Word: metalized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...North Africa, the Nazis launched their Nebelwerfer (smoke thrower), a multibarreled, rocket-propelled mortar which U.S. and British troops dubbed "screaming meemie." Set off electrically, its rocket shells fling long fingers of metal...
...booming West Coast war centers, metal filing cabinets are hens'-teeth scarce. The Army, Navy and the big manufacturers have combed the countryside, town by town, unable to find...
...silica gel are enclosed with the packed object in a vapor-proof wrapping like Pliofilm or reinforced Cellophane. To show whether the air inside is keeping dry enough, the silica gel is impregnated with cobalt chloride, which turns pink if humidity rises above 30%-the point at which metal begins to rust. After unwrapping, silica gel can be dried and used again...
...enemy soldiers approaching along jungle trails; a light (probably using infrared rays) that would enable soldiers to see objects at night but be invisible to the enemy; an improved means of signaling the identity of ground troops to friendly planes and vice versa; a simple, harmless process for darkening metals, especially aluminum, so that they will not reflect light; a method of waterproofing vehicles so that engines will not stall when they ford streams; an inexpensive, durable metal for soldiers' dishes; a means of absorbing or eliminating poisonous carbon monoxide (apparently a substantial problem to soldiers .working around motorized...
...metal trays formerly used in the dining halls will be sold as scrap. Students will proceed down the serving line with hands outstretched...