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...climate should reflect outside heat and absorb inside heat, passing as much of it as possible to the outside. In a cold climate, the wall should gather all possible heat from the sunlight, while keeping inside heat from moving out. Modern materials, such as sheet metal, mineral wool and glass brick, allow the architects to design efficient "filter walls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Better Housekeeping | 11/29/1948 | See Source »

Like a man coming home out of the yellow wool of a London fog, Great Britain last week set a thankful foot on the doorstep to recovery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: One Foot in the Door | 11/1/1948 | See Source »

...Wool does not come into market the peasant does not eat his own grain the girl's needle goes blunt in her hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Same Old Ez | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

...shirt sales climbed, so did the royalties from Sanforizing. This year the company's income from the Sanforizing royalties is running at a rate of $7,000,000-just about equal to the probable 1948 net on its $82 million gross. With, the new wool and rayon processes, it hopes to step up its royalties still more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Song of the Shirt | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

...rayon process, called Sanforset, was developed by Cluett, Peabody; the wool process, still unnamed, was licensed from its British developers, Stevensons Ltd. and Woolsey Ltd., and treats the wool with a "secret" chemical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Song of the Shirt | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

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