The Washington times., 1933-12-28
POS|TRON 33'S
CHIEF SCIENCE
DISCOVERY
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that matter in the form Of galaxies
of stars was very unevenly dis
tributed. BY further study Of the
data the astronomers hope to de.
termine what sort Of explosion, If
any, started the universe to ex'
panding int space at its present
rate.
Identification Of "coronium, ''
the bright gas forming the suns
corona during a total eclipse, was
made during the year by DR.. D.
H. Mendel, of Harvard Observa-
tory, and DR.. j. c. Boyce, Of
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology. They found it was merely
highly excited oxygen"
Further studies on the ductless
glands of human beings and ami
mails revealed a mass Of new in
formation. DR.. Eugene Steinach,
originator Of the monkey gland"
operation for rejuvenation, an.
nounced he was obtaining better
results now with simple injections
of p ogynon, a chemical produced
by the pituitary gland of humans
and animals.
Another HormOne Found
Another sex stimulating hor-
none, produced by the same
gland, which is situated at the
bottom of the human skull, was
discovered by DR.. Hubert M.
Evans, of Rockefeller Institute.
Further study of the powerful
hormone, corton, produced by the
cortex of the adrenal glands,
caused Drs. w. w. Swingle and
j. j. Pfiffner, of Princeton Uni
versity. to announce it powerfully
affected blood vessels, and that
injections of it would prevent
death in many persons suffering
from surgical shock or the "shock"
of being MANNED in automobile
accidents.
DR.. Frank A. Hartman, of the
University of Buffalo, in further
studies of the adrenal glad dis
covered a new hormone he named
"cortolactin." It directly stimu-
lates human milk production and
can cause lactation in males.
demonstrating, first accom-
plished in England two years ago,
continued in hundreds of labora-
tories throughout the nation. The
actual transformation of electrical
energy into "solid" matter was
reported by DR.. Bainbridge. BY
bombarding lithium atoms of
mass seven he produced boron
atoms of mass ten.
Atoms BOmbarded
Using veritable cannon ball,
the deuton, or double weight hy-
drogen atom, Prof. Ernest 0.
Lawrence. of California Institute
of Technology, bombarded various
other types of atoms and released
voltages many millions in excess
of the voltage he applied to his
atomic bullets.
DR.. Robert van der CRAFT COM
p1eted his 0,O00,00O-volt electro
static generator on the estate of
Col. E. H. r. Green at Round
Hill, Mass, but he has not yet
begun smashing atoms with this
high voltage.
Three "commercial' discoveries
of great Importance also were an
nounced during the year.
Signor Guglielmo Marconi an
nounced he had managed to
bend" ultrashort radio waves
around the curvature of the earth.
Previously waves below five
meters shot right off into space
beyond the horizon.
Blind Flying Aided
Blind" flying of airplanes was
perfected until pilots were able
to land safely more than 100
times without mishap while the
cockpits of their planes were
covered with a hood through
which they could not see. The
Bureau of Standards led in the
invention of safe blind" flying
equipment.
The only cosmic ray investiga-
ton Of the year that may lead to
new discoveries was that begun
by Lieut.. Comdr. T. G. w. Settle
and Maj. Chester L. Forney, who
in November broke all records in
their ascent into the stratosphere.
Experts are now studying the in
struments taken up into the outer
a m osp h ere by Settle and
Fordney.
Among other interesting exhibits
were a "merry-go-round" for mi
crobes, with pictures taken at the
speed of 10000 revolutions a min
ute, and involving the production
Of four young from one egg. New
ways of analyzing odors, the
causes of fatigue, and weather
forecasting miles above the earth.
"Visagraph" Shown
Another exhibit was a "visa-
graph" permitting blind persons
to "see" newsprint and pictures
through the medium of finger
tips, invented by Robert E. Naum-
berg. of Cambridge. The visa
graph has an electric eye" under
which two pages of a book may
be thrust through a slot. The
eye scans the black and white
outlines of drawings and typed
lines and they are transformed
into raised and magnified lines,
punched by a vibrating needle
like point upon moving sheets of
aluminium foil.
Gold HOarding Faces