Word: plastic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Steel Putty. A metal-and-plastic putty which sets so hard that it can be ma chined, drilled, threaded or plated like a piece of metal, was announced by Chemical Development Corp. of Danvers,Mass. Made of 80% powdered steel and 20% plastic, Devcon is mixed with a liquid hardener, then molded into the desired shape. Price...
Silent Speaker. Headphones for small-fry television fans have been developed by the Hoffman Radio Corp. Tricked out with rubber earpieces and a brightly colored plastic "antenna," the phones can be attached to the family television set so that parents can cut off the loudspeaker, have quiet while the children watch TV. Price: about...
...Plastic Surgeon Kiskadden urged his colleagues to warn parents of an equally potent but less obvious danger: the hollow-chamber type of appliance plug used with many vacuum cleaners, toasters, coffeepots and most irons. Even when the appliance is disconnected, the other end of the cord is often left plugged into the wall outlet. In eight years at Childrens Hospital in Los Angeles, he and Dr. Sanford R. Dietrich have seen 16 children, mostly under three, with severe electrical burns of the mouth. These, said Dr. Kiskadden, "are almost always caused by putting a live plug...
...Because plastic surgeons see so much of the damage done by avoidable accidents in the home, the association voted to set up a committee on child safety, with Dr. Kiskadden as chairman, to furnish speakers to groups of parents...
MONSANTO CHEMICAL is going into business with German chemists to make a new plastic substitute for foam rubber. With Germany's Farbenfabriken Bayer A.G., Monsanto will build a plant in the U.S., turn out the new chemicals (isocyanates) to make foam plastics for mattresses and upholstery...