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...spread of infection caused by micro-organisms in the air, particularly bacteria and living virus, may be combated by the use of ultra-violet light barriers which destroy the organisms...
Numerous means have been utilized for destroying the micro-organisms responsible for such infection, but of these, treatment of the air with ultraviolet light seems at present to be the most promising
...want to be quoted as doing nothing but smile," declared Thomas S. McCaleb, instructor in Geographical Exploration, when questioned about Guglielmo Marconi's flendish invention. Swathed in rumor, this 'micro-wave' machine is supposed to stall the ignition system of airplanes...
Interest in this apparatus was aroused by cryptic articles appearing in several newspapers, which declared that Marconi and his 'micro-wave' machine will soon be on the African frontier, ready to frustrate dusky aviators as soon as they dare leave the ground, and force their bare feet back to mother earth...
Microanalysis. By means of capillary tubes which require microscopes to tell when they are properly filled and a tiny iron-filled glass ball agitated by an electromagnet to stir the contents of the tiny glass vessels, Drs. David Glick and Gerson Ravinson Biskind of San Francisco made micro-analyses of microscopic bits of human tissue. Thus they learned that the middle part of pituitary gland contains Vitamin C (found in oranges, lemons, tomatoes, peppers, spinach) in more concentrated form than any plant or other animal tissue. The fore part of the pituitary, the adrenals and the ovaries also contain heavy...