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...Wool that does not shrink...
...make snagged threads cling to their neighbors instead of unraveling. The same chemical is used to put a lusterless coating (which must be renewed from time to time) on blue serge and to impregnate wool so that it achieves a durable crease when pressed under heat. To make wool shrink-proof, Powers first wets it to open the fibers, then injects a resin inside the hollowed fibers. This stiffens the tiny, fuzzy barbs that stick out of the side of a woolen fiber and prevents the barbs from interlocking - the cause of shrinkage...
...treatment makes pine as hard as oak, oak as hard as ebony. Wood so treated does not warp, split, swell or shrink appreciably. It resists fire, rotting and termites, can be made as strong as many metals. It can be dyed any color so that it never needs painting or refinishing. If the surface is scratched, its glossy finish can be restored by sandpapering and buffing. Impregnated wood makes possible among other things, doors, windows and drawers that do not stick or get loose...
...wire cage constructed around an old apple tree, filled it with birds imported from the U.S. There Artist Doughty spends months studying her birds, sketching poses, shaping preliminary models. Then, in a single intense day of disciplined haste, a final image is made. Because porcelain products shrink to one-third model-size when fired in the kiln (the temperature goes as high as 1,200° F.), they must be painstakingly pre-sized. Because thin, delicate clay shapes (such as flower petals) can stand less heat than heavier parts, porcelain models as variable as the Doughty birds are baked...
...Forces General "Hap" Arnold had said that the new superbomber, the Boeing B29, would make the Flying Fortress shrink to the size of a medium bomber. And that was about all the U.S. public knew about the B29, until last week...