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Blood collected for the Red Cross plasma reservoir is refrigerated at 4° C. (39° Fahrenheit), shipped to laboratories where the plasma is separated from the blood cells in a centrifuge, a whirling machine that works like a cream separator. A technique very recently developed dries the plasma like powdered milk for storage as a pale yellow powder; this powder is made available for quick transfusion by mixing with sterile, triple-distilled water. The doctors in charge of the program estimate that stores of dried plasma will not deteriorate for at least five years...
...tires can be protected against light, air and dirt [all of which are harmful to rubber] by covering them with a tarpaulin or other heavy, tightly woven fabric. The darker the storage place the better. Heat and air have a very destructive effect on casings. Seventy or 80 degrees Fahrenheit should be the maximum storage temperature. Drafts and moving air replenish the supply of oxygen, causing the casing to deteriorate more rapidly...
...tanks and 1,000 guns are moving toward Moscow." As a matter of fact, the terrific offensive was not doing much moving that day. Russia's Army and winter were both giving it the cold shoulder. The thermometer registered 31° below zero, Fahrenheit...
Whether it knows it yet or not, the U.S. is becoming the mightiest naval power in the world. Last week that dawning power was underlined once again: within the span of five days the Navy launched a submarine, three destroyers (Aaron Ward, Buchanan and Fahrenheit) and a battleship. Into the James River at Newport News, Va. smoked the hulk of the 35,000-ton Indiana, six months ahead of schedule...
...half-mile, bald, burly Arthur Starnes plummeted down through miles of air last week. During that minute and 56 seconds he dropped five and a half miles (29,300 feet), hit a speed of 190 m.p.h., felt the temperature change from 46° below zero (Fahrenheit) to mild 60° above. When he cracked his chutes at 1,500 feet, he was pretty sure he had had an experience that would not only keep green the name of Arthur Starnes but somehow help national defense...