic scale, slight varia- come the upward push and it would descend to A is the standard hand operated faucet. B is
tions between the fee luencies of corresponding the bottom. closed automatically by an expansion spring.
notes, such as an.1 a' in the keys of C and D, If an object weighs less than the water it dis- C is closed by a rubber mushroom valve.
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INVENTIONS WANTED has a switch included so that when the knob is

LANCASTER &ALLWINE (989) Geo. Thatcher, Phillipsburgh, N. J., asks pushed in. the contact arm on the knob will be
for a list of inventions wanted. forced away from the wire of the rheostat, thus
Registered Patent Attorneys in U.S. and Canada breaking the circuit. He claims for this device
255 Ouray Bldg., Washington, D. C. A. There are a great many new inventions that no more connections will be necessitated than
waisted, but only a few concerns actually make those already on the rheostat. He also wants to
"Originators of form Evidence of Conception" tequests for ideas which would suit their needs. know whether he can sell the idea to someone who
The best thing to do is to find out what you will take out the patent in his own name.
would like to have and what your friends would A. 1. We do not believe a radio rheostat with
like to have and then on the strength of this a switch included is a new idea and are of the
develop your ideas. opinion that the same has been patented before.
You must remember that when someone makes Moreover modern rheostats have an off position at
a request for an invention there are hundreds of the extreme end. If you had a six -tube set and
individuals who will work upon the system, but six rheostats controlled each of the tubes, it would
the most money is made by a revolutionary idea be necessary that you push in the knobs of each
which is invariably discovered by the inventor and every rheostat before you could turn out the
himself. The air -brake, the telephone, the sew- filaments. With one single switch the work could
ing machine, radio, the vacuum tube and many be accomplished by one movement.
other inventions are of this type. No one else can get a patent out under their own
TO THE MAN WITH name if the idea is yours, unless they perjure
themselves and by so doing are naturally liable
AN IDEA AUTOMOBILE LIGHT DIMMER
to jail sentences. However, another individual can
take out a patent in your name and assign it to
I offer a comprehensive, experienc-
ed, efficient service for his prompt, le- (990) Q. 1. N. H. Silverman, Lorain, Ohio, himself if he will defray the cost of the patent and
gal protection and the development of submits a diagram of a switch for dimming the also meet with any other contract arrangements
his proposition. headlights of an automobile which consists merely which you may make with that said individual.
Send sketch, or model and descrip- of a suitable resistance and a push button which
tion, for advice as to cost, search short circuits the resistance. This switch is to be BROADCASTING STATION
through prior United States patents, placed on the steering wheel of an automobile so (992) Q. 1. Charles Hallbeck, New York,
etc. Preliminary advice gladly fur- that the driver can easily reach and hold it and so City, asks what we think of his idea to erect a
nished without charge. that when the switch is pressed, current to the broadcasting station which will announce day and
My experience and familiarity with headlights of the automobile will be forced to pass. night the time as though a radio announcer were
various arts frequently enable me to through the resistance, thus dimming the head- doing it. The system is to be entirely automatic.
accurately advise clients as to prob- lights. He asks whether he could possibly secure A. 1. As an unusual broadcasting stunt, the
able patentability before they go to a patent on this system. time signal station would undoubtedly be quite
any expense. A. 1. A good patent attorney can always secure popular. It would have to have a certain wave-
Booklet of valuable information and form a patent for you on a technicality. We are of the length and would have to be on the air all the
for properly disclosing your idea, free on opinion that a patent on a headlight dimmer as time, yet operators would have to be in constant
request. Write today. described by you would have to be secured on attendance so that the station could be turned off
RICHARD B. OWEN, Patent Lawyer such a technicality because the system is very in event of SOS signals.
old to us. We do not advocate your applying for We doubt that you could
164 Owen Building,
4IV Park Row. Washington. D. C.
New York City a patent on this method, although we will admit practical and we do not seeever make this idea
how anyone can
that there is a probable market for the device if possibly continue to finance a time signal station
you are in a position to market it yourself. Several because it would be impossible to receive any ad-
other similar methods have been advocated and vertising programs on this station, and listeners
you will find that some automobile dealers adver- would only time in for one minute at a time. We
tise a headlight dimmer which is just an ordinary do not advise going any further with the idea.
push button and which can be strapped fast to
.0 derive larg- the steering wheel or any other part of the car PHONOGRAPH SOUND CONTROL
profits know desired. One of the best dimmers now found is
INVENTORS :old heed certain
simple but vital
the Barkelew which is operated from a foot con-
trol and will either dins the lights or brighten them
at the will of the operator.
(993) Q. 1. J. E. Ritchim, Vancouver, B. C.,
Canada, has a device consisting of three
which he attaches to the diaphragm casing claws
of
facts before applying for Patents. Our hook Patent - phonograph and by screwing a set screw firmlya
