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Word: lensed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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The alleged photograph of a single disc taken by Californian coast guardsman Frank Ryman, which would shake the jet stream hypothesis, might well turn out to be a flaw in the lens upon critical examination, Professor Mather ventured.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Discs Aloft Are Just Jets, Mather Thinks | 7/8/1947 | See Source »

As every American boy within earshot of a radio knows, Cowboy Tom Mix's* wondrous compass-magnifying glass may be obtained for only 15? and one Shredded Ralston box top. The same price plus one box top of General Mills' Kix will bring the "awe-inspiring" atomic-bomb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: Frenzied Flashes | 6/9/1947 | See Source »

Well they might be. Robbins not only makes the atomic ring (see cut) and the Mix compass, but it turns out some dozen similar gadgets (the Orphan Annie dog whistle, Captain Midnight's code ring, a compass ring for Shredded Wheat, a radar ring for Peter Pan Peanut Butter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: Frenzied Flashes | 6/9/1947 | See Source »

There are few men in the land who can outdrive husky Babe Didrikson; she once slammed a ball 408 yards, averages an amazing 240. But the Babe contributes more to ladies' golf than just swat: she is a crowd-puller. Unlike most women golfers, who are timid before an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Whatta Woman | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

Behind this simple procedure is a radical innovation. In conventional photography, the light which comes through the lens forms a "latent image" in the silver bromide of the film. A proper chemical "developer" darkens this image by turning its silver bromide into black metallic silver. In the negative, the lightest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Quick Birdie | 3/3/1947 | See Source »

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