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...toothbrush with a rubber bulb on the handle, for rinsing the teeth while brushing...
Some examples of pictures which Riggs has taken with his machine are: a golf ball compressed by a golf club; and a bullet stopped in flight as it shatters a bulb. Despite the terrific speeds of the objects, the pictures show remarkably little distortion, Riggs said...
...four newsreel cars and 250 people-reporters, cameramen, and bareheaded neighbors were lined up. At the house next door Mrs. Margaret H. Cox was giving a "Black radio party" with 18 guests, obligingly sent out her maid with coffee for the press. Daniel Goodacre, 13, begged the used flash bulb from a photographer who snapped the arriving Justice, explaining: "This is the biggest thing that's ever happened out here, even counting the time a man shot himself in his garage and that big brush fire...
Although his claim that he traversed more of the intercontinental land route than any of his predecessors still needs official corroboration, the Standard Oil Co. of N. J. which supplied most of his gas and oil, was delighted to tender him a banquet. Obligingly, he unscrewed a light bulb from the chandelier, smashed it to bits, put the glass in his mouth, took a draught of water. Of the hardships suffered by him and his late companions, he said piously, "I knew we would not all die because at the mountain top I laid my hands on the feet...
...This is the usual position for a nasal examination. A speculum is introduced into the nostril and under direct vision the spray tip is inserted upward along the septum until definitely past the middle turbinate. If it impinges on the roof of the nose it is slightly withdrawn. The bulb is squeezed the number of times required to introduce i cc. of solution. This amount completely covers the olfactory area. A similar procedure is then carried out on the opposite side of the nose...