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...been found that some of steel's former disadvantages can be overcome by plating it thinly with copper. This protects the steel from 1) rust, 2) damage by powder fumes, which corrode unplated steel casings so badly that they can be used only once, though brass casings can be re-used four times. Copperplated steel casings, however, seem to be resistant enough to be re-used 15 times-a great saving even though steel is harder to tool in the first place...
...galvanize and tin-plate iron and steel. With ordinary electroplating equipment, a thin film of nickel is first deposited on the metal, then a layer of zinc or tin much thinner than usual is added. Baking then fuses the two coats into an alloy whose exceptional resistance to rust and corrosion has already been demonstrated on wire screens, and on Sears, Roebuck's insecticide spray tanks. Even though small amounts of nickel are required, the net result is a goodly saving in scarce metals...
Schoolmaster Ziemer managed his investigation of Nazi education by such devices as bribing Nazi officials with coffee and persuading Education Minister Bernhard Rust of his professional interest in Nazi educational "efficiency." Ziemer quit Germany for the U.S. at war's outbreak, smuggling out his notes and private Nazi pamphlets by hiding them under copies of Mein Kampf. His book is documented with names, places and direct quotations...
...workers standing all around cheered. The roundheaded official, also a native of Omsk, made a short speech: "These good machines will not rust in idleness. They will go into the battle line...
...Bernhard Rust, Minister of Science, Education and Popular Instruction, complained publicly that university teaching and scholarship are growing steadily worse...