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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1958.
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The famous Kew 'et' Codificate, proof that a movement has passed the stringent tests with flying colours." Akhough the National Physical Laboratory (background) is now at Teddington, these testificates are still called by the name of the original famous foundation.
An achievement that startled the most exacting craftsmen
Most Service uses are secret. But now and then the security curtain lifis just enough to re- veal a weird world in which Blunt rockel-propelled bombs
guide themselves to the target with TV cameras relaying ple- fures up to the very moment of the explosion.
There are TV
sets In the
new 1,000-miles-an-hour super- sonic Dghters and "ry with which Submarines
out seek
destroy carmy
and
The Weasel OCCASIONALLY the
BIRD SENSE
First...the Dipper
T"
THE mystery of how the dipper--a white breasted bird-
small.
eyes! tay
the manages to search for food on the bot- tom of a fast-flowing river without being swept downstream has been solved after years of argument.
The dipper does not eling
wraps are taken, off a secret al- together.
We know, for instance, about the American Army's TV "Weasel," currying a camera
to the bottom with its claws
as claimed but swims under water penguin-fashion
and an armour-plated mechani- by using its wings RS
cul shuttle.
Radio-controlled from miles
nway the "Wenfel"
on
anu
paddles..
This has been proved by armoured scout car can run Liverpool University scien- dl over bullet-swept helds to dig up samples of earth
tist Dr J. W. Jones, who show them to military scientist spends much time watching sitting safely behind the front. through the glass windows
The experts then decidu whether the ground is ft of a huge observation tank trenches or firm enough for submerged in a tributary of
for
tunks-without risking a life. the Welsh Dee.
Cameras are now Atten 10
IN THE RAILWAY YARDS
IN Industry, TV. is taking over many a routine job, For instance, in a railroad yard in Chicago, cameras are used to campile Information about goods wagons, which, used to be gathered by railway clorks tramping up and down 50 miles of shunting Unes. Now, one man in a TV office watches the wagons roll by on his screen and prepares his "switch list" without walking a yard. So TV shunting is born.
Factory chimneys are watched by cameras, triggered to alarm bells, which warn of excess smoke,
The tireless camera oye guards bank vaults, checks molten steel being poured,, watches test processes too dangerous for men to go near, and gives scientista a close-up view of the explosion of an A-bomb,
the DISCOVERY
He may solve the great fever riddle DOCTOR'S
CARLET FEVER. # dangerous disease 20 years ago, seems to have doctors are treating it almost as a minor lost so much of its virulence that complaint. How has this happened?
Why can a complaint like cholera suddenly flare up in an epidemic form which kills thou sands?
suppor. Next day five of them are rushed
Seven people sit down to a potted meat
microteopes and telescopies to While studying spawning reveal the influitely small and salmon in the tank Jones the Infinitely fur. Physics classes In Cornell University saw dippers searching for hospital with food poisoning but two escape un- are now laught by TV, one salmon eggs. By flapping harmed. WHY? experiment being seen by 180 their wings under water the on the answer to all these questions which have A British scientist seems to have stumbled students at a time.
could Surgeons refresh their know- birds
manoeuvre mystified doctors ever since germs were discover- ledge in batches of 50 or 100 against the current and ed 88 years ago. at a me. watching operations food at the same time. In colour on big screens out- side the operating theatre. Tho master-surgeon gives a running of commentary through a micro- phone.
Since while reflects too much light into the TV cameras, the overalls, masks, towels, and swabs are dyed a pale green.
National
KNOWN the world over as the ultimate authority on the testing of timepieces, Kew Observatory in England recorded in 1950 results that startled the most exacting, the most blase craftsmen in our industry.
Rolex entered more than 100 of their men's small watches (23.7 mm. in diameter) for chronometer testing for testing that is usually given only to large chronometers. The movements were to be subjected, in company with large chronometers, to the most stringent tests in the world. The experts were dubious; but Rolex were confident.
For 14 days, in five positions and at three temperatures, those watches were tested. · And when their points were totalled, men connected with the watch industry could hardly believe their eyes.
The incredible number of 140 Rolex movements had qualified for — and was awarded — · the precious, coveted Kew 'A' Certificate.
The Rees Dalimmihe peak of Roles pare fection. Protected by the Oyster case pawerad. with silent efficiency, by the Relos Perpetual self-winding Rotor, t auipmatically and clearly records the date in a windos un the dial.
