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Between the crystal (highest form of inorganic matter) and a unicellular bit of protoplasm (lowest form of living matter) has been a gap which scientists have never been able to span. In a recent issue of Nature, British scientific weekly, Dr. F. Rinne, University of Freiburg, Germany, suggested similarities between a crystal and a simple sperm cell which may be the means of drawing living and nonliving matter together. He pointed out that a chief characteristic of liquid crystals* is the so-called "straight-stretch" type of molecule which composes it. Protein molecules of sperm cells are also...
...sipped tea and talked dog-shop, Dr. Little chose Watchman of Monagh Lea as No. 1 U. S. Scotty. This dog's value: $3,000. His prize: $15 and a silver cup. World's best Scotty is Heather Necessity, best-of-breed at London's last Crystal palace show...
Incoming impulses, though closely bordering those of another station (three kilocycles away) are sharply defined in the radiostat. All extraneous impulses are clipped off in a piezoelectric* crystal gate, which is the heart of the invention. Future developments for the invention within sight of Dr. Robinson: increasing cable capacities from 500 words per minute, their present rate, to 20,000 w.p.m.; tremendous expansion of trans-Atlantic telephone service...
...Piezoelectricity (piezo, Greek to press), discovered by the Curies a half-century ago, is generated when pressure is applied to a pyroelectric crystal (one in which a temperature change produces a state of electric polarity). In the piezo effect the amount of electricity freed is proportional to the pressure applied. First pyroclectric crystal discovered: tourmaline...
...Blair and California Packing are very friendly. At present General Foods has more than 80 branded products (ten leading ones: Walter Baker's Chocolate, Maxwell House Coffee, Calumet Baking Powder, Postum, Hellman's Mayonnaise, Grape Nuts, JellO, Log Cabin Syrup, Swan's Down Cake Flour, Diamond Crystal Salt) which it distributes through 400,000 grocery stores. The average age of the component companies is 40 years. Hoariest of all is Walter Baker's Chocolate, now celebrating its 150th anniversary. Chairman of General Foods is Edward F. Hutton, husband of the daughter of Postum-Founder Charles William...