Search Details

Word: gadgetized (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Chain Reaction. Last July 21, said Langmuir, the Albuquerque weather forecast predicted no substantial amounts of rain. But at 5:30 a.m. Project Cirrus' ground generator (a gadget for releasing silver iodide smoke) started a day-long run. About 8:30 a.m. a big cloud formed down wind from the generator. At 9:57, a chain reaction started inside it, filling the cloud with raindrops that showed on a radar screen. Lightning flashed, thunder rolled, and heavy rain fell over a large area. Later thunderstorms near by watered other parts of New Mexico...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Better Rainmaking | 2/6/1950 | See Source »

...Krasno gadget is so simple that it will be in production by March. But before testing for potential heart disease can become as routine as testing blood pressure, doctors will have to wait for confirmation of the underlying theory: that the eye is a window to the heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Ticker & the Flicker | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

Previous | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | Next