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...fogs (clouds on the ground) are formed-by the cooling of humid air, which condenses water vapor on particles of dust, pollen or soot in the air. They also know what a cloud or fog is made of-water droplets (or ice crystals) so small that an 1,800-cu. ft. block of dense fog contains only one-seventh of a glass of water. But many questions, such as what makes a cloud turn to rain, or how a rainbow is formed, are still subjects of vaporous debate...
Electrifying food news came last week from St. Louis. There, in a vat the size of a small room (1,000 cu. ft.), molasses, ammonia, water, air and yeast were being mixed. Every twelve hours this mixture produced a ton of good rich meat-nearly as succulent as the sirloin steak it takes two years to raise on the hoof, much cheaper, and much richer in proteins and vitamins. Furthermore, this new synthetic meat is so easy to make that its inventors already look forward to performing a modern miracle of the loaves & fishes after the war among the foodless...
...process: 125 lb. of yeast is planted in a vat containing 7,000 gal. of water, a ton and a half of molasses (on whose sugar the yeast feeds) and ammonia (which provides nitrogen that the yeast converts into protein). The mixture is kept warm, stirred by 1,000 cu. ft. of air a minute (without air the yeast would ferment the sugar). After twelve hours the prodigiously growing yeast, having multiplied its original weight 16 times, is a ton of flavorsome food. In its uncooked form it is a dry, light, brownish powder with a meaty, nutty or celery...
...painting small planes and subassemblies. To protect workmen against spray vapors and reduce fire hazard, each compartment is equipped with a curtain of water through which air is drawn by huge fans. When all sections are operating, every minute 3,200 gal. of water will fall, 496,000 cu. ft. of air will whoosh...
...another decade. Within the last few years, several research groups (notably the University of Pennsylvania's new Air-Borne Disease Laboratories) again began testing various sprays. Many chemicals were found to kill airborne micro-organisms quickly, even in concentrations as low as one gram of chemical per 500 cu. ft. of air. Trouble was that all these air germicides smelled bad, or were toxic, or irritated the respiratory tract. Dr. Robertson's propylene glycol vapor is odorless, tasteless, nontoxic, non-irritating, cheap, highly bactericidal...