Word: ib
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...oyster withstood a pull of three pounds (more than a starfish's estimated strength) for 40 hours, did not open until a 22-lb. pull was applied. Another oyster held on against 30 Ib. Several clams stood 25 Ib. before their shells, not their muscles, broke. One oyster withstood a 3-lb. pull for five days before opening one-fiftieth of an inch, for eight days before opening a quarter of an inch (a tight squeeze for even a hungry starfish's stomach...
...Because of a meat shortage, a Boston wholesaler started selling horse meat at 25? to 50? a Ib...
...Lodi, Calif, last month, Dr. John R. Matchett of the U.S. Department of Agriculture extracted 400 Ib. of tartrates from winery residues merely by running them through "Amberlite," thus opened the way for a possible 1943 production of 10,000,000 Ib. of tartaric acid.* In Idaho, beet sugar refiners are increasing sugar production, reducing by-product molasses with equal simplicity...
...need for tartaric acid is serious for munitions, baking powder, synthetic silk, photographic materials, candy. The U.S. requires at least 15,000,000 Ib. annually. Foreign sources of argols and lees (crusts and dregs) of winery wastes...
...ersatz materials are often better than the products they replace. Samples exhibited at Chicago's National Chemical Exposition: an Army raincoat that weighs 1½ Ib. less than the old model, saves 1¾ Ib. of rubber; plastic buttons for uniforms; synthetic bristles, tetered like natural hog hairs, for paintbrushes...