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...Conserve energy by insulating the attic and weather-stripping windows and doors to cut heating bills. Save on air conditioning this summer putting shades or blinds on windows that face the sun. Save on water heating by fixing leaky hot-water faucets and by draining heat-robbing sediment from the bottom of the water heater every month. Replace the refrigerator's neoprene door gasket if, when you close it on a piece of paper, it is so loose that you can pull the paper out. Use saucepans that cover an entire burner and use only a few ounces...
...sonar equipment to locate the site and an underwater television camera to photograph the ship's remains, the team has pieced together portions of video tape to confirm that the Monitor's broken hull lies upside down in the water, partly buried under 3½ ft. of sediment. But the ruins of the ship are so fragile that attempts to lift them from the ocean depths would probably cause the 112 year-old vessel to fall apart, and for now it will have to remain at rest in the deep...
...apartment buildings. He is also developing a smaller model, the size of a flashlight, that he hopes to market for homeowners and motorists at $50 to $100 each. Now Cottell is experimenting with a new emulsion that will consist of 55% oil, 30% water and 15% sludge, the slushy sediment produced by partially treating sewer wastes. Recycled sewage, he says, may well be a fuel of the future...
...dryer needs almost ten times as much. A standard hot water heater burns 4,219 kwh. annually, v. 4,811 kw-h., or $110.17 worth for a deluxe, quick-recovery model. Opening the tap at the base of most water heaters at least monthly drains out heat-robbing sediment...
Died. Dr. Hans Albert Einstein, 69, son of the late famed physicist, and a professor of hydraulic engineering at the University of California at Berkeley, who was best known for his researches into the transportation of sediment in flowing water; following a heart attack; in Falmouth, Mass...