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Reviewing the history of U. S. efforts at internationalism, Historian Beard does not spare the rod. Neither foreign trade nor foreign lending, he observes, has been a dazzling success for the U. S.; U. S. internationalism has not availed to prevent war. But he insists that whenever the issue has been put to them directly...
...large hand grenade their way. Yesterday in page-large ads all over the country, RCA Victor announced a new policy of making classical records for one dollar (12 inch Black Label) and seventy-five cents (ten inch Black Label). This is about fifty per cent lower than the present Rod Seal classical prices...
...ordinary metal casting, molten metal is poured into a mold, allowed to cool, then removed. After long experiment, several metallurgical manufacturers have devised a way to cast high-grade metal rods continuously-that is, in an endless strip, as newsprint is made. Molten metal is fed from a reservoir to a water-cooled tube. As the metal flows down and out of the tube, a water spray cools it so that it can be continuously withdrawn as a solid rod. The Industrial Bulletin of Arthur D. Little Inc. (Boston consultants) states that continuously cast rods are free of air cavities...
Exhibited are a model of an early battery, models developed in 1790 to show the use of Benjamin Franklin's lightning rod, a portable electric machine of 1790 for medical treatment, early examples of Leyden jars embodying the first use of the condenser principle, and an early 17th century loadstone in a metal case...
...With respect to the students, I believe that the most valuable contribution of the poll will be its use as a measuring rod...