Word: automaticism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
In the Korean war the company jumped into airplane radomes and other Fiberglas and plastic shapes, and in 1953 invaded the school-furniture business. Last week, as a result of such triple playing, plus a fast-selling automatic pin setter for bowling, the company reported third-quarter earnings of $4.31...
The Electric Way. Traditionally, dies and similar metal products have been made by the slow process of grinding away the metal to fit a pattern. Using the Elox method, a die shape can be formed first in wood or plaster, then sprayed with a soft metal. When the metal hardens...
Ford brought out its 1959 Edsel this week with a face lifting, but it carefully redesigned the whole selling pitch for its one-year-old youngster. Instead of competing with medium-priced cars, as originally planned, Edsel is now aimed at the low-priced buyer. Ford switched Edsel's...
Starts's Olds is a fancy product that is two-thirds the size of the old Olds, comes in black, golden yellow, and fiesta red, has an automatic gear shift. Speed and gas mileage are similar to its rival. Cost: $1,195 f.o.b. Ft. Lauderdale.
Business Machines. Among the new office gadgets displayed in Manhattan's Coliseum: Philco's Transac 52000, the first commercial all-transistor computer (rental fee: $28,000 to $40,000); Thomas Collators Inc.'s completely automatic rotary drum collating machine, which sorts and staples, detects misses or doubles...