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...Adams the dynamo became a symbol of infinity. As he grew accustomed to the great gallery of machines, he began to feel the forty-foot dynamos as a moral force, much as the early Christians felt the Cross.... Before the end, one began to pray to it; inherited instinct taught the natural expression of man before silent and infinite force. Among the thousand symbols of ultimate energy, the dynamo was not so human as some, but it was the most expressive...
...Adams, the dynamo; for Brussels, the atom. Unlike the Chicago's World's Fair of 1900, the Exposition's first impression upon a visitor its huge aluminum-covered replica of an atom, the official symbol...
...earth's magnetic field is now known not to come from a permanent-magnet core. A probe may help confirm the current theory that the revolving earth and its molten metal interior form a giant dynamo, generating electric currents and thus magnetism. If the probe reports that the moon itself has no magnetic field, it will make the terrestrial-dynamo theory seem more credible...
...Private Dynamo in the Public Service Named by President Eisenhower to a chair on the Atomic Energy Commission: California Industrialist John Alex McCone...
Network on Film. NTA claims to be "the nation's fourth television network." In industry terms, the claim is more hope than reality since there is no electronic linkage between NTA's affiliated stations. But President Ely Landau, a blunt, rounded dynamo of 38, has made a career of turning his ambitions into achievements. In 1951, on a mere $500, he incorporated himself as a TV film packager and distributor; in 1953 he expanded the corporation and renamed it National Telefilms Associates, began buying and distributing Hollywood films for TV release. Soon he had talked 134 TV stations...