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...second, third and fourth largest bells are respectively seven feet three inches, five feet three inches, and five feet, in height. The smallest bell is ten inches high and weighs about 25 pounds...
...Lucas, who wanted to see the smallest detail possible, revived the German's idea, designed an ultraviolet microscope for experimentation. Because ultraviolet is invisible to the human eye he had to focus the rays upon a sensitive fluorescent plate, take pictures of the objects under his microscope. He wanted the instrument primarily to study metals, but since it was so powerful he and other scientists applied it to living cells. The shallowness of focus allowed them to take horizontal cross sections 1/100,000 of an inch apart...
...Iron production during January was 1,714,266 tons, a gain of 3% over December?the first gain since April. Production during January 1930, however, was 2,827,464 tons, and last month's figure is the smallest for any January since 1922. Pig iron production is usually at its seasonal low during February, its high during March...
Only 17 mi. in diameter, Eros is one of the smallest members of the large family of minor planets which number over 1,000. Almost all the group follow orbits between Mars and Jupiter. Eros, however, does not travel in a conventional asteroid path, wanders sometimes between Mars and Jupiter, sometimes between Mars and Earth. Discovered in 1898 by Dr. Gustav Witt at the Urania Observatory in Berlin, the small planet was given a masculine name because of its eccentric orbit. According to astronomical custom, only asteroids which move in an ordinary orbit are given feminine names. The cycle...
...chest cities this year include: Alliance, Ohio; Johnstown, Pa.; Springfield, Mo.; Clinton, Iowa; Hazelton, Pa.; Stamford, Conn.; New Philadelphia, Ohio. And doughty Blacksburg, Va., with a population of less than 2,000 and the smallest of all chests. They hoped to raise $800 for a chest, actually gathered...