Evening star., 1949-06-01
New Machine Developed
To Measure Clothes Weor
Device viii Aid Army "a Ru,tng
Materials tow tn,ierra.
Ey TAsmas 4. Hs-y

A machine 10 Measure hN~ sass sActssss
wrs- eus has ne~H csstanr~t ~ nGs~aa sf
ssancAzcs ra,sae2ssa
II n~Asaswa wasasH f-artAcrss as rngsassnes<~
the thickness az .Aasss waAsA nAs a~<a sGzs-
secsea TO ssrsoes wear srssa ey Ire eexrss
os resistance 10 al eaeSsyse carsves -sss
cessee vas crseaog~1 gnaee TIE Egxcnsxsasp
of the Arny CaastsEuastss Ccxra a. .
g1aAoe in pssrsAanzag materials fcx uHaspsmA
Laboratory study q ths wearing - ssSsta
has eeen Inadequate to tAs pass tsss nuswaa
physicists say. because es aAek ot rFwcssw
methods @. msAsarssnrnt Tsssrs hAsx e~xa
easervaiacns has~d en- tire tssa# rweasswe te
completely wwar through O aaraEss en- ar
nerresesllty. Ashs transmission ARD eg~a1-
snS xsswnxsA- AL tAsAs sVsv cIs.raa 10
determine
sssasss On Asra.lsa.
The new measure IN explained 10 nos
exactly one q thickness eas q. the aHao4at
Of material remaining after q certain r<sasa
Of ahrassoss. single sp~cssnens @. eaosA can
Be- usec for studies Of dilfeFeas kinda es wrAs.
such a. would be undergone ~ the slecss
cf the coat. the seai Of tire panss etc,
Tnus the procedure has eeen found quite
convenient for measuring the amount ef
destruction Of different parss es Q garment
after y service test under conditions ai
actual use
The device also measures accurately TIE
amount OF moisture shsovoed by o fabric
over any period. ssnse electrical resssssnes
through cloth varies quite precisely aash Tie
wetness Of the specimen.
Meanwhile the Smithsonian Institution n
. project also sgscnscfed BY ths Quarter
master Corps is studying The effect Of various
xaye-lensths Of tlght In sunshine on The
deterioration Of materials used In Array uni. .
forms and tents This has bern found to
differ considerably with different leeatsonA
Beef Ii An important source of shs most
powerful Of the vitamsns
ii apparently stands NEXT 10 liver In 10
conten; of sitamin B-ts The antipernieicus
anernia factor which h effective In mii-
iionths Of grams In arrssstns Q hitherto al.
most invariably fatal msiady. II also pteS-
ably S essential TO growth.
University Of Wisconsin hloehemlxss are
anAiyxine the amount af the vitamIn in va
rious meats. They have found that GOOD red
beef is about twice ~ sood as pork. accord
TINS TO Or. c. A. Elsehjem Liver. from which
the substance ifrst vas isolated. remains the
most potent source,
The yltamin apparently 10 produced tho
Wisconsin hiochemists have found by ae-
ton OF bacteria In tine stomach. The cows
two stomachs" enable more OF II 10 10
ulAHuihGtuieu hlna 0oes tnr enc AtaznhEh W
the pig.
Cobalt Essential In Diet
II long has been known that cattle do
poorly on pastures where the soil IL deficient
in the somewhat rare element. cobxst, Es-
tremeiy minute amounts Of this probably
are essential in the diet of oil animAis
The vttamin B-i2 Investigations for the
nrst time give q logical explanation for this.
The mineral Ia required 10 build Up the
chemical complex OF the yitamin,
Once produced. the greater part Of the
substance is stored In the liver, conkider-
able amounts. however. go into muscle, and
traces may be distributed throughout The
body. So far rs known. the yi,amin does not
occur In plant feeds
In is47 the wisconsin scientists succeeded
for the nrst time in producing q condition
close TO pernicioas Anemia in an experi-
mental animal and curing II with refined
preparations Of the new sitamIn. .