Sense gives those facts; sent free. Write over the pin of the phonograph, he is able to
COMBINATION SWITCH AND RHEOSTAT control the volume of that phonogra,%. He re-
LACEY & LACEY (991)
quests our opinion on the device.
A. I. Your system for dampening the volume
644 F STREET, Q. 1. Louis Goldberg, Philadelphia,
WASHINGTON, D. C. Penna., submits an idea for a radio rheostat which as produced by the diaphragm of a phonograph is
Established 1869 not new nor is it practical. At the present time
the phonograph is on the wane and we' do not be-
lieve that it will ever become extremely popular
again. We consequently do not advocate patenting
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will lie of such a revolutionary character that it
will increase the interest in the phonograph.
AVIATION FIELD ILLUMINATION
(994) Q. 1. S. Milton, Bressington, Altoona,
vention Blank, sent Free on request. Tells our terms , methods, etc. Send Penna.. has submitted a searchlight for flying fields
model or sketch and description of which is semi -indirect in nature and which, due to
a peculiar cone arrangement, is supposed to spread
your invention for INSPECTION and the light across the field. He requests our advice.
INSTRUCTIONS FREE. TERMS A. I. The only kind of lights to use for flying
fields are searchlights which may be directed down
Name REASONABLE. BEST REFER- the field or which will illuminate the field indirectly.
ENCES. A space must be left clear for the pilot to land.
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City
RANDOLPH & CO. standard. The indirect lighting which you the
lustrate is not new nor is the method of distribut- il-
Dept. 172, WASHINGTON, D. C. ing the light over the field very new. We doubt
that a patent on the same can be secured.
(Continued on page 938)
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Patent Advice
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PATENTS
WOULDN'T HELICOPTER
(995) Q. 1. H. Hoenstein, New York City,
submits a drawing of a helicopter with propellers
mounted on each of the wings which also serve to
"While I am convinced that a
claim covering this idea could
have been drawn and would
STAY DOWN raise the machine. He requests the advisability of
patenting the system.
A. 1. While helicopters are very practical on
paper, the instant that one begins to use them, they
have been novel, this idea is not
expressed in the claims in suit,
and cannot be read into them."
become impractical. -Judge Tuttle, in Great
the true story ofa man who Even models work much
better than the finished machines. The difficulty
of helicopters is the inability to control them and
Western Mfg. Co. vs. Lowe
won where others failed in event of shutting off of power, it is relatively
impossible to bring the mechanisms back to earth
safely. Perhaps the new airplane parachute will
Your patent attorney must
have skill and experience
aid in accomplishing this work. We do not enough to see that your patent
advocate applying for a patent on your suggestion, claims cover your
Tires of Small Salary unless you are in a position to build a working invention
model of the device. completely.
He was putting in long
hours at unskilled work.
His small pay scarcely
lasted from week to week.
He saw other men pro-
moted. Then he learned
(996)
CAMLESS ENGINE
Q. 1. Ernest 0. Reuter, Philadelphia,
Penna., asks whether we know of any patent on a
four cycle camless engine.
MUNN & CO.
PATENT ATTORNEYS
the reason. They had spe- A. 1. A four. cycle camless engine and crank-
cial training. So he made shaftless engine has been placed upon the market Associated for 81 years with the Scientific
up his mind to get that recently. This device received very much pub- American
kind of training too. licity in the local newspapers. Not knowing what 1518 Scientific American Building
your particular system is like, we are not in a
Makes a Resolution 24 West 40th Street, New York City
"I've thought it all out,
I position to advocate applying for a patent on your
suggestion.
525 Scientific American Bldg.,
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1314 Tower Building, Chicago, Ilk
Grace! I'm as good a 522 Van Nuys Building, Lai Angeles, CaL
man as any of them. All FLOWER POT
I need is special training 667 Hobart Building, San Francisco, Cal.
-and I'm going to get it. (997) Q. 1. Sinclair Abey, Stratford, Ont., c -ea
If the International Corre- Canada, submits a drawing of a separable flower Ask for free copy of "Patents-A Book of
spondence Schools can pot made of paper and so arranged that it can be Facts Every Inventor Should Know" and
raise other men's salaries, split to facilitate handling the lump of soil sur-
they can raise mine. I'm rounding the roots of a plant and transplanting for "Inventor's Diary." Send for it NOW.
going to find out how." said plant. He asks our advice for patenting this
system.
Starts to Study A. 1. While your flower pot possesses some
merit, we believe that the idea is entirely too PATENT YOUR IDEAS In
No matter where you live, costly to permit of its extensive use and, there- Intentions developed. Patents
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needs. No matter how cake of soil can easily be transplanted.
limited your education, Many modern systems employ newspaper flower
the wonderfully illustrated pots which are planted in the ground, no attention *fr .17112;*,
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Just a little reward for which the nib of the pen slides back into the barrel
urging me to study at and a hinged cap swings forward over the top
home. The Boss says my
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made me a more valuable
of the pen, closing the opening.
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man to the firm." vantages. Your statement to the effect that this
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Science and Invention for February, 1927

