OVER THE BAR. Inboard powered boat hurtles over a sand bar at full throttle at Fond du Lac, Wis. Heavy duty 200horsepower stern drive unit replaces conventional inboard
drive to make leap possible. Glass fiber-reinforced polyester boat is made by Power Cat Boat Co. Stern drive is made by Kiekhaefer Corp., Fond du Lac, Wis.
PAINT FARM. Sample panels coated with various pigments dispersed in different vehicles are exposed at Du Pont's
paint test farm near Wilmington, Del. Panels are made of wood, asbestos shingle, brick, and other materials
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BIG DRYER. Silica gel bed for drying air is 60 feet square and 40 inches deep. U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center, Tullahoma, Tenn., uses two of these beds to dry air for its supersonic tunnel. Moisture content
GAS-COOLED. Advanced Gas-Cooled reactor at Windscale in England will be enclosed in this 135-foot diameter containment building. Building has been put under a test pressure of 12.5 pounds per square inch (gage). Reactor will operate at higher temperatures than Britain's other gas-cooled power reactors
must be reduced to less than 0.2 grain per cubic foot, to simulate altitude conditions of up to 200,000 feet. Davison Chemical Division of W. R. Grace supplied the 1.2 million pounds of desiccant for the two beds
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