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...materials that offset each other's weaknesses are glued together with adhesives made from coal tar or polyurethane foam. Bonding fragile fabrics onto stable yet supple synthetics, textile manufacturers can make cloth that lasts longer, holds its shape better, and resists stretching. The potential of the hybrid materials is so great that 300 million yards of bonded fabric have been produced this year, and by 1970 bonding is expected to capture 50% of the industry...
...mining equipment and collecting biological samples, examining the gas in fish bladders, and squirting clam juice into the water to see what species of marine life it attracts. As one of their most spectacular tasks, they are trying to salvage a submerged fighter plane by filling it with polyurethane foam and floating it to the surface...
Elegant and practical gimmicks abound. As optional safety equipment, Ford has a foam-padded child's seat with shoulder harness. The Fairlane offers a combination "his-and-hers" shifting: automatic transmission for women who want simple convenience, plus a stick shift for men who like the feeling of control it gives them. Some Plymouths have reading lights over the rear seat. Others have a redesigned door that is difficult to open in order to prevent accidental fallouts. Practically all of the cars offer more powerful engines this year. Lincoln increased the size of its engine from...
Ultimately, the solution must come from science and technology. Conservationists cried over detergent foam-up in streams and rivers; science developed more easily broken-down ("biodegradable") detergents. Science has developed techniques for pretreating sewage and industrial waste so that it need not pollute the nation's waters. Science will find new ways to use growing stockpiles of scrap metal; it is developing acceptable substitutes for wood...
...rubber industry's most inventive engineers, who directed physical research first at Goodyear and later at Firestone, in 1932 conceived a low-pressure pneumatic tractor tire that proved a major boon to farming, during World War II developed hard-rubber tracks for U.S. and British tanks, and a foam plastic float used to transport vehicles ashore in the Okinawa landing; of chronic lung disease; in Wilmington...