Into the Fourth Dimension

By RAY CUMMINGS
(Continued from page 901)

It came to the end of the line. Other

workers appeared; carried it away-a long
flexible rod of newly created thought -mat-
of this
ter. The basic inorganic substance body, it CHOOSE
world. The thickness of a man's
seemed coming of interminable length. Then
the first worker gave out-dropped back
DECORATING or
exhausted. Then others. The rod broke.
tenuous and pale in places. It
grew SIGN PAINTING
Workers carried away the broken segments.
It was not a solid yet; they moulded it by
their touch as they carried it away.
Another signal from the leader. The two
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How long a spell of mental work this $10 to $25 PER DAY
might have been, I cannot say. Bee asked
me, in an awed whisper, how long As we had
Will
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memory of an Earth -standard of what we 14/6 FREE
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Science and Invention for February, 1927
"May we see what they are doing with
that thought -substance?" I suggested.
"No," he smiled. "I told you before, not
now."
I did not press it. I was wondering if
the shell of this huge globe would let me
through. Could I clutch Bee and will my-
self away into the void? Could I not thus
escape Brutar..

Expert
.

My thoughts must have reached him. He

said sharply, "If you regard the welfare
of your mind, Rob, you will not attempt to
wander." His tone changed to a menacing
contempt. "I can strike that sickly mind of
yours from your body in an instant. Have
a care!"

