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...engine are two aluminum electrodes, 8 in. in diameter and about 1 in. apart. The electrodes are connected to a charged, 3,000-volt capacitor, but as long as the gap between them is a high vacuum (the engine works only in the vacuum of space), no spark of electricity can arc across. Every second or so, when a small amount of nitrogen gas is allowed to leak into the gap, a spark flashes, turning the nitrogen into a plasma by ionizing its atoms. The heavy current, which lasts only a few millionths of a second, creates a magnetic field...
Hatch, who was the reason for switching Tom Boone to left half, thrilled Crimson fans with a 93-yard touchdown return on the opening kickoff in the first inter-squad scrimmage Sept. 9. He showed a spark of brilliance that brought hope to the team. Then last week he sat out because of a strep throat. Monday, his slow recovery was attributed to mono. Updated reports said yesterday that he would probably not be ready until the Dartmouth game, the fifth contest...
Diversification by acquisition is a new trend for Ford. It began this year, when Ford bought the spark-plug plant of Toledo's Electric Autolite Co. for $28 million. Philco fits nicely into Ford's future. The Philco line of home appliances will make Ford competitive with General Motors in that field. Philco could also be called upon to build some equipment, e.g., radios and other electrical components, for Ford cars...
...Gamble (20th Century-Fox) is a picture in which the central character is a truck, the story line is a dirt road, the scriptwriter (Irwin Shaw) runs out of gas, the actors (Stephen Boyd, Juliette Greco, David Wayne) have no spark, the director (Richard Fleisher) falls asleep at the wheel, and the producer (Darryl Zanuck) is going downhill. The spectator can hardly be blamed for speeding to the nearest exit...
Last week the 34 boys gathered at London airport in striped school ties and dark blue blazers. They were temporarily disappointed when the twin-engined Vickers Viking charter plane, christened "Papa Mike." taxied out for takeoff, then had to return for new spark plugs in one engine. Finally, after a five-hour delay, the plane got away...