The weight of fabrics, which is of importance to the manufacturer, wholesaler, retailers and consumer, is determined by precision balance. Sections of fabric measuring 4"" x 4"" are used to determine the weight per square yard.
Part of the World's Largest Hydro-Electric Machine-Approximately 1/5 of 1750000 pounds, the total weight of an 84000 horsepower hydro-electric generator is represented in the combined weight of the thrust bearing bracket and stator frame here show...
New type sleeper trailer of light weight stainless steel construction for travel in Syrian desert. Constructed by the Edward G. Budd Company of Philadelphia for the Nairn Transport Company Ltd. The trailer utilizes the same principles of...
New type sleeper trailer of light weight stainless steel construction for travel in Syrian desert. Constructed by the Edward G. Budd Company of Philadelphia for the Nairn Transport Company Ltd. The trailer utilizes the same principles of...
Nylon yarn is checked for weight. Samples of uniform length are taken from bobbins that come from the spinning machines and weighed to check the denier of the yarn, This is one of the steps in the DuPont Company's plants at Seaford, Delaware;...
The weight of animals is a guide to effect of the test materials. The fact that rabbit at DuPont's Haskell Laboratory for Toxicology and Industrial Medicine at Newark, Delaware lost no weight following test helped clear one plastic film for good...
Hendrick requests information about their battery. He intends to purchase an electric automobile, possibly a Columbia Surrey. Hendrick requires a battery of sufficient capacity to run a surrey 150 miles with one charge on good country roads such...
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Table of Contents: The long egg comes out of its shell; People with good connections; the quest for gold at homestake; Signs of intelligence; Ward-to-ward carpeting; Arabian adventures of aca; In pursuit of safer seating; The well-packed valise;...
This triple duty Super Constellation, sporting a new military look, is ready to start long haul service with the Military Air Transport Service as a convertible transport that can be quick switched to carry passengers, cargo or hospital litter...
Redstone launch vehicle carrying a boilerplate model of the Project Mercury spacecraft launched at 12:30 pm from Cape Canaveral, FL today appeared to fly its preplanned trajectory. The vehicle reached a peak altitude of 115 statute miles, a maximum...
Chicopee MA-Spring is here and hard on its heels is the season for baseball, Americas favorite sport. Already the factories that manufacture baseballs are busily turning out a supply to meet the demand. These photographs, made at the A.G. Spalding...
Designed for a sustained cruising speed of 100 miles per hour, the new rear engine Torpedo has the rakish lines of a fast plane combined with light weight and safety features developed in champions that wont 14 out of 16 events at the Indianapolis...
Its compact design, light weight and low cost make the IBM Personal System/2 Model 30 ideal for customers requiring word processing, spreadsheet and business application solutions. The Model 30 can be used as an entry-level stand-alone system, as...
Oddities in the news: A robin in Newark, Ohio feathers its nest with threads of pure glass and in Toledo demonstration reveals that a single pane of tempered plate glass bends but does not break under the weight of a three-ton elephant. An now,...
Equal quantity of beer is contained in the single trip packie bottles, left, used in cast quantities to carry beer to our fighting men overseas and the returnable deposit bottles shown right above. Each bottle holds 12 ounces, but there the...
Physical testing of Acele acetate rayon to determine denier, or weight, as conducted at the Waynesboro, Virginia plant of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company.
