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From New York comes tlic report that ;i new ant' abundant mineral, lib of'which i>: equal in power output to 5.000,0001b of coal or .3,000,0001 Id of petrol, has been discovered. These figures" are given by the Physical "Review, official organ of American physicists and reputed to be one of the world's leading scientific journals. It is said to be a natural substance closely related to uranium and is known as U235. It released energy when it is placed in water, which is turned to steam. According to Professor John R. Dunning; of Columbia, a lump of 5 to 101b of U2:is would drive an ocean liner for an indefinite period without refuelling. What ir. more it is not consumed, it generates, steam as long as water is supplied to it. The substance is found to be present in uranium ore, of which Britain, the Belgian Congo, Canada, Colorado and Germany have large deposits.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 193, 31 July 1940, Page 7
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158PLEASE PASS THE SALT Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 193, 31 July 1940, Page 7
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