Times Independent | 1955-02-24 | Page 90 | Helps Solve Problems

Helps Solve Problems Scale models fascinating miniatures miniatures min min- es that look and sometimes operate like their real counterparts counterparts counterparts counter counter- parts are used by engineers and research technicians of the oil Industry for operational studies planning and and demonstration pur pur- poses Some of the miniature models are so exact in design and construction construction con con- that they duplicate the operation as well as the appearance I of or the original For Instance one Industrial model has a jet rock drilling bit so tiny Uny that it fits lits into the palm of or the hand yet so accurately made that it drills a hole in rock exactly like a real bit drilling through a ahard ahard ahard hard formation hundreds of feet below the earths earth's surface Scale models like this have been important In developing improved drilling equipment The miniatures tiny by comparison make a 8 huge contribution to petroleum progress progress progress pro pro- gress as oil men use them in their constant efforts to provide more and better oil oU products