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...lenses is the Zeiss Works at Jena. The lenses must be curved on their inner (concave) side almost but not exactly to match the curve of the eyeballs. Nor may their optical curve be exactly that of ordinary eyeglasses. Contact lenses are held against the eyeballs by the capillary suction of tear water. Thin though the layer of tears is, it has an optical effect which the ophthalmologist must allow for in writing his prescription...
...Birds, Ill., Ernestine Stevenson, 21 months, daughter of Ernest Stevenson, school teacher, fell into a cold well, bobbed to the surface, clutched the iron suction pipe until her father, summoned, crawled down to fetch...
...seep. Before entering the pool it will be impregnated with chlorine gas, which lends a greenish color. The results can easily be tested by comparing a test-tube full of water with a graded color chart. In addition the floor of the tank will be periodically subjected to the suction of a large curry comb. connected by a hose to the vacuum end of the pumps...
Some 30 miles northwest of Chicago is a model farm. It is operated wholly by electricity. Cows are curried with vacuum cleaners, milked with suction machinery. Automatic clocks flash strong lights on roosting hens in the evening and before dawn to arouse them to the possibility of laying extra eggs. Feed is ground and mixed by electrical machinery. Humming motors run corn-husking devices. Electric clocks dump pecks of oats into feed bins at 5 a. m. Electricity warms incubators where motors revolve the eggs periodically. Chicks are automatically herded under ultraviolet rays to ward off the pip. Electric heaters...
...levers to the type tray; and when the former is brought over a desired character on the indicator, the corresponding letter on the type tray is brought beneath a small receptacle open at the bottom, but covered at the top by a rubber ball. A lever is pressed, suction is created in the receptacle, the letter is raised from its place in the tray, brought into contact with the platen, and put back in its place...