Show MUFFLES l FOG HORNS t C Deflector on Sleep At the Buffalo light ht station on Lake Tak ErIe a large d deflector has hos been erected behind the tog fog horns to protect the city from tho the deep penetrating penetrating- sounds of or orthe the powerful instruments when sien the they are in iii service ser The device Is about fourteen feet teel in diameter and saucer- saucer shaped It consists of ot a steel shell having ing a inch four packing of mineral wool between it and a facing of or as asbestos asbestos as- as estos board The device Is attached firmly to the root roof of or the building and forms forma a backIng back back- tag Ing for or tho the megaphones When hen it became became be be- came caine apparent that the city needed to tobe tobe tobe be prot protected In some manner from the horns the device de was installed b by the bureau of ot lighthouses It has been in use for several se weeks and is reported to have proved efficient effi eti- cleat clent not only in minimizing the volume vol vol- 01 ume of sound Round spreading back across the city but also in rendering the signals sig zig- nals more distinct to navigators Pop na Pop Popular ular Mechanics |