New Britain herald., 1930-12-27
Transatlantic Air Mail Only One Of Many Wonders Science Promises
 To Bring to Fruition During l93l

harbor. It will take several years W hich will exceed by 700 feet the record of the Hudson river bridge at New York city which promises to support it's first traffic toward the end of the year.
 Natural gas, once considered as a merely temporary fuel, promises to continue spreading its pipeline net across America. Pipe lines for gas promise to become as common as oil lines and compete with rail- roads and electrical transmission lines in the transporting of energy.
 It is probable that chemists will approach closer to the completion elements. Now only two elements. Nos. S5 and S7, remain to be iso- lated and revealed to scientific knowledge. The exploration Of the g2 fundamental substances pro- gressed with great rapdity, for only about six years ago there were six unknown chemical clements.
 In q time when there is much unemployment, science has been blamed for taking jobs away from the workers through the develop- ment of machines. This, science 1 and technology working together un- I Goubtedly does, and has been doing since inc carly days Of the mechani- 1 cal revolution when mechanical looms were burned by irate hand Weavers as q protest against the mcchanization of their industry. ] Machines Destroy Jobs, Make Others While science and technology 1 have been the destroyers of jobs l during the briet transition period i that follows the introduction of new ] techniques. they have been more powerful creators Of new jobs. Mil lions are now engaged in the manu- facturc and maintenance ot automo- l piles who would not m a horse age find jobs taking care of horses and ] the vehicles they draw.
 As machines and human brains continue their replacement of hu- man muscle, there will enter into American homes more of those me ! chanical luxuri"s that have become l necessities, such as radios and me chanical rofrlgorators.
 The United States navy's airship ] Akron will take the air about the middle Of the year as the largest lighter-than-ai craft aloft. The hull, or frame, Of q sister ship of the same size. 6,5Ou,o0O cubic feet l helium capacity, will be laid in the giant hangar at Akron, Ohio. as soon as the first airship is launched.
 | Endurance In Altitude Reached?
 Whether inc coming year will see ! a new altitude record to replace the 4&,I66-foot height achieved by It. Apollo Soucek in 1880 is problem
 dtical because at such height the i @lrplano Is approaching the upper limits Of human endurance.
 The United States air mails prom iso to make the first step toward Europe following trails blazed ear Her by transatlantic flights. Tn post office department at Washing ion is contemplating q weekly carry- ing of the mails across the Atlantic by way ot Bermuda and the Azores
 European nations have plans for d mail route across the southern At lantic 10 South America.
 Transatlantic steamship companies are turning their designers towarI larger and speodicr liners for the north Atlantic service. The Cunard line may begin construction Of |
 73,00o-ton ship during the year while American interest may counter by beginning construction Of q shil larger than the Leyiathan.
 Einstein's Visit
 The internationalism of science
 will be given impetus by Prof. Al.
 bert Einsteins visit 10 this country
 10 check his famous theories al as.
 uonomical observatorins in Califor
 nia. Interchange Of scientific pro.
 fessors and the visits of emlncn
 scientists to other countries empha.
 size the universality Of science.
 Aug. 29, 1931, is the centenary O
 the first successful experiment ol
 clcctromagnetic induction by Mi
 chael Faraday in London. This cX
 pertinent laid the foundation for th'
 vast electrical industry of today. Th' t7araday centenary will be tittingl'