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...Paris, one Albert Jauron announced that he had perfected an anti- aircraft projectile which, upon exploding in midair, would fling out a net to enmesh or envelop an airplane as a lepidopterist snares a butterfly. The Japanese Government having recently announced the adoption of just such a shell, Inventor Jauron declared he would...
...British thermal (heat) units as against 525 to 585 units in most illuminating gases. From 7 gal. of refinery residuum are produced 1,000 cu. ft. of the new gas and a by-product of 1½ gal. of gasoline high in ethylene content (40% to 50%). The inventor: one Dr. O. U. Bean, inventor also of the Bunsen furnace...
...London report declared that one J. L. Baird, inventor, had perfected "Television," a device to enable a person talking over a telephone to see his antagonist. It may be so, but Thomas Edison's experiments in that direction were not successful...
Press reports declared that Anton Flettner, inventor of the rotorship (TIME, Nov. 17, Dec. 8, Feb. 16, Mar. 2), was about to erect a windmill on a tower 650 ft. high with two arms, each 150 ft. long...
...with amazement that the moving picture industry, heretofore controlled entirely by America, is becoming more and more dependent on European influence. Skill in technical detail, reality of miniature work, grandeur of the large sets in this country is diversified by the artistic feeling of European producers. America, the real inventor, has gone ahead in a practical way to commercialize moving pictures; but the presence of a German director or a Polish actress has been responsible for nearly half of great American films. Europe has become the mistress...