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RADIO AGE for January, 19:
The Magazine of the Hour
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Keeping Pace With Science
European Scientists StudyGhostly Temperature Drop SCIENTIFIC circles in Europe are experiencing a distinct revival of interest in the supposed phenomena produced by mediums and in other so-called psychic manifestations. Most scientific men have been disinclined to investigate these phenomena seriously on the ground that many mediums are known to be frauds and that fraud is probable in the whole realm of the psychic. Outstanding exceptions to this view have been Sir Oliver Lodge, in England, and Dr. Charles Richet, in Paris. These pioneers are now beginning to have imitators among other scientific men. Few of these scientists share the spiritualistic beliefs. They prefer the idea that if any of the phenomena are real these are to be explained by new forces of nature which we do not yet understand. The most important single experiment yet reported in the field of actual scientific investigations of mediumistic phenomena appears to be one in which the temperature of the seance room dropped suddenly while a seance was in progress.
This Ship Swallows the Whale
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The whale may have swallowed Jonah, but in 1926 here is what swallows the whale. In the strange blunt prow of this modern whaling vessel, is a waterproof door which is opened when a whale is caught, and in goes the whale, where thetry-work scannery and full equipment for using every bit of the big sea beast is located. The ship shown here is the C. A. Larsen, one of the biggest whalers afloat
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Mother of Airplanes at Sea
Wide World Photo
The airplane carrier "Langley" off San Diego during recent maneuvers of the Pacific fleet. The ship, under the command of Captain John Reeves and in charge of the aircraft squadrons, has been in operation since 1924 and naval aviators have landed their planes 2500 times without a single major accident. One thousand seven hundred of these landings have taken place since last November and all have been made at sea while the Langley was engaged in tactical maneuvers with the fleet or in training of the pilots. The arresting gear on board the Langley, which permits the plane to come to a full stop within the length of the deck, is one of the few jealously guarded secrets of the American Navy