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that Is ihs rate Of the aees4sgAaoa ei SrAssly
in minute ;tactAoas AZ kSoaHda
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In the weight @; svetsthsag OF rAgtA s1ncs
weight is determined ey gFa,LauanA. pu.a
Determined 80 Year, Ase
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OIL fotSaam 0ei many about 70 seArs asa
ey the ra,s Of ssang Of nseSlsx!y nsAsagrss
pendulum This pendulum was then ssnt To
France. Ensland and The United States and
The experiment sas repeated Gravity hr,sr
Is exactly The same IN Aay tao places because
OF the connguTation OF the eAfths surface
The value since has bern predetermined
both st the National Physical Laboratory In
England and by d. Pau Aryl st tAs unltea
States Bureau OF Standards In washlns,on
Both Indicated that ErAFitAt3onai pull wAs
not quite as great a. determined by The
Germans, Unfortunately. however tire
American and British results did not quite
agree
Only with recent Developments af nhotns-
raphy and precise time measurement na.
direct determination based on rate Of fall
ecen possible.
The new drug dramamlne apparently both
prevents and cures sea sickness and air
sickness
This is established in tao riKid tests lust
reported TO the American Assoe!at for
the Advancement OF Science here
This nrst ~as carried out by ORA lxA!ls N
Gay and Paul Il, Cagiinsr Of Johns Hopkins
University in cooperation wish the Army
Medical Corps, Subjects acre / ,sss soldlers
ON an Army transport between New York
and Bremerhaven. Germany. durtng a rough
voyage They were divided IN four sfuups
one fourth were given drsmamlns and one
fourth sugar tablets before the voyage
started Another fourth were given the
remedy shortly after the onset Of sea siek.
ness. stiil another group WAS given sugar
pills after reporting sick Only tao es the
men fortified with dramAmins st the start
suffered Nearly all those who received the
innoeuous table. became i'll
OF those treated after the onset Of synp~
toms, nearly all obtained complete relief in
half hour. No unfavorahle reaction vas
encountered.
Picture on Air siekneas
The picture with regard 10 cir sirknsss "a
not quite 80 good. but remains impressive
The study was carried out by Drs BENJAMIN
A. Strickland. jr. and George L. Haha Of
the School OF Aviation Medicine at Randolph
Field. Tex. Soldiers were tested In . asrles
OF rough fiiRhts
About twice as many who did not receive
dramamine became sick
The drug first VAS introduced about two
years ago as treatment for hay fever
Quite accidentally. IL vas found 10 relieve car
sickness in highly suspectible hay fever VIC
tins. The sea and air tests were undertaken
a. check on this
Efforts nov are being made 10 build I'D a
new drug on the same general chemical
structure which will be specifically aimed
at al forms OF motion sickness