Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-07-06
SCIENCE CREATES
FOR WORLDS FAIR
Exhibit I'm Chicago Truly Is A Century
of Inventive Progress; Lighting
Effect Wonderful.
Nv CARL A. STR

Hundreds or thousands nave seen
the Worlds Fair, or A Century of
Progress, as it is officially known.
Hundreds of thousands have yet to
see the wonders of that mammoth ex-
position.
Here are seen the works of man
kind, from the past to the present
and into the future-the theme of
the exposition is Science. Things one
never knew existed are to be found
here. Scientists and men of ability
have labOred long and diligently to
make this Worlds Fair outstanding
in the annals of history-and they
seem to have succeeded.
The architecture of the buildings
is beautiful experiment of color and
modernistic lines. The lighting eff
fects at night are not to be easily
forgotten. To fully enjoy the beauty
of the lighting one should embark on
sightseeing boat and take trip
around the lagoon. The sight is al
most breath-taking in it's immense
beauty.
To see everything portrayed at the
Fair one would have to have an album
dance of time and patience, and OF
course, little money. Most OF the
major exhibitions do not charge an
admission fee but there are num-
Der which do and many of these are
decidedly interesting.
This week the writer will discuss
in part a few of the major attractions
to be found at A Century of Progress.
Hall of Science.
Most of the readers have heard of
the Hall of Science. This building
covers an area of more than eight
acres, or approximately 100000 square
feet. Two floors are used for eX-
hibiting the basic sciences, which are
grouped under several heads, such as
mathematics, astronomy, physics, etc.
The ground floor is devoted to medi-
cine and industrial applications of
science. In this building an interest
ing exhibit of celestial navigation is
given, gyroscopic compass is seen in
operation; various mathematical in
struments are shown; startled visitors
see speech turned into light beam.
Here, too, are the steel spheres in
which William Beebe and a compan-
ion descended one-half mile below
the surface, and the gondola in which
Auguste Picard made his record max
ing flight into stratosphere. Oh,
there are many wondrous things to
be seen; the writer could fill reams
of paper and wear out couple of
typewriters depicting the manifold
exhibits in this building alone.
Transportation Exhibit.
The Travel and Transport building
is another very interesting feature OF
A Century of Progress. The immense
dome of this building is suspended
from twelve cranes and hangs 125 feet
above the ground. The interior diam
eter is 80 feet at the base. 1t is
made with joints that allow for tenn
perature changes, the circumference
sometimes varying more than six feet.
The roof rises or sinks as much as
IS inches, depending on atmospheric
pressure. Thus it is called 'the dome
that breathes."
In this building is housed almost
every conceivable mode of transporta-
ton of ancient days up to the present.
Here one will see "Old Number g.
the first sleeping car ever built, which
looks anything but comfortable when
compared to the latest in Pullman
cars. 1t looks humble standing be-
tween two great modern Pullmans,
all aluminium and stream-lined, the
last word in sleeping car construction
for 1888 But "Old Number 9" can
be proud of it's history. 1t made its