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SCIENCE-ADVERTISEMENTS Let's look at the record of GLOBAL GEOGRAPHY By GEORGE T. RENNER AND ASSOCIATES Widely sold!-Five printings in eight months. Widely praised!-". . .. splendid text." ". . . best I have used." ". . . noteworthy contribution." Widely adopted!-Already adopted by more than 75 universities and colleges including: Adelphi College Alabama Polytechnic Institute Alabama State Teachers College (Troy) Albion College Arkansas State College Ball State Teachers College Baylor University Brigham Young University Catawba College Columbia University Concord State College Converse College Duke University Fayetteville State Teachers College Fenn College Fordham University Georgetown University James Millikin University John B. Stetson University Kansas State Teachers College Kent State University Lake Forest College Louisiana State Normal College McMaster University Nebraska State Teachers College (Peru) New Mexico State Teachers College Ottawa University Pennsylvania State Teachers Col- lege (Slippery Rock) Pennsylvania State Teachers Col- lege (West Chester) Southern Illinois Normal University Southern Methodist University Southern University Southwest Texas State Teachers College Stanford University Teachers College of Connecticut University of Illinois University of Nebraska University of North Dakota University of Omaha University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh University of Toledo University of Virginia Utah State Agricultural College Valparaiso University Wayne University West Virginia Wesleyan College Western Michigan College of Education Western State College of Colorado Woman's College,.University of North Carolina 165 illustrations $3.75 CO-AUTHORS Thomas F. Barton Daniel R. Bergsmark W. 0. Blanchard W. A; Browne Ernestine F. Caliandro William F. Christians Harold F. Clark John W. Frey Weldon B. Gibson Lucia C. Harrison G. David Koch Earl E. Lackey A. A. La Fleur Harry 0. Lathrop Ben F. Lemert Ovid M. McMillion Alfred H. Meyer Walter W. Ristow Joseph S. Roucek Paul B. Sears Guy-Harold Smith Warren T. Strain Griffith Taylor Lewis F. Thomas Edgar N. Transeau Richard L. Tuthill Stephen S. Visher J. Russell Whitaker C. Langdon White There has been no price increase in any CROWELL text or manual since before Pearl Harbor THOMAS Y. COMPANY New York 16, New York 728 pages FzBauAay 23, 1945 9 432 Fourth Avenue

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  • SCIENCE-ADVERTISEMENTS

    Let's look at the record of

    GLOBAL GEOGRAPHYBy GEORGE T. RENNER AND ASSOCIATES

    Widely sold!-Five printings in eight months.Widely praised!-". ... splendid text." ". . . best I

    have used." ". . . noteworthy contribution."

    Widely adopted!-Already adopted by more than 75universities and colleges including:

    Adelphi CollegeAlabama Polytechnic InstituteAlabama State Teachers College

    (Troy)Albion CollegeArkansas State CollegeBall State Teachers CollegeBaylor UniversityBrigham Young UniversityCatawba CollegeColumbia UniversityConcord State CollegeConverse CollegeDuke UniversityFayetteville State Teachers CollegeFenn CollegeFordham UniversityGeorgetown UniversityJames Millikin UniversityJohn B. Stetson UniversityKansas State Teachers CollegeKent State UniversityLake Forest CollegeLouisiana State Normal CollegeMcMaster UniversityNebraska State Teachers College

    (Peru)New Mexico State Teachers CollegeOttawa University

    Pennsylvania State Teachers Col-lege (Slippery Rock)

    Pennsylvania State Teachers Col-lege (West Chester)

    Southern Illinois NormalUniversity

    Southern Methodist UniversitySouthern UniversitySouthwest Texas State Teachers

    CollegeStanford UniversityTeachers College of ConnecticutUniversity of IllinoisUniversity of NebraskaUniversity of North DakotaUniversity of OmahaUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of PittsburghUniversity of ToledoUniversity of VirginiaUtah State Agricultural CollegeValparaiso UniversityWayne UniversityWest Virginia Wesleyan CollegeWestern Michigan College of

    EducationWestern State College of ColoradoWoman's College,.University ofNorth Carolina

    165 illustrations $3.75

    CO-AUTHORS

    Thomas F. BartonDaniel R. BergsmarkW. 0. BlanchardW. A; BrowneErnestine F. CaliandroWilliam F. ChristiansHarold F. ClarkJohn W. FreyWeldon B. GibsonLucia C. HarrisonG. David KochEarl E. LackeyA. A. La FleurHarry 0. LathropBen F. LemertOvid M. McMillionAlfred H. MeyerWalter W. RistowJoseph S. RoucekPaul B. SearsGuy-Harold SmithWarren T. StrainGriffith TaylorLewis F. ThomasEdgar N. TranseauRichard L. TuthillStephen S. VisherJ. Russell WhitakerC. Langdon White

    There has been no price increase in any CROWELL text or manual since before Pearl Harbor

    THOMAS Y. COMPANYNew York 16, New York

    728 pages

    FzBauAay 23, 1945 9

    432 Fourth Avenue

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    A "STARLIGHT" TUBEA " STARLIGHT " tube, it is called, a new super-sensitive

    electronic tube smaller than a 25-watt incandescent lightbulb, can be used to measure accurately the feeble quan-tity of electricity in the light of a star many million-million miles away. It has, however, very practical essen-tial wartime uses in the electro-chemical analysis of metalssuch as steel, and the detection of impurities in highexplosive compounds.