ACTUAL PRACTICAL
EXPERIENCE LESSONS

`Enjoy the vders,of Weit)York, Brutar," still talking to me, bent to show me
one of the lobos plants. It shrank away front
themodernBagdadthilelearningElectria him as though in fear. He frowned; struck it
a blow with his hand. His attention momen-
tarily was diverted from us. I heard Eo mur-
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the money you can make is limited only by your personal use in our two seven -story buildings. IT
IS ABSOLUTELY FREE TO YOU. are to be friends you go about it badly."
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CHAPTER XIII
theories into actual practice by solving the problems
with your own hands. I Address
THE LOLOS FLOWER
WE stepped back from the wall. Brutar
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We passed globes translucent with
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factured of the thought -substance, I sur-
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 941
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gotten my body-but there seems a pang
there."
"Thirst," he said readily. The word he
used, gave me the thought of thirst. And
Go after the
this was water, or its equivalent.
I knelt beside the white layers of mist.
Did I inhale it, or drink it? I have no
Big -Pay Job!
means of knowing ; but I know that the pang "Know electricity as experts
left me, and that the experience was vaguely know it and get an expert's Pay"
pleasant.
We moved on. Came at last to the great DON'T be satisfied to worry along in little
Behind us the opposite side of the jobs with little pay. Master the finer
field. points of electrical practice and bring the
encampment-the enclosure wherein I had big pay job within your reach. Croft will show
seen the creation of thought-material-was you how. Through his famous books he will
teach you electricity as experts know it and
now almost over our heads. The ground of put you in line for an expert's pay. Forty
the field was soft and flaky-it seemed as thousand men are using these books to step
though it might have been a black soil -lying ahead-WHY NOT YOU?
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dimness of distance. They appeared to be
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trical machinery of every type, installation,
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that thought -material?" plain words, figures and illustrations. Code-wiring of finished buildings-Under-
"Yes," he said. "Made from the same sub- Croft teaches you electrical practice com-
plete-inside oral outside work-central
writers' and municipal requirements-how
to do a complete job, from estimating it
stance you saw created. But many mental stations and the whole subject He takes to completion-illumination in its (leery
processes were necessary to bring it to this Act Now you in quick. ea,y steps from the simplest
principles to the complete and economical
phase-the latest and most improved meth-
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operation of a great central station. etc.
"And then you planted these-things
it?" I asked. "They look as though they The Sure Way to Bigger Pay
had an intelligence. I don't understand that. Big salaries are paid in the electrical field for expert knowledge. The man who
Are they growing here-or what?" knows electricity in all its many phases-the man who has completely mastered the sub-
Brutar hesitated. I think, that the man's ject from A to 2-can pick his own job and name his own salary. The only way you can
learning was not very great. Eo said:
"I believe I can explain it, [Link]. All things
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 942 Science and Invention for February, 1927

WRE
CHOWN IOW Wirekraft $3,000.00 in
ACTUAL SIZE.
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No. 1 - 16 Tinned Na 11 126 Tinned
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Into the Fourth Dimension

(Continued from page 941)

"It is much like our own world," I said.

"Except that these plants seem to have a
conscious mind."
"Why not?" Brutar demanded. "Every
living thing has a mind."
Eo added, "Since the essence of everything
is mentality-naturally the spark of life must
bring that mentality to consciousness."
"These things then," I said, "they know
that they are alive?"
"Of course. And Rob, what you told
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called your vegetable kingdom-seems not so
very different from ours."
"But it is different," I said. "Our plants
-our growing things-are not aware that
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Eo demanded gently, "How do you know
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mentality is lacking, to gauge the power of
heirs ?"
I smiled. "It may be so. . . Brutar, these
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"You are right-girl. This is evil-I
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Abruptly Will saw something. A blur-
a vague spot of luminosity beneath them. It
was moving. Suddenly he knew it was not
large and far -away, but small and very close.
It mounted; broke visually apart, resolved
itself into two dark blobs. Shapes. The
moving shapes of a man and a woman.
They came nearer. The woman was Bee!
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They reached Will. Bee gasped, "He-
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-his mind struggles to leave us! He is
wounded. I think-I think he is going to
die!"
She seemed crying as she flung herself
"I don't want him to die.
into Will's arms.
He is my friend-so gentle, so lovable-I
don't want him to die!'
END of PART 6
"ITT -4, -.- "--- -,
The Duo -Regenerator
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THE EGGS
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BRIEF CASE THE AGE
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By JAMES FRANCIS CLEMENGER
Iran Jealous
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Science and Invention for February, 1927

