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...Monel-metal urinals (70% nickel, 30% copper), chrome-plated brass towel hangers, aluminum lockers, 13,000 lb. of brass name plates are among the Navy's specifications for a seaworthy cruiser...
...promised enthusiastic cooperation, proposed to place a phonograph or sound film record bearing a salutation from the President of the U. S. to the potentates of 8113; recordings of the voices of King Edward, Stalin. Mussolini, Hitler. Emperor Hirohito and President Lin Shen; encyclopedias and newspapers: stainless steel or Monel metal models of furniture, printing presses, automobiles, airplanes, typewriters, etc.: a film projection machine with instructions for its operation; specimens of food, drink and chewing gum. Perishable materials might be sealed in an atmosphere of inert gases like neon or argon...
Housewives will like the kitchen, a rectangular room free of sharp projections, handles, gadgets. Down one side runs a Monel-Metal topped counter in which is set the stove (gas or electric), the refrigerator, the sink. Above the counter are enameled metal cabinets stored with canned and packaged goods which come with the house. "We want you to have two days' food when you move in." says the company. Next to the kitchen, neatly embedded in a thick column, are the furnace (coal, gas, oil or electric), the plumbing inlets and outlets, the air-conditioner...
...peacetime business. Nickel was such a drug on the market that the mines were closed, his company had lost nearly $800,000 in one year. Smart, self-confident, aggressive and a trained metallurgist. President Stanley wove into the warp of industry a number of steel and copper alloys, notably Monel metal (named after Nickel's first president, the late Col. Ambrose Monell). He fixed the price of nickel at 35¢ per lb. in 1926, did not raise it in 1929, did not lower it during Depression. And if Nickel makes as much money in the last half of this year...
...Olsen. In a one-piece bathing suit and crepe-soled tennis shoes Artist Olsen slips into the water. A 65-pound metal helmet is placed over his head and shoulders, attached to an air pump on board ship. He goes down 20 to 35 ft., takes with him a Monel steel tripod, easel, and palette spread with regular oil colors. He paints on 8 by 10 in. glass plates covered on both sides with primed canvas...