Results: Stories
2,627 results found for '"Engineering"' in Keyword.
New Road Now Links US Alaska
- Series name
- War Pictorial News
- Issue no
- X003A
- NoS ID
- 156550
- Story no
- 3 / 4
New road, with relay stations every hundred miles, used to transport war supplies.
Civil Engineering
- Series name
- Letter From London
- Issue no
- 371
- NoS ID
- 325270
Send For Scoosher
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 20
- NoS ID
- 325345
- Story no
- 1 / 4
COI synopsis: Firemen’s latest weapon is the Scoosher - a lightweight self-contained fire engine carrying its own water supply right up to the heart of the fire. A flame detector guides the operator who...
C.P.I.L.S.
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 59
- NoS ID
- 325385
- Story no
- 2 / 4
COI synopsis: Automatic landing systems for aircraft - now so up-dated that even the smallest of airfields can handle them.
Running Track
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 67
- NoS ID
- 325393
- Story no
- 1 / 4
COI synopsis: A specially designed centrifugal indoor running track and a special surface combine to make quick getaways quicker!
Railock
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 68
- NoS ID
- 325394
- Story no
- 1 / 3
COI synopsis: If you’re high up on the job and you drop off, this device in a safety rope tears itself apart rather than you.
In Air Iceing
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 69
- NoS ID
- 325395
- Story no
- 1 / 4
COI synopsis: Realistically arctic conditions at the touch of a switch - liquid nitrogen, steam, and water sprays in freezing air, are some of the techniques for producing man-made snowstorms for essential...
Sounds of Doom
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 78
- NoS ID
- 325404
- Story no
- 1 / 3
COI synopsis: A suspension bridge buckling and twisting till it collapses demonstrates one of the more spectacularly catastrophic results of stress in metals... but more frequently the effects of stress...
Hardness Tester
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 84
- NoS ID
- 325410
- Story no
- 1 / 3
COI synopsis: Similar in principle to the cartridge of a record player this device assesses a metal’s hardness by forcing a diamond to indent the surface and measuring the voltage generated.
Laser Landing Aid
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 88
- NoS ID
- 325416
- Story no
- 1 / 5
COI synopsis: A laser beam of red light which penetrates through fog provides an excellent beacon for the ship or aircraft pilot.