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...compared this process to the action of a battery: "When the two systems of condenser and coil come together, they produce a totally new, oscillating system...

Author: By William R. Galeota jr., | Title: Lorenz Discusses Bases of Learning | 6/2/1967 | See Source »

Masefield led English poetry out of its Victorian sententiousness and thus earned his modest place in the poets' pantheon. In one of his last books, he wrote: "It is time now to pipe down and coil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: Piping Down | 5/19/1967 | See Source »

Tennant's huge perfect coil gained him undisputed victory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Pre-Fab Blizzard' Wins Quincy Paper Plane Test | 2/10/1967 | See Source »

Even if birth-control pills were economical, it would be an uphill battle to train peasant women in their regular use. These days, the government is relying instead on the cheaper intrauterine plastic loop. Though it is about the simplest and most economical contraceptive available to India, the coil-shaped device has given rise to a host of rumors, one of them a report that it gives the husband an electric shock. More than 1,000,000 women have been fitted with the loops at clinics. Another 1,780,000 Indians have voluntarily undergone sterilization (for payments of less than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Uncertain Trumpet | 12/30/1966 | See Source »

Because the rate the ether passes through the silicone tubing can be measured, the size of the anesthetic dose can be controlled by the thickness of the tubing used. For use on human beings, the coil would probably be attached to the patients wrist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Surgeon at Med School Makes Anesthesia Find | 10/8/1966 | See Source »

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