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...functions. With funds raised by clockmakers' societies, he completed the plans in 1944, lived just long enough to supervise the first months of production of the clock's 15,000 different parts. Since then, a million dollars has gone into the clock. It is housed in an airtight, humidity-and-temperature-controlled glass case...
...Airtight Cap. An airtight container cap that hermetically reseals a glass jar when the lid is pressed on has been put on sale by the Owens-Illinois Glass Co. Originally developed for baby-food packers, the Vapak lid prevents discoloration of food. It will be sold in a variety of sizes for food and drug items...
...ground-up barley and rice are boiled, the hops and yeast are added to ferment the beer and give it its characteristic, slightly bitter tang. Both temperature and time must be controlled to the minute. The immense lagering cellars, where the fermentation goes on for 21 days, must be airtight to keep out all airborne bacteria. Finally, Anheuser-Busch treats its beer with a time-honored process that no other major national brewer uses. In glass-lined tanks floored with sterile beechwood chips, the beer is injected with a freshly yeasted brew known as "krausen," which starts a secondary, month...
...item on all good menus, Jean Cadart, snail lover and onetime snail merchant, discovered a serious lack: there was no up-to-date book on edible snails. The gap has now been filled by a book by Cadart himself. Les Escargots (Paul Lechevalier; 750 francs) covers the subject with airtight completeness...
...Airtight Case. In Reno, acting as his own attorney, Ex-Convict Thomas Mitchell argued successfully in district court that he was obviously not the man who tried to batter open an automobile-agency safe, because an old pro like himself could have done the job neatly and quietly in 20 minutes...