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Designed as a temporary structure, the lab still stands. In it Boyer and his 28 aides have done many strange things-mostly with soybeans, No. 1 farm product to Henry Ford. From this bean Boyer has extracted lubricating and paint oils, made a synthetic wool, pressed insulating varnish for starters and generators, and also extracts the male sex hormone...
This year's count for the ministry fell miserably short of last year's five, gaining only one vote, from an Episcopalian. One freshman seemed certain of going into the business of paint and varnish manufacture, suggesting that his choice like many others was influenced by that of his father...
Nazi officials exclaimed that British pilots were "very clever"-they kept changing their altitude so that gunners could not hit them! The British planes, they said, were painted with a wonderful thick black varnish that made them "invisible": gunners could only shoot at their shadows on the clouds. This was the rankest rot. Most night bombers, German included, are given a coat of flat black on their under surfaces. And righteous though the German High Command's rage was at the Britons' "murderous" attacks on Berlin, they knew the enemy was aiming for military targets just as earnestly...
...doubt regarding the future status of the Grand Duchy. Henceforth German would be the language of the administration, of schools, of newspapers. Mayors of towns and villages would take their orders from him or his agents. Within a few weeks, predicted Commissioner Simon, the "artificially applied exterior French varnish" will have disappeared from Luxembourg...
Castor oil used to be of little use in paint and varnish making because it was sticky and slow to dry. In recent years chemists have found that they could "dehydrate" castor oil (remove some of the chemical components in the form of water), leaving a pale oil which dries to a firm film, keeps its pale color even after long exposure. Experiments under way in Texas show that castor plants can be successfully grown...