Word: soundingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Saturday Show. A four-hour trip into the world of sound, with host Sam Smith...
...famous, is an untiring name-dropper. He was delighted when Rosemary Clooney substituted his name for Franklin Roosevelt's in her recording of How About You?, came up with: "And Goddard Lieberson's looks give me a thrill." Now Lieberson is guiding Columbia into stereophonic sound, this year is planning 200 stereo albums. He is convinced that stereo is a logical refinement of LP rather than another technological revolution, that what is put on records is still more important than how it is put on. Says he: "We are willing to put out the records on spaghetti...
...years ultrasonics meant something only to dogs and other subhuman creatures. One of the few uses of ultra-high sound waves was in whistles, too high-pitched for human ears, to call pets. Today ultrasonics is an exciting new technological frontier. Last year the ultrasonics industry's commercial and military sales reached $25 million, and in 1959 they are expected to double. Last week industry experts estimated that within five years there will be a $150 million annual market for ultrasonic* equipment...
...rockets. The aircraft, electronic and missile makers have been a major spur to the growth of ultrasonics. Before the development of ultrasonic cleaners, jet-engine nozzles and oil filters had to be thrown away when dirty. Now imbedded residue can be removed in minutes through the use of sound energy. The sound waves whip the water into millions of microscopic bubbles which burst against the material, ripping dirt away. No transistor core goes to its final assembly package without an ultrasonic bath to remove impurities...
...issued at $1 per share in 1956 was selling around $25 per share last week. To boost earnings this year, Bob Rod is counting on new ideas. Among them: an ultrasonic whistle that will increase or decrease the rate at which solid fuel in missiles burns, control its thrust. (Sound waves shot through a material accelerate many chemical reactions, including combustion...