U. S. force in Africa elaborately equipped
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U. S. force in Africa elaborately equipped
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U. S. force in Africa elaborately equipped
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THAT American troops are the best equip-
ped in the world is borne out by what each
soldier is carrying in the invasion of North
Africa. As indicated by the artist's concep-
tion, this equipment comprises everything
from a tommy gun to a mosquito repellent.
One thing our troops did not land with was
any regimental marking that would have
aided the enemy to estimate the number of
men that had been landed.
STREAMLINED STEAM LOCOMOTIVES of the T1
class have been placed in passenger service
on the 713-mile Chicago-Harrisburg run of
the Pennsylvania Railroad. Built by the
Baldwin Locomotive Works, each of the two
engines being used is capable of pulling an
880-ton load at a speed of 100 miles an hour.
Equipped to carry 19,500 gallons of water
and 41 tons of coal, the locomotive has to
make only one stop in the run. Novel feature
of the engine, styled by industrial designer
Raymond Loewy, is its nautical prow.
SPEED NUTS for use in plywood
construction have been de-
signed so that they can be
quickly driven into position
with a hammer instead of be-
ing screwed on with a wrench.
‘When driven over the threads
of the screw, the thread-grip-
ping clips of the nut snap
tightly into place, while the
four pointed legs, spreading
outward as they sink into the
wood, achieve a spring-tension
grip. If the nut is used on thin,
plate-backed plywood, the leg
tips merely curl up to give
more gripping power.
GLASS BOLTS and nuts are be-
ing enthusiastically adopted
by our war plants. Original-
ly these highly tempered
parts were valued chiefly for
their resistance to acids. But
their surprising strength and
durability, and the saving
they afford in more critical
materials, have made them
valuable in an increasing
variety of uses. The bolts
shown are about 41% inches
long, % of an inch in diame-
ter, and almost as light as a
cast aluminum bolt of the
same size. Nuts and bolts are
being made in many sizes.
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1943-04
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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103-104
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public Domain (Google Digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Matteo Ridolfi
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Marco Bortolami (editor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 142, n.4, 1943
