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Jk. TANKER TESTS. Esso Research gathers data to use in designing new piers and moorings from this 60-inch tanker model as it is buffeted in laboratory tests by winds equivalent to 110 miles an hour and waves as high as 27 feet. The trend toward larger tankers —they now carry up tc 100,000 tons —demands better berthing facilities
NEWS 4 FUEL FURNACE. Battelle Memorial Institute tries out its new skull-type arc-melting furnace on a uranium monocarbide reactor fuel element. In the furnace, contamination of reactive and refractory metals is minimized because metals are melted in watercooled skulls of the same material. Furnace temperatures go to 6000° F.
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^^ STREAM SLIME. These miniature rivers, 36 inches long, 5 inches deep, at Rutgers Agricultural Experiment station, show doctoral student Robert A. Phillips how t h e Sphaerotilus bacterium blooms on waste materials i n streams. Besides fouling fishing gear, the slime may settle to the bottom, ferment, and cause odor nuisances
New Text ^ DIRECT POWER. Electricity produced by 1008 fuel cells runs this experimental Allis Chalmers tractor, which can pull a plow. A mixture of gases, mostly propane, and a n electrolyte i n the cells produce 15 kw. In operation, speed and direction of the tractor are controlled by the amount of current that reaches the 20 hp. motor
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^^ TZIGANKA. Soviet scientists test space suits for pilots on dogs. This one, named Tziganka, wearing an elaborate outfit, is ready for a test flight in an altitude chamber. The Soviets say they plan to send a manned rocket 200 miles into space and bring their astronaut safely back
