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...spite of laymen's hopes, the question of life on Mars will probably not be solved when Caltech's 200-inch telescope gets into action (perhaps next year). The giant instrument will show Mars larger but not much clearer, on account of atmospheric distortion. The light by which earthlings see Mars is reflected sunlight-and that means light which has passed twice through the Martian atmosphere and once through the Earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Beyond Earth | 7/31/1939 | See Source »

Previous-lightning measurement has relied mainly on the oscillograph, which records the changing intensity of a bolt by means of an oscillating electron beam playing on photographic film. The fulchronograph is not only cheaper to use, says Westinghouse, but furnishes a clearer lightning picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: For Lightning, For Generators | 7/24/1939 | See Source »

...Poland's access to the sea and so exert an economic and military stranglehold upon her." While there was no question of "any oppression of the German population in Danzig" and the present status of the City was "not basically unjust or illogical," he believed that in a "clearer atmosphere possible improvements could be discussed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POWER POLITICS: We Have Guaranteed | 7/17/1939 | See Source »

Last weekend, A. R. P. News readers got a little clearer view of the shape of things that may come. Britain staged its first large-scale blackout, including almost all southern England except London. Planes flew in from the coast to test the skill of volunteer "spotters" and searchlight crews. On vacant lots bombs were exploded to give the volunteer firemen, decontaminators and first-aid crews practice in rushing through darkened streets to danger spots. Observers in the air watched for lights that would be a giveaway to enemy aviators. The blackout, pronounced a success, was on an entirely volunteer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Absolute Necessity | 7/17/1939 | See Source »

...engineers hope Big Bertha will be powerful enough to come in clearer than its German rivals. Its news will certainly be more credible. Hundreds of South American listeners have lately written to U. S. stations that they regard European newscasts as blatantly biased, those from the U. S. as objective. Said one: "Station W2XAF is considered a semi-official news bureau here. . . . When "we do not hear it, we ignore the news, particularly the foreign news...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Big Bertha | 7/17/1939 | See Source »

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