Word: thermostat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...keep the interior of the paddle-wheel satellite at an even temperature range as it passes from the cool shadow of the earth into the blazing heat of the naked sun, Explorer VI has on its outer skin a patch of black-carbon paint. A thermostat actuates a small shield that alternately covers and uncovers the patch as heat requirements dictate. Since the satellite uses electricity much faster than the paddle wheels can make it signals from the earth periodically shut of the largest of Explorer VI's three radio transmitters. A memory device called Telebit takes over, stores...
...electric coffee pot that can be submerged in a dishpan or washed in an automatic dishwasher was introduced at the National Housewares Show at Atlantic City this week. Manufactured by National Presto Industries (pressure cookers) of Eau Claire, Wis., the stainless steel pot has both heating element and thermostat enclosed in a waterproof plastic base, is the first submersible coffeemaker to win Underwriters Laboratories approval. Price: about...
...room." "How," he asked, "shall I discourage this girl?" Quipped Abby: "Which girl?" When a California husband complained that his wife, though "smoochable, affectionate and responsive" before marriage, had "cooled to a considerable degree" since they married and moved into a $40,000 home, Abby suggested: "Have your thermostat checked...
...behalf of the residents of Weld South that the low temperature in their rooms between 9 p.m. and 9 a.m. was "conducive to colds." The next day, two engineers placed a thermograph in the yardlings' room, which measured the heat in the room, and three days later a new thermostat was giving more heat to Weld...
...engineers decided to install a new thermostat, the effectiveness of which they later checked with a new thermograph, which showed the new average temperature of the room to be about 70 degrees. Milano and Amero have since reported that the room has been too hot at times since the new thermostat was installed...