The Astrology Humbug

By JOSEPH H. KRAUS
PARKS
WOODWORKING MACHINES
(Continued from page 913)

Cabinet to work for the support of her mother and other

younger children in the family.
Shop She never traveled over seas consequently, she

Aviation
did not make any fortune through lands over the
Special seas. Her longest journeys were excursion trips
for the day and the only way in which these were
connected with sonic story of marital the pursuits,
were because her fiancee took her on trips.
a marriage, there was
There never having been
no financial improvement through marriage. Finan-
cial circumstances prevented high living.
There was practically only one man in this
Brings Quick
with Motor
You ought to have this handy Parks in your shop.
It is a compact, complete machine designed just
like a big production outfit at one -fifth the cost.
Includes 8 -inch circular rip and cross cut saw
girl's life from the time that she was mature
enough to entertain company of the opposite sex,
therefore, your statement of secret enemies, high
living, and much company is likewise erroneous.
According to the horoscope which you yourself
hate developed, it would indicate that the facts
Success
TO young men of daring no other
field of work offers such a fascina-
with polished cast -steel saw table, 16 -inch band expounded by you are more than ninety per cent
saw with tilting table for bevel-sawing, 6 -inch incorrect. While it is true that astrology is tion, such high pay, nor such oppor-
jointer, and motor operating from any light given credence in the Bible, it is also true that tunities for quick success as the field of
socket. Just plug in and go to work 1 Fits in a this same subject is disproven in the same Work.
Aviation. As yet, aviation is practically
corner of your basement. Does any kind of cab- -EDITOR.)
inet and joinery work. Add lathe, shaper and in its infancy. But now is the time to
other attachments any time at small cost. For get in.
the man who does "odd jobs" in his off time this ASTROLOGY HUMBUG
Parks is a big money maker. Turn out as much
as a four -man shop working by yourself. Editor, SCIENCE AND INVENTION: Amazing Opportunities
Write for circular and Parks complete catalog
Have finished reading your article, "The Truth
About Astrology" in SCIENCE AND INVENTION for in Airplane Industries
moving
of handy woodworking machinery. October, 1926. A truly good magazine and though,
an in- In the automobile industry and in the
teresting article. It tends to argument picture business hundreds of men got rich by
The Parks Ball Bearing Machine Co. (and "for the sake of argument' let's say,) getting in at the start. They made their success
before others woke up. Today, these lines offer
Cincinnati, Ohio
would like to state these few facts. (Can you deny
1553 Knowlton Street them?) no greater opportunities than a hundred and one
Canadian Factory: 208 Notre Dame East, Mcntreal, Can Astrology is not a religion but a scientific study others. BUT AVIATION IS NEW. Get in while
of the stars and planets. God made all these and the opportunities are big. All over the country
rules all these. there will be a clamor for trained men. It will not
It is a well known fact that insane people, asylum be a question of pay but of getting capable men.
inmates, etc., are more greatly affected by a new
moon than at any other time.
That the heat of the sun tends to make us doff
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makes us because of the knowledge that we will
$50 to $100 per Week
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sun that moves our brain in that line of thought. as the actual work. Every lesson is full of in-
You know that Hiram E. Butler, (a more rabid terest. That is why it is easy to learn aviation.
You do not have to make yourself study-it is
SETS, PARTS. KITS non -believer of Astrology never lived, I believe) like reading an interesting book that tells you
who fought against the truths of Astrology, studied you have always wanted to know. Only
164 PAGES OF NEW IDEAS this science, so that he would become better able one hour each evening will give you the basic
You need this big FREE to talk against it, finally realized the truth and training in a surprisingly short time.
book. A practical guide to then wrote the greatest and most well known text
suecess in set building. Gives book on Astrology to this day. One student, S.F. McNaughton, Chicago, says:
new 1927 hook-ups. Shows
You must realize that the idea of planets control- "Your lessons are like a romance, and what
t h e latest parts and kits is more, after one read-
at prices far below others. ling us is farcical because, if you or I were told ing, the student gets
Send today. Build the newest that we would meet our death through being hit
sets. Make more money. life being
by a train on a certain day, naturally, day, Fascinating a thorough understand.
