WORLD ACHIEVEMENTS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 117, 31 January 1940, Page 6

WORLD ACHIEVEMENTS

MORE DISCOVERIES Every day some discovery is made or invention created, and ia 1939 we heard of the following: Mr John Grubor, of ? 1 ew Yoik City, lias created a It looks like -Uiy other "hoe, but it feels different. As its wearer walks a breeze fans his toe'*, for his footwear is ;iircoruiitioncd, Inside each shoe is a leathcr-cove--ed in'ole fxed to a strong spring extending lit 1" ler-g! n of the foot, i here are holes on the iasole which a Slow if :o at t as a sort of bellows, e,;"ine, much coin-. Tort to the wearer. Mr !). .T. Drey or, Senior Fruit Inspector of the Uni'Mi of Sooth Alrica Government, tells us that acetylene gas is now being used i or ripening fruit. Peaches, oranges, and other fruits are ripened quieklv arid tomatoes have been ripened completely ten days beiore the normal date. Working with phtms. widen h.e placed in an atmosphere containing acetylene, h.e found that the plums ripened m five days. Mr Boris Fingerhood, supei'iiitendent of the Israel Zion hospital at New York, forecasts a new era in surgical teaching. A television set has been installed in a building -iOO yards from the operating theatre, ajul has students and nurses can watch delicate operations which are being per formed. Normally operations can only be visible to the surgeon. his attendant staff, and one or two privileged spectators. During the televising the doctor gave a ["running commentary" exp'ninin ; the operation, and thereby givng tlie "viewers" a better insight into surgical work than if ihey had been ! actually present.