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...marine innovation. Mrs. Greene takes her delight in its practical arrangements and curious statistics. For instance, economy in ship space makes the location of the library a ticklish problem. The passengers' smoking room has been found a poor place because the passengers inevitably borrow the books. While the lower gyro room, as the Scotchman said, is "way down, ye know". Resort is usually had to the working alleway although narrowness bothers here. The librarian has to be a man whose profane tasks are not too arduous and one for whom the printed page has a "slight glimmering of interest", sometimes...
...worker, began to preach. In different parts of the city, 140 meetings were held during the week. Every day at noon, in the largest downtown theatre, services were held for officeworkers. Speakers addressed all the clubs in Des Moines, including the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Cosmopolitan, Canopus, Gyro, Caravan, Women's Civic. Said Mr. Proper: "This movement is the beginning of a great crusade. . . . Science has shown us that what is true in the laboratory test tube is true in the outside world. Both the church and the layman will gain immeasurably by this experiment...
...Cunarder Laconia and other large liners have recently tried out the Sperry gyro-pilot, a device which automatically steers 50% better than the human hand. The mechanism depends upon the rotation of the earth, and saves much of the wear and tear on the ship in rough weather...
...Navy was the first to perceive the inherent value of Mr. Sperry's invention and for some time, dreadnaughts, destroyers, and submarines have directed fire from the "crows nest," bridge, or conning tower by the aid of the numerous "repeaters" which respond instantly to the pulse of the master-gyro protected by the heaviest armor...
Three anonymous friends have presented to the Astronomical Department a model of a Sperry gyro-compass which, together with a model ship stabilizer donated by Mr. Sperry, will be used for illustrative purposes during the lecture, while lantern slides and moving pictures will further aid Mr. Sperry in his explanations...