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...from M.I.T. (where he developed the now accepted electrochemical theory of corrosion), Researcher Whitney set up the country's first industrial-research lab in a Schenectady barn, spurred on an alert crew of scientists (including William D. Coolidge, Irving Langmuir) to develop the modern electric-light bulb and turn out a wide assortment of major electronic discoveries...
...around 1,000° centigrade. The first plate is hot enough to release electrons; the second is not. Clouds of electrons boil off the hotter plate (the cathode) and are attracted to the cooler plate (the anode), thereby producing a current of electricity strong enough to light a small bulb. In effect, the device is a simple battery, energized by heat...
...FLASH BULB about the size of a thimble but with lighting power of standard bulbs will be marketed by Sylvania Electric Products Inc. early next year. Zirconium-filled, it requires a special attachment, will sell for 14?, the price of larger photo bulbs...
...Plexiglas-topped convertible whisked the royal couple to Rideau Hall, official residence of Governors General, where that night Elizabeth and Philip received 600 newsmen and their wives. To one of his visitors Philip gave a level look and demanded: "Who are you?" "I'm the man whose flashlight bulb exploded near you," gulped the photographer. "I remember you," Philip laughed...
...company that does succeed in providing prompt and efficient service, the rewards are well worth the effort. Starting in 1903, Detroit Edison Co. began giving customers free light bulbs, largely as a publicity stunt, soon went on to free electric cords and fuses. Last year the company sent 275 repairmen on 160,000 fuse calls, 138,000 stove-service assignments, 456,000 other appliance missions, charging nothing for labor and only for parts totaling more than $1. The company knows that nothing cuts electricity sales faster than a dead light bulb, a dead dishwasher, a dead freezer. And though...