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  2. SCIENCE INVENTION IDEAS

    ONE common annoyance to the draftsman is to have lead in a bow pencil slip up under a little pressure while drawing a heavy line. This trouble can be easily ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 122 words
  3. Vacuum Coffee Jug

    HERE is a useful idea for late suppers, and so on—a vacuum coffee jug. It is designed in a most attractive shape in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 58 words
  4. Filling the Vacuum Tank

    IF a funnel and small gasoline can are at hand, the simplest way to fill the automobile vacuum tank is to remove the plug at the top of the tank and pour in the ...

    Article : 107 words
  5. Heating and Lighting Combined in One Unit

    ELECTRIC heating and lighting facilities are combined in a single ceiling fixture unit by one British manufacturer specialising in electric heating by radiation. The ...

    Article : 93 words
  6. Machine Tells How Much To Eat

    IN ORDER to maintain your youthful figure, there must be established a definite ratio between the calories of food that you eat daily and your age and height. At the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 86 words
  7. KEEP COOL

    AMERICA'S first refrigerated railway car for passengers was put in service recently on an express train running between Washington, D.C., and New York City. In ...

    Article : 104 words
  8. LIGHT ON WINGS

    TO aid the pilot of an aeroplane in landing at night on an unlighted field, some British ships are equipped with small searchlights beneath each wing tip. The beams ...

    Article : 88 words
  9. Pistol that Shoots a Boomerang

    A PISTOL that throws a boomerang, which, in proper fashion, returns to the marksman, is the invention of Don V. Tantlinger, of Sherman, Calif. Though designed ...

    Article : 111 words
  10. Wheat Production

    FARMERS now produce as much wheat in a minute as their grandfathers did in an hour, forty-five minutes being the average time required to handle an acre of wheat ...

    Article : 34 words
  11. A Device for Catching Poultry

    IT is very difficult to catch chickens from a flock, in a house, or out on range without frightening them. With a piece of fence wire bent in the shape of a shepherd's ...

    Article : 149 words
  12. Glove Driers

    OF aluminium, and guaranteed not to ironmould, these glove driers are most useful ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 67 words
  13. "Alemite" Fitting on Grease Cup

    BY installing an "alemite" fitting on an ordinary grease cup, you will find it an easier matter to fill the cup with a gun. All that is necessary is to drill and tap a ...

    Article : 52 words
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