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I 31 THE PITTSBURGH PRESS, SUNDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1947 a man is flying in the stratosphere, Today in Science NEW can be won by previous conditioning. A short stay in the mountains be give the airman those precious extra minutes of staying conscious. In that time he could bring his plane and himself to a safe altitude after the oxygen supply was gone. Foxholes at Top of world fore the stratosphere mission would Wireless Outlook WASHINGTON Fair radio reception today and tomorrow will probably be followed by disturbed listening conditions on Monday and Tuesday.

Living Without Oxygen WASHINGTON Six life-saving Offer Harrowing Existence By JANE STAFFORD, Science Service Medical Writer WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 This is a cold weather story and a dismal preview of the foxholes in the Arctic if Most Powerful Atom Smasher Gets Its 'Heart' Magnet Outweighs Naval Destroyer IRVINGTON ON HUDSON, Dec. minutes, extra minutes fighting death when oxygen is gone while there is a next Do you hate to eat out cut me out JEEP cold outdoors? Do you sit anai shiver instead of moving around to keep warm? Do you get angry HERE COMES THE PRICE CUSTOM MADE STEEL VENETIAN BLINDS NOW. 54.23 9 sq. ft.

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W. Molnar, of the Army take final form today. Workers have field research laboratory. Fort Knox, completed Its magnetic "heart, an assembly of steel outweighing a LISTEN! Naval destroyer. PHONE CO.

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the office of Naval research. It is expected to be in operation late 126 Sixth St. GRant 3660 Pittsburgh next spring or early summer. is authority for this propnecy. Eight infantrymen and a lieutenant fought a battle in Adak Island in the Aleutians.

Five Retreated After 16 Hours They were under orders to hold the line by staying in their foxholes for 48 hours. They had warm food to eat. But five of them could not stand it and retreated to a nearby warm hut after 16 hours. The other four were then ordered back and the battle, or endurance test, was over. Differences in psychological makeup rather than in physical makeup seemed to determine which men could endure the wet-cold.

Added Drotection in the form of Columbia scientists said today that the cyclotron, accelerating particles up to 400 million volts should create new forms of matter and should serve as a "super-ultra microscope" to study particles of disintegrated atom. It may even produce evidence requiring a new concept of what is heat, clothing or shelter does not the structure of an atom. May Help Treat Cancer Prof. I. I.

Rabi. Nobel prize win necessarily increase endurance, tw Molhar said. --4 The wind blew at an average velocity of 30 miles per hour during the first 14 hours of the test, rising ner and head of the Columbia physics department, said that the huge machine may also have value in therapy, possibly the treatment to 72 miles an hour during the last 10 minutes. The men said the wind blew dirt and snow into their faces of deep seated cancers. and food.

Would Leave Despite Enemy The "bullets' to be used in this cyclotron will be particles known as protons. These are found in the nucleus of the atom along with Four of the men who left against other particles, known as neutrons. orders had previous combat experience. They said not even enemy The third particle of the atom is the electron that circulates around the nucleus similar to the move fire would have kept them in. Measures to prolong endurance ment of the planets around the sun Dr.

Molnar said, would have to be either a drug to dull the excitatory centers of the brain or such as That magnet completed today was assembled from 38 huge, care' i-miiH rpinforce the desire to be a fully machined blocks of steel, each weighing 60 tons. The pieces, most good soldier. of them three feet long, 18 inches I'i thick and five and a half feet wide were transported here on war-time tank carriers. The entire magnet weighs about 2500 tons. Speed "Boosted Moke your Selection From Tns PRACTICAL GIFT CHECK LIST The duty of the house magnet Is to create a magnetic field through which the particles pass many times.

Each time they do they are given an electrical "boost" increas tag their speed. This results in a very penetrating beam and it is directed against various targets to split atoms. We deliver free a.v Item thi. lertUe. OfM I By delicate instruments the Co lumbia scientists can study the particles of the split atoms.

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Would Pull Tacks From Shoes "The most fascinating problem is to probe the protons and the neu- trons to see whether they are really stable structures or whether they can be disintegrated or transmuted," he said. The magnet in the Berkley, CaL arrive on time with this faith ful reminder. $yi05 Only rr v- i 1 ft 4 '1 rrr cam. fsittr wp new pleasures in the kitchen with III I r. I these roomy, well I I Dress these roomy, well Clothes Hampers COMPLETE ALL STEEL OR HARDWOOD MODERN KITCHEN cyclotron is heavier than the one Installed here today, but the Columbia machine will be much more powerful because of its design.

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