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Since they had to do without human skulls, the researchers, led by Edward R. Dye, started out with hens' eggs-which, Dye explained, are roughly equivalent, for experimental purposes. Both are about the same shape (ovoid), and both consist of a rigid, fragile shell containing gelatinous material. Eggs will break when dropped four inches on a hard surface, skulls about four feet. But skulls and eggs crack about the same...
...Dye and his associates made a gadget like a child's swing, put an egg in it, and swung it against a steel plate. When the egg was free to move (like a passenger with no safety belt) a very slight shock broke the shell. When held tightly, the egg survived harder shocks. When cushioned with rubber in front, it lasted even better. The hardiest eggs were snuggled against a cushioned block that slipped a little when the swing hit the steel, allowing the egg to come to a slow stop. It took a powerful shock to crack such...
Blood & Baldness. Blood was also on the mind of Anthropologist C. Wesley Dupertuis of Presbyterian Hospital, New York City. He measured the blood volume of 53 medical students (by injecting dye into their veins) and compared it with their general body-build. The plump, rounded subjects (endomorphs) and the slender, delicate ones (ectomorphs) had less blood compared to weight than the mesomorphs, or husky, athletic types. Conclusion: if you have lots of muscle, you probably have lots of blood...
...components making up the total cost of finished textiles are raw wool, labor, dye-stuffs, chemicals, machinery and buildings. Since all of these items are much higher in this country than anywhere else in the world, the wool textile industry that converts raw wool into finished cloth also needs protection...
Crepe for Color. The Germans did not encourage art at Stalag Luff I. Greening had to be resourceful. "We used our own hair for paintbrushes," he recalls. "We baked twigs to make drawing charcoal. Coffee made dye. We boiled crepe paper and can labels to get color for paints...