    The new tube and its development were described atthe New York meeting of the Institute of Radio Engi-neers by William A. Hayes, of the Westinghouse Electricand Manufacturing Co., who is responsible for its presentdevelopment.

    The minimum amount of electric current which the tubecan measure, one one-hundred-trillionth (1/100,000,000,-000,000) of the electric energy in the light from anaverage home reading lamp, actually is less than theminute electric current in the dimmest starlight.When astronomers seek information concerning changes

    in a planet 's direction, speed or other characteristics,they hitch the tube, which is attached to a photoelectriccell, to the "eye" end of an observatory telescope. Onthe basis of the starlight readings, the distance betweenthe earth and the stars is determined by trigonometriccomputation.

    The sensitivity of the tube, which must be operated intotal darkness to keep ordinary daylight from energizingthe grid, is derived from its unorthodox design and con-struction. Glass " pants-legs " are tailored around thestiff metal wires which support the tube's internal struc-ture to prevent stray electrons from getting lost. Func-tioning like a lightning rod, a tiny tungsten wire is spot-welded inside the tube and pressed against its side tocatch unwanted electric charges that might affect itsaccuracy.

    A simple electronic tube contains a wire filament thatshakes loose electrons when heated, a metallic mesh calleda grid that acts as a control gate through which electronsmust pass, and a plate that collects the electrons. In thenew starlight tube the roles of the plate and the grid areinterchanged; the grid functions as the plate and theplate as the grid.

    ITEMSA TINY floating magnet, that remains in the air without

    visible means of support over a lead plate cooled to atemperature only a few degrees above absolute zero, itselfcreates, it would seem, the power that holds it aloft. Theprobable explanation is that the magnetic field of themagnet sets up incessant induction currents in the lead,which, in turn, repel the magnet. This ability, in a ferro-nickel magnetized bar one centimeter long, was recentlydiscovered by scientists in the Soviet Union and is re-ported by a corresponding member of the USSR Academyof Sciences. In the experiment, the lead plate had beencooled to 269 degrees below zero Centigrade, approxi-mately four degrees above absolute zero. When the tiny

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    magnet was thrown on the plate it bounced into the air

    and remained floating until the temperature of the platerose three degrees, when it settled on its surface. This

    action is dependent upon the very low temperature towhich the lead was subjected. It has been known for

    years that at very low temperatures the electrical re-

    sistances of some metals drop very greatly. When cooled

    to this condition the metal is said to be superconductive.Lead becomes superconductive at 266 degrees below zero

    Centigrade, and mercury at 269 degrees. A current

    started by an electromotive force in a superconductivelead ring continues to flow for hours after the startingforce is removed.

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    the instrument panel of a B-29 Superfortress, the newair position indicator gives continuous readings of lati-

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    readings in the history of navigation on the sea or in

    the air. Developed by the Eclipse-Pioneer division of

    Bendix Aviation Corporation, with the cooperation of theAir Technical Service Command at Wright Field and theNavy Department, the device eliminates the need for thenavigator to work for hours with charts, basic naviga-tional reference books, star-sighting sextants, and otheraids to navigation to calculate the position of his airplanein flight. The navigator of a B-29 can pinpoint his posi-tion on the map and keep the plane on the skyroad to anyenemy target, by referring to two needles on a small in-

    strument panel dial of the air position indicator markedoff in degrees of longitude and latitude. This same dialalso gives him a continuous record of nautical miles flownand indicates the correct compass heading of the plane.

    PATIENTS with severe streptococcus sore throats startto improve within 8 to 12 hours after the first injec-tion of penicillin and may be well within 24 hours, Armymedical officers found in studies reported in the Journalof the American Medical Association. Unless the pa-tients continued to get penicillin treatment for six days,however, they suffered relapses. The greater effective-ness of penicillin over sulfadiazine in throat infectionswith hemolytic streptococci is stressed in the report byMajor Norman Plummer, Miss Dorothy Rhoades Duersch-ner, Major Harold Draper Warren, Captain Francis T.Rogliano and Captain Ruell A. Sloan. "It should beused without delay in any serious, progressive hemolyticstreptococci infection," they advise. The most strikingfinding, they point out, was the disappearance of the strep-tococei from the nasopharynx within 24 hours. Thisraises a number of questions such as whether it is possiblecompletely to eradicate the streptococci from the bodyand what effect this would have on the course of the dis-eane and the development of rheumatic fever or kidneydisease as complications of strep sore throat. The studydoes not answer these questions, though it gave "someindication that complications of this disease can be pre-vented and effectively treated."

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