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...HELIX (242 pp.)-David Loughlin-Harper...
during the war. Helix, his first novel...
...adaptation of their main product-hearing aids. An impression is taken of the outer folds and canal entrance of the ear. From this cast a polished plastic plug is made which extends into the auditory canal, is locked in place by a lip which fits over the helix (rim of the external ear). Light and clean, the plug is easily inserted with a twisting motion, cannot be pushed in too far, leaves sufficient leeway to equalize air pressures...
...greatest discovery, which ultimately resulted in the electric generator, he wrote: ". . . had an iron ring made. . . . Wound it with many coils of copper wire, one-half of them being separated by twine and calico. When all was ready . . . the battery was communicated with [the end of one coil]. . . . The helix strongly attracted the needle of [a galvanometre...
...crew of the Shipping Board steamer West Helix smoked dried tea leaves instead of tobacco for two weeks. On a two-months' voyage from Antwerp to Boston, attended by gales and machinery trouble, they ran out of cigarettes and tobacco...