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...sound-waves which fit into each other much like the teeth of two saw blades. The "electric ear" will also be used to test machines for friction, loose parts. Set in the dashboard of an airplane, the device will warn the pilot of engine trouble before he can detect it with his own ears...
...nation. They compare our developing civilization with the crystallized customs of countries which were mellowed when Americans were felling the forests and striving for mastery over nature. American culture is still in process. Meanwhile, the average American, comparing our general well-being with distressed conditions elsewhere, can detect the foundations of a culture which, although it will be different from that of other lands, is not likely to be less admirable. --The Boston Herald...
Surgical Threads. Manufacturers of braided silk and catgut used in sewing up wounds heretofore have tested their threads five or six days to detect any latent germs. Henceforth, to satisfy fellows of the College of Surgeons, surgical threads must undergo 13 days' test-this the suggestion of Dr. Frank Lamont Meleney, Manhattan...
That's what we need around here--a little pep with a capital P--more spirit--loyalty to college--go and action--what Harvard has always stood for--I may be only a Freshman--but as soon as I came here I could detect a difference between the spirit in Milford High and the spirit here. Of course that isn't much of a school but we used to have rallies every Friday night before the games and bonfires before the big games and the team felt that every fellow was behind them, fighting in there--You seem...
...Committee and his Wet friends. Voters are asked three questions: 1) Shall the 18th Amendment be repealed? 2) Shall the Volstead Act be modified? 3) Shall the State Dry law be repealed? On two previous Prohibition polls (1922, 1926), Illinois voted Wet two-to-one. Observers last week could detect no shift in sentiment this year toward Dryness. The Republican leaders at Springfield therefore framed a party plank pledging themselves to go Wet if the referendum should go Wet. Up rose Nominee McCormick to declare...