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Navigation. A giant submarine cruiser of more than 7,000 tons, invented by Prof. Oswald Flamm, of Germany, has been built in model by the Augsburg-Nürnberger Machin-fabrik. The boat is heartshaped, point upward, with the keel in the groove of the heart, like an inverted V. The principal advantage is rapid and even submersion, the stability depending on the form and the distribution of pressure. It can submerge in 30 seconds without turning a degree, can cruise 20,000 miles and develop a speed of 23 knots an hour. It is 525 ft. long...
Automobiles. Prof. Howard R. Mayberry, of the psychology department, University of Chicago, has devised a test for applicants for motor licenses, consisting of control devices directing the movements of a toy automobile through the streets of a model city. The candidate must avoid traffic jams...
Radio. Transmission of light and power by wireless may be expected in the near future, according to re- searches by Prof. A. M. Low, of London. Light and wireless waves travel at the same speed. "Television" may not be developed to the point of accuracy for another generation, however...
...International Education Board, a Rockefeller philanthropy, appropriated $40,000 for Prof. Niels Bohr, the atomic expert of the University of Copenhagen (TIME, Nov. 19), for the enlargement of his research laboratory in theoretical physics. American physicists as well as others from foreign countries will conduct investigations in the Danish laboratory, which is supported in part by the Danish government. Dr. Bohr will specialize on investigation of the infra-red region of the spectrum and on X-ray spectra...
...Lect. Hall Social Ethics A Emerson J ENGINEERING SCHOOL 9.15 A. M. Engineering 121 Pierce 304 Engineering 200 (non-industrial) Pierce 202 Engineering 210 Pierce 304 TOMORROW COLLEGE 9.15 A. M. TUESDAY, FEB 5 B Fine Arts 5e Widener Lib. Fine Arts 5f Fogg Mus. French 2 Prof. Whittem, 1 Emerson A Mr. Fraker, 9 Sever 35 Mr. Gifford, 5, 15 Emerson D Mr. Gilligan, 2, 8 Emerson J Mr. G. N. Lincoln, 3 Emerson F Mr. J. N. Lincoln, 4, 12 Emerson D Mr. Raiche, 10 Sever 36 Mr. Sexton, 7 Sever 23 Mr. Sexton, 11 Sever...