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...with a turbine engine tucked away under the hood, made its first appearance. Whining slightly, it was tested at the federal Environmental Protection Agency's lab at Ann Arbor, Mich. EPA officials were delighted with the engine, which works by using compressed air to drive its turbines. Compact, vibrationless and delivering 80 h.p., it runs on any hydrocarbon fuel from kerosene to coal oil. and gets about 15 miles per gallon in urban traffic. It is also 30% lighter (at 250 Ibs.), has 75% fewer moving parts, and is thus cheaper to build and maintain than the standard-size...
...futuristic train is highly functional. As it quickly and quietly gathers speed, it will actually begin to "fly." The streamlined cars will hurtle forward just above the ground at speeds of 300 m.p.h. or more. For the 1,000 passengers on board, the trip will be strikingly smooth and vibrationless...
...Dowling is credited with popularizing the all-glass door in the 1930s, is now at work on a new kind of facing brick, a vibrationless pavement breaker, 16-power binoculars that telescope to transistor-radio size...
...been flown on to general hospitals near Osaka and Tokyo. But less than half stayed there; most of the rest* went winging across the Pacific. They had a stopover at the Army's Tripler Hospital in Hawaii for a thorough checkup and a couple of nights of vibrationless sleep, and were soon back...
...almost completely vibrationless. 3. It weighs only 250 Ibs. 4. It burns low-priced fuel. 5. It utilizes a practical form of atomic energy...