ing. One never tires of
sweet to us, we would stay at home all
going outside the door.
In your example of the Dvorak twins, one mar-
never
-Daring-
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reading them." James
Powers, Pa., another
student, says, "I am in-
ried because her mind told her to, the other stayed Prepare Now for One deed surprised that
single because her mind said no and probably be- such a valuable course
cause she was never asked, but that does not count of These Positions can be had from such
against Astrology. Aeronautical Instructor practical men for so
The same goes for the Holland twins, one was $60 to $150 per week little cost."
Men wanted to manufacture Metal Toys strong and with backbone, while the other was Aeronautical Engineer
and Novelties weak-willed and easily tempted. $100 to $300 per week
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$40 to $60 per week tual experience give
sellers. Absolutely no experience or machinery neces- stars and planets.
sary. No special place needed. Small investment puts Why not print this and let us read what people Aeroplane Inspector you personal attention,
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 960 Science and Invention for February, 1927
train is in motion. We are assuming of course that
the train makes no stops enroute. Consequently,
AreYou Ever the planetary influence on twins being identical,
it should move them to the same line of thought
and they should both be married or remain single
as the case may bc.
Ashamed of Your statement, in the rase of the Holland
twins, that one was strong, with backbone, and the
other was weak-willcd and easily tempted does not
Your English? verify the truth of Astrology, but rather would
tend to disprove it.
It is obvious that both twins should be influenced
similarly and the mental abilities of both of then,
should have been identical. They were identical
enough as far as facial features and physical build
DO YOU say "who" when you was concerned.
should say "whom"? Do you say
"between you and I" instead of "be-
You also advise that Prof. Meyer certainly did
contradict himself. If you have read the papers,
you have noticed that Prof. Meyer also stated that
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Science and Invention for February, 1927
You say, "It is ludicrous for any intelligent
person to believe that a heavenly body can have
IS' BATTERY any effect whatsoever," etc.
Why ludicrous? The planets certainly
an effect on each other, and all ofprecision.
in their orbits with mathematical
have
them move
If
they were not inter -related the solar system would
ELIMINATOR be a chaos. We would be in constant
collision. It is certain, whatever
danger of
Science may
say about the matter, that some tremendous Law
governs all the worlds of which we have any
knowledge. Are there any known facts to prove
that human beings (and other forms of life) do to
not move in orbits as do the larger bodies
which they are attached and of which they are
a part? Granting this possibility, might not these
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Science and Invention for February, 1927
Miscellaneous (Continued) Patents
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 970 Science & Invention Book & Magazine Review for February, 1927

)BOOK REVIEW
SHIT' NIODEL NIAKING. By Capt. E.
Armitage McCann. 6% x 9%, cloth
bound, 130 pages. Well illustrated with
working drawings. Published by Norman
W. Henley Pub. Co., New York City, N.
Y. Price $2.50.
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of the subject are admirably given; every little
detail of construction is illustrated, even down to
the quarter lanterns. Some constructors when they
go to build a model, spend a good deal of money
on the purchase of materials, but this book tells
how to make beautiful money with practically no
expense provided you have the tools, and what is
more to the purpose, provided you have constructive
ability. A Spanish galleon, a square rigged vessel
with a lateen sail on her mizzen -mast is described
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given. Looking over the book has one very defintie
effect, it makes one feel like starting to work at
once. Whichever boat is made, the result will
certainly be most decorative, and at the present
day everyone wants a boat model in their home.

HOW TO MAKE A CLIPPER SHIP.

By Capt. E. Armitage McCann. 6 x 9
inches. Cloth bound. Profusely illustrat-
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It explains the com-
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later we even find double topgallant sails carried,
so that there may be seven or eight yards crossing
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RADIO
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