Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-04-28 | Page 4 | Freaks and Oddities in Science News

F FREAKS REA K Sand and 0 ODDITIES D D I TIE S SI I IN N S SCIENCE C I E NeE NEW NEWS NEWS- SIn S- S In the matter of or decibels Gigli can cando cando cando do a neat 77 77 and that Is 12 better than a street car cur Decibels are arc units o cf of sound Science took Its measuring machine to I the Metropolitan opera house for tor a performance of Rigoletto SCIENCE NOW Gigli high note go getter hit MEASURES ART 77 during the singing of that IN DECIBELS quartet you quartet you know the 50 4 rec- rec OF SOUND ord He took a deep breath and deer the good old decibel detector did the rest Lily Pons regist registered red a surprising 75 15 In Caro Nome Very good one scientist said A subway train with two flat wheels tan can do no better than thana a 95 During the overture the orchestra rang the de decIbel decibel decibel de- de cibel with a solid soUd 96 06 The audience also did its bit in keeping the sound meter metr needle busy Its applause a at the conclusion of Caro Cato Nome was an 85 85 trailing trailing the subway by an even ten decibels decibels and and that was the best of the evening Gigli's applause averaged 75 He was t two tso o decibels better than that all by him him- self sett Mario playing Rigoletto was applauded applauded ap ap- to the tune of 01 a 77 at one point which ranked high among the applause given the operas opera's men folks The only time the meter needle dropped below freezing was when it touched 24 as Gilda was getting herself stabbed During Intermissions the audience chatter was between 50 and 53 The audio sound meter unquestionably brings a anew anew anth nth new new element Into the theater It Is quite possible that an artist can demand more money for his art arton arton arton on the grounds that he can do more decibels than some other fellow On the other hand It gives the management a definite weapon With a sound meter on his desk during a performance the manager can study the needle movements and say Jones is slipping He only got 73 decibels tonight to tonight tonight to- to night on that high B flat In tn the murder scene A second-hand second truck can do better than that on two cylinders Dale Dale Harrison Associated Pr Press Staff stare Writer EH New tests that may have Important applications U in medicines medicine's attack upon cancer by X-rays X and radium have been presented by Dr G. G Failla of Memorial hospital New York City to the American Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean Physical society X-rays X from a large volt tube X-rays X from ordinary volt tubes such as used in cancer treatment and gamma rays from radium do not have the same effects on human human hu hu- hu man skin and arid other living tissue The wave length of or the radiation plays an important part in the degree of effect produced From a practical standpoint human patients and other living things do not react in the same way to the three qualities of radiation These observations are expected to have direct application to the use of ot these radia lions in the treatment of cancer The tests were made on roots and shoots o of wheat seedlings fruit fly eggs tails of young mice ears of rabbits and human skin