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Word: microvivarium (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Industrial Exhibits generally are 1939 all over again in theme, but some are new in detail. Typical changes: General Motors put more local, authentic scenery in its vast Futurama; Westinghouse's robot has an electrified dog to keep him company, its Microvivarium (kills germs with sterilizing rays) has been renamed Micro-blitzkrieg. Brand-new: Henry Ford's A Thousand Times Neigh, wherein a synthetic horse comes back to report on the evolution of the automobile; Du Font's Nylon factory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Forty Fair | 5/20/1940 | See Source »

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