Thursday. Oct. 22, 1953
COLD SPOT—Dr. Gorden G. Wiseman, assistant professor of physics, (right) and Jerry Wackerle, graduate student, operate a helium cryostat, the newest possession of the department of physics. The research machine is used for numerous experiments by maintaining extremely low temperatures.
Cryostat,'Cooling Device,' Adopted
Another valuable research tool, a helium cryostat, has been added to the department of physics at the University. The complicated instrument is a device for maintaining low temperatures required for a wide variety of important experiments.
According to Dr. Gordon G. Wiseman, who is responsible for the operation of the cryostat, the machine is capable of reaching a temperature of 454 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, or only 6 degrees from absolute zero, which represents the complete absence of heat. By using the compressor as a vacuum pump, the temperature can be further lowered to a point comparable to 456 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.
These extremely low temperature-
are acquired by making compressed helium gas do work in an engine and by the Joule-Thomson process. At low temperatures, materials exhibit a great many peculiar properties, and the liquid helium produced by the cryostat is used to cool these materials so their properties may be studied. Many fundamental characteristics of materials can be studied better at low temperatures than at high temperatures.
This cryostat, one of 61 in the nation, was responsible for, the first liquid helium ever produced in Kansas, and easily claims the title as the coldest spot in the Sunflower State. The entire apparatus consists of a very large re-circulating tank, a compressor, and the housing and instruments for the cryostat itself.
The helium goes from its storage tank into the recirculating tank, to the compressor, back to the recirculating tank, and then to the cryostat. The liquid helium accumulates and is drawn off from a vacuum-jacketed vessel deep inside the instrument. The container into which the helium is drawn off is insulated by two vacuums and liquid nitrogen to protect it from the temperature of normal air, which would be red-hot to the extremely cold helium.
In the past every significant advance in public health, such as chlorination of water supplies or pasteurization of milk, initially encountered some opposition and has required some time to win complete public acceptance, Metzler said. The fact that several million persons have been drinking water containing the proper amount of fluoride all
Fluoridation Gains Cited
of their lives has provided a convincing, effective demonstration of the dental benefits, the absence of harmful effects, and may account for a quick acceptance of fluoridation.
New York Assured Of New '54 Mayor
More than 817 communities having a total population of 618,713 persons are now receiving the benefits of fluoridated water. San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Miami, Indianapolis, Baltimore, St. Paul, Pittsburgh and San Diego are among the large cities which have adopted the process. An additional 366 communities have approved fluoridation programs through local dental and medical societies and are awaiting delivery of equipment to begin operation.
New York — (U.P.)—A court order removing the name of Mayor Vincent P. Impellitieri from the Nov. 3 election ballot assured New Yorkers today of getting a new major in 1954.
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Impelliteri was expected to withdraw formally as a candidate for reelection today in the face of a ruling by Supreme Court Judge William H. Munson that his nominating petitions contained an insufficient number of valid signatures.
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Fluoridation is rapidly becoming one of the most important public health developments in recent years, according to Dwight F. Metzler, director of the Division of Sanitation of the State Board of Health at KU.
Parsons, Kans., is the most recent city to begin fluoridation of its public water supply. As a result, tooth decay in Parsons children will be reduced by more than 50 per cent in the next eight to ten years, according to Metzler. Extensive, careful research by some of the nation's leading scientists has shown that the use of drinking water containing one part per million of fluoride will reduce tooth decay by as much as two thirds.
The ruling shattered Impellitteri's hopes to run as an independent candidate as he did successfully in 1950. He could still stage a campaign for write-in votes, but political observers said there was virtually no chance he could win.
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Washington — (UIP) — The Supreme Court was somber and solemn again today. Gone was the slender blonde lawyer in a V-neck dress.
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The lady attorney's appearance in derstand why she was attracting so the court yesterday somewhat upset the high bench's dignity. The lady is Miss R. Belladonna Villines, who presented herself for permission to handle cases before the court.
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Anyone appearing before the high bench is expected to be garbled with extreme circumspectness. So closely is this observed that a girl reporter once was reprimanded for wearing a sweater.
So when Miss Villines, who is Mrs. Donald Coenen in private life, showed up in a tight-fitting knit dress, newsmen and court employees rushed for places to see what would happen.
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Miss Villines herself couldn't un Miss Villines has practiced law
Justice Felix Frankfurter was busy with papers. He received audge from Justice Robert H. Jackson. Both smiled.
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