Word: ovens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...space and fewer amenities. Larwin's three-bedroom models have shrunk from 1,300 sq. ft. to 1,000, for example, and the company is putting them up on cheaper land farther from the center of the city. Larwin has dropped dishwashers as standard equipment, substituted a single oven for a double one, and switched to lower-quality kitchen cabinets. Kaufman & Broad, which builds in 43 communities, has not only eliminated fireplaces, landscaping and air conditioning as standard items, but also shifted to a more boxy-shaped house because extra corners raise building costs...
...Tuesday I circulated a petition against the war in Viet Nam and later signed one against our local supermarket; on Thursday I listened to Simon and Garfunkel records while reading instructions for my self-cleaning oven; on Friday I read Dr. Spock's treatise on dissent in the morning, then checked his Infant and Child Care in the afternoon regarding the baby's rash; on Saturday night I discussed Soul on Ice with my baby sitter before going to a party where the only pot was the one my husband is developing...
...kilowatts of electricity are needed to operate the mirrors). More important, the furnace gives off what he calls "aristocratic" or uncontaminating heat; there is, for example, none of the adulterating carbon that is produced by the hot electrodes in ordinary high-intensity electric arc furnaces. Thus the solar oven is ideal for the production of chemically pure materials...
French industry is beginning to agree In a recent test for an electronics manufacturer, the furnace fused several tons of bauxite and ceramics to produce high-voltage insulators of unmatched purity The oven could easily fuse other highly heat-resistant materials: quartz crystals for radio transmitters, corundum for industrial grinding stones and zircon parts for nuclear reactors. It could also be used in experiments to develop new space-age alloys, such as special tungsten or cobalt steels, and even materials to withstand the searing heat of a nuclear blast...
Initial Fears. Aside from the industrial and scientific benefits, the furnace has produced an entirely unexpected dividend. At first, Odeillo's villagers thought they might be blinded by the intense light from what they call le four solaire (the solar oven). Now they know that the light is concentrated at only one point and that there is no such danger. In fact, the villagers have become quite proud of the strange, shimmering edifice in their midst. And why not? The solar furnace is not only handsome in an other-worldly way; it is also a significant tourist attraction, bringing...