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...Arranged around it like the spokes of a wheel are 20 thermocouples made of lead telluride. When their ends are heated by the capsule, a flow of electrons is set up in the thermocouples, producing an electric current. At peak power, SNAP III can turn out five watts. Before most of its polonium (half life: 140 days) is exhausted, SNAP III will generate as much current as 1,450 lbs. of the best chemical batteries available. For instance, the batteries of the Atlas satellite weighed 20 lbs., lasted 18 days, generated a total of 500 watt hours. SNAP III weighs...
According to Dr. Castruccio, a one-acre electron farm will produce 1,200 kilowatts, enough to run 20,000 60-watt light bulbs. The plant will weigh 1.7 Ibs. per kw. and cost (on earth) $3.50 per kw. Since the farm can have any desired acreage, Dr. Castruccio feels that power supply should not be a principal problem for a lunar colony...
Dave Beady won, one up, and number three man Bob Grundeman lost, 3-2. Bob Rose defeated his Wesleyan opponent, 5-4. Playing number five, sophomore Watt Tyler dropped his match, 3-2. Bob Davis won, one up, and bottom man North Wood lost his first varsity match of the season...
Captain Warren Iliff was three down with three to go and won all of the last holes, losing to Princeton on the nineteenth. Watt Tyler, playing seventh, lost to Princeton on the seventeenth hole. Iliff also lost to Brown, 2-1, while Tyler defeated his Brown opponent...
Dave Beady and Alfred Gruendemann who shot 75 and 76 respectively in qualifying rounds yesterday, will follow Steinert. Captain Warren Iliff, whose record is two wins and one loss, will play in number six. Last man will be Sophomore Watt Tyler, who has won two and lost none...