The full force of this achievement becomes clearer when you realize that the smaller the watch movement the more difficult it is to attain the accuracy necessary to pass such stringent tests originally designed for chronometers of far greater diameter.
For watches so small to be so good means only one thing that the best of workmanship and the highest technical skill go into them. And it is this standard that makes Rolex the world's first wrist-chronometer.
*The first_wrist-watch ever to pass the Kew "A' Observatory test reas a small I ligne Rulez. This happened as long ago MUI,
ROLEX
AT THE
Every mother makes of 'hypnotism, Dr. Gordon Ambrose, chi
of London's Prince of Walès Hospital, claims.*
"The crooning of a song, the telling of a bedtime story, the sogifiing words of reassurance are simply the arts of tha hypnotist and serve precisely the same purpose a method of relaxation during which it is possibla to influence a child bỷ suggestion," he says.
Dr. Ambrose finds that children are "BD adept at achieving a light trance" that he uses hypnotism to treat problem children,
Out of 50 typical cases, 30 were cured of their syniptoms-temper tantruma, fear of the dark, and stealing-15 wore relieved, and Avo showed little change.
* In "Therapy Through Hypoosis" (Cttadel Press, Neto York).
The dipper is no enemy salmon. It eats only atrny
which oggs
would never develop.
He is 31-year-old Dr Lestic These Hewitt, director of the Medical Research Council's institute Carchalton, Surrey.
been at
observations
limited to the
Sight-by injection?
"I think the answer is 1 there."
"Dr Hewit said, hold- ing a test-lube up to the light as we talked in his laboratory. The slightly yellow liquid in the tube was a culture of ultra- microscopic organisms so small that they prey on the germs which prey on us.
All change injection DR HEWITT has discovered treatment for eye cataract, that these "geim-entere which may eliminate the need can cruse one type of disease for surgery, is reported by New term to change into another.
They can attack a group of harmless germs and change them into virulent killers over- night. On they can make dangerous strain harmless. Dr Hewllt has proved
A
PROMISING
York doctors.
on
After many tests on animals it has now been tried 26 near-blind people. All report- edsubstantial improvement in vision. One man who previous ly had to be led through the streets had his eyesight almost completely restored, 2 team headed by Dr R. F. Shropshire claims.
The injection is made from an extract of the eye lenses of fishey,
this
have can prey
on
SOUGHT BEBE
TITERE in a man who seca
Hthe Hollywood story
not in its dims but in the clothes its stars chose to
wear.
Howard Greer is his name and he came to Holly- wood in the twenties when Clara Bow W03 An un known youngster.
Mr Greer's job was to design clothes for stars to wear on and off the screen. He worked for dozens of them, from Garbo to Hayworth and now, in- evitably, he has written a fast, slick book about his experiences ("Designing Mále," published by Robert Hulc at 168.)..
Right away Howard Greer sets the seene. "New York and Paris Visdainfully looked down their
august noses
at the dressen
We
designed
In Hollywood.
maybe
Were
Well, they vulgar, but they did have Imagination. If they wore goudy they but reflected of
the absenco
btle
which charac lertsed
n 11 carly motion pictures."
Heward Grees
There was Fola Negri. She liked great hoop skirts $0 large that once, when she wore a wedding dress in a scene, the et had to be rebuilt before she
front could get in
of the camera. And when Miss Negri went to the private cinema to the watch the day's work on screen she would croon to her self: "But I am so bee-out-lfool. No one is more bee-oot-lfool."
But when Hollywood forgot her she tried to make a' come-
food-poisoning test terms you may escape the con- tube. But Dr Hewitt belleves sequences of eating an infected that such changes go on inside batch of potted meal.. Those the human body, which normal- less fortunate may be taken back and turned up at the rail- ty harbours millions of "germ-l. entera."
tomorrow.
way station wearing a wnlig
white Russian boots and ‘á which turban. No one took any germs be
I
те
*
destroys dangerter"
GARBO
on
So tonight a child might con-
a werk strain at comes widespread among the notice. They were more con tract.
could population it may gradually re-cerned with a new girl called diphtheria germs which change into a virulent strain duce the virulence of a com- Bebe Daniels who arrived
mon discace such scarlet the same train, fever. If the child had been immun- ised
As with so many of the dis- against diphtheria he coveries which eventually turn
the out to be immensely useful, There was Garbo (born Gus- would not go town with
he could be there is no immediate way in tafsson). complaint. But come a carrier of dangerous
Onco she explained to epidemic among non-
she "wanted to be alane”—and ment.
