Light and Progress
Glass, Material of Many Uses, Has Extended Man's Sight Into the Far-Off Universe and Into Microscopic Worlds. At the Same Time it Has Served Utilitarian Purposes in the Home and in Industry...
Features
Cutting Oil Comes Back
Plain Water, Water-and-Oil Mixtures, and Straight Oils All Have Helped to Speed Machining Processes and Make Them More Accurate. Every Time Tool Materials Changes Seemed to Point to the Possibility of Eliminating Cutting Oils from the Machine, It Was Found that Better Work Could be Accomplished by Keeping Them on the Job...
Plastics Sandwiches
Laminated Structures, Made of Glass Cloth Combined With Synthetic Resins, Have Proved Practical for Aircraft Sections. New Production Techniques Have Been Evolved Which Presage Wide Use of these Glass-Plastics Sandwiches in Many Industrial and Domestic Applications...
Gas Turbine PossibiIities
Will Airplanes of Tomorrow be Powered by Reciprocating Engines, by Turbo-Jets, by Turbines Driving Propellers, or by Some Combination of these Systems? Analysis of Present Technology Indicates that Each System Will Find its Place in Meeting the Varied Requirements of Flight...
Fuels for Jets
Reaction Engines for Aircraft Seem Capable of Operating Efficiently on Simple Fuels. But it May be that this Simplicity is as Yet Due to a Lack of Knowledge of the Means for Obtaining Highest Efficiency from the Power Plants that Will Operate the Aircraft of Tomorrow...
Glass and Electronics
Glass Has Played a Vital Role in the Development of Electronics. Now Electronics is Reciprocating by Providing a Flexible Tool for the Glass-Working Industry Whereby Welded Glass Products Can be Produced With High Precision and Sharply Localized Melting Areas...
Glass-Metal Collaboration
From Mirrors to Industrial Pumps, Various Combinations of Metals and Glass Have been Developed to Serve Specific Purposes and to Solve Difficult Problems. The Electrical and Chemical Industries Find Many Uses for Such Partnerships, Retaining the Best Features of Each...
Turbines on Rails
At Operating Speeds, the First Locomotive In America to be Driven by a Steam Turbine Geared Directly to the Driving Wheels Compares Favorably With the Most Economical Reciprocating Units...
Solarization
Glass in Ultra-Violet Lamps Tends to Deteriorate or Solarize as the Lamps are Used. A New Glass Has Now Been Developed which Transmits Ultra-Violet Radiation Freely but Does Not Solarize...
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50 Years Ago, September 1945
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New Products and Processes, September 1945
Current Bulletin Briefs, September 1945
Telescoptics, September 1945
