Word: cadmium
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Rechargeable Batteries. A line of batteries that can be recharged overnight through household electrical outlets will be put on sale this fall by Sonotone Corp. Smaller versions of nickel-cadmium batteries used in missiles and jets, the new batteries come in twelve different sizes for flashlights, portable TV sets and other appliances, have a 15-to 20-year life expectancy. Price: $7.95 for a unit equal to two standard flashlight batteries...
...nose of its launching rocket and will snap into position as soon as it is spaceborne. The array of solar batteries is expected to develop as much as 400 watts, about enough to run a small toaster. Most of the energy will be stored in nickel-cadmium batteries. When triggered by a signal from the earth, the batteries will power the satellite's radio transmitter...
...mural, in ultramarine blue, cadmium red, titanium white and mars black, could be read as a simplification of the industrial process, with diced slices at the top working down through a pinball-machine principle to end in packaged products at the bottom. In fact, says Davis, the work is pure composition. The title Composition Concreète refers to "concrete music"-sounds recorded on tape, which is cut and spliced in patterns to make a composition. This emphasis is not surprising from Stuart Davis, who says that jazz is his greatest inspiration...
...have a small duplicate of Clyfford Still's Red and Black painting in my studio. I created it when I spilled some cadmium orange on my linoleum tile floor. I will be happy to sell...
...Harvard investigators reported that "cadmium will ultimately be found to have an important use in the body...