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Desiccants may be kept, packed or in cup, in drawers or cupboards along with items to be dehumidified. Spaces shosdd be smell and tightly shut!
SUNDAY. THE STAR MAGAZINE. WASHINGTON. D C. MARCH 8. ISM
Navy Experimenters:
Householders' Friends
HOW WOULD you like to
Start that stubborn our an cold,
damp mornings?
Keep your cupboards, closets and
drawers dry and free from must indefi
nitely, with little trouble or expense?
Reduce unpleasant noise in your home,
office or factory? -
Prevent metal surfaces (tools mid
machinery) from rusting without using
heavy grease?
Tou may do all these things (sod many
more) with pose today, thanks to the Navy
—or more specifically, the Naval fkiglnoar
ing Experiment Station in Annapolis.
Across the Severn River from the Naval
By A. L. SINGLETON
Star Staff Writer
Academy, the Station is a busy center of
activity in the fields of chemistry, mechan
ical engineering, applied physics and
metallurgy. Although its workers are
searching solely for ways to help the Navy,
they sometimes discover, as by-results,
things the householder or handyman
should know.
“One of these things,” paints out
Harold V. Nutt, Station technical director,
Vis a short-cut to starting an engine that
won’t turn over—on a small boat or a ear,
for example. All you have to do sometimes
Is drop a little ether in the manifold Or
you can soak a rag in ether and hold It to
the manifold intake.” CONTINUED
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