But they are being followed wus So excruciatingly "Germ-eaters" may somes up throughout the world an "When I came to Anterien 1 times protect the body against exciting new line of inquiry spoke English badly and was attack by invading germs. Thus likely to lead to important ad- ferrifled of everything around if you happen to harbour
a vances in the fight against all-} mo," he said.
germs capable of touching of which Dr Hewitt's findings can
be applied to medical tront-Howard Greer just why it was
an
immunised children.
with diphtheria germ: cultured-type-of germ-ealer" which health. in test-tubes.
#
He added a few drops of liquid containing "germ-caters" to a cullure of a harmless strain of diphtherin germs. Willin few hours he extracted germs from the culture which were fully virulent and produced the poisonous "toxin" which makes diphtheria deadly.
thent *Scientists call ferlo-plager." They were
*8°C- dis-
THEIR TALKING GOD IS
ANGRY
From Newell Rogers
The doctors stress that more palients must be treated before the injections can be recom- mended for general use. But this is the first hopeful sign covered 37 years ago, but have THEN the moon is full the Lukachukal peaks that non-surgical treatment been regarded as only
for cataract may be possible. academie interest,
DO YOU READ PICTURES
-FROM LEFT TO RIGHT?
WHAT DOES_a_quick glance at this figure remind you of? A bird ? IF 80, you are like most people in your approach to printed pictures and words. You automatically scam them from left to right.
MANY people say the drawing ipoks like a rabbit.' 'Thatr natural approach is from right to left. As children they often have trouble in learning to rand, saving some woords backwarda auch da "auto" for, 'was.'
JOHNNY HAZARD
COME DOWN! THE DOGS WILL NOT HARM YOU.......AS LONG AS YOU OBEY MY COMMANDE!
of
New York.
So when the full moon bathes
shy
"Then overnight I WAS famous...all I'd Vono was to make a good picture. Instead of me being the silly hero shipper I found myself pedestal. Do I sound cllly vain? I don't mean to.
wor- on a
от
"I'm cufl not secustomed to myself, much less to what's happened. I still can't under- stand why anyone wants to moet me."
Probably the most tem- on pestuous star Howard Greer
Wagain, at the end of the Hezhooll,
March 30 the sacred chants of was called to dress wüs
"Blessing
the month, the Navajo In- Way," will rise all night, dians are going to appease
Ye'i ("terrible one"), the HARRY TRUMAN is flat hunt-
ing in New
bombs,
singer Grace Moore who died in 1847.
Her dresses had to allow for of talking god of the blue Avenue neetien. He wants to the chest "without imperilling a
York's Park an abnormal rise and fall Lukachukai Mountains.
be near his daughter Margaret zipper." They feel they
She had Atting surrounded must Put and her singing career, and tha
by secretaries, maids, musical things right for having sold editory of his memoirs,
If he finds a home ́ on Park | consultants, and her husband uranium from his hills so that Avenue, America's two Bving "hovering on the fringes like a the white men can make atom ex-Presidents would reside on man, waiting in a hospital to the some street, Herbert find out whether his wife has
Waldorf had twins or triplets. Medicino men of the Navajos, Hoover liver at the
Greer went once to a Grace largest Redskin tribo in Amori« ca, 63,000 strong, claim to be
Moore first night. The Grecr "commendable clairaudient-to hear spiritually.
CONGRESS does not belleva dress mate They say Yell's voleo la angry.
diplomats need a bathroom appearance, and its designer THE NAVAJOB own 25,000 with every bedrooms.
I went home to bed. with tho are angry
Next day he received thà square miles in Arizona, New Moxico, and Utah. They are State Department for planning following note: "If you weren't shepherds, but their shoop falled any such thing in the luxurious interested enough in me or the
from keep them
£6,800,000 housing project for gown to come back after acar- starvation.
them in Germany. The depart-concert....! ment has obligingly sliced off The end was just that line of
biller dots. £180,000.
to
Towers,
They
The needs of the A-bomb
But brought them prospority.
Not enough, says Congress, excavating uranium in their Ench diplomat's house will still i uploads mutilated Yel's hills, cost more than £40,000,
WOULD YOU MIND POINTING THAT GADGET THE OTHER. WAY? THE LADY IS ALMOST
AS NERVOUS AS I AM /
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