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Show THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1964 Tell Me Why How Are X-Ray Pictures Taken? green light. It is this very short By A. LEOKUM Jim: I tried to bandage a| Can you change the first Win the 15-volume Britannica wave length that enables them hiccup. |word “Hurt” to the last wond _* © Junior Encyclopedia for school to pass through material which |“‘Case” in four moves? Change and home. Send your questions, will stop light. Visitor: Do you believe injone letter in the word with When X-rays are used to take clubs for young le? name, age, address to ‘Tell Me ‘each move. See tomorrow’s * Why!” care of The Daily Her- “pictures,” it is called radio- Teacher: Only when kindness|paper for the answer. ald. In case of dupli¢ate ques-|gtaphy. The radiograph is a fails. tions, the author will decide the|Shadowgraph, or shadow pic- winner. Today’s winner is: ture. In other words, we don’t side. After it is exposed, it must be developed like ordinary photographic film. The bones, or mio} >la body being X-rayed and cast shadows on the film. The film is different from ordinary coated film. It is coated on both sides with a sensitive emulsion instead of on only one 4|/a]/c{=x The remarkable thing about X-rays is that they have the power to penetrate things when other rays are stopped. They are similar to light waves, but differ in the length of their waves and in their energy. The shortest wave length from an X-ray tube may be from one fifteen-thousandth to one mil- Meg. U.8. Pat. Ofice MeNught Syndicate, ten Win the Britannica World At- pass through the part of the N. Y. las or Yearbook of Events. Send your riddles, jokes, to: Riddles, Jokes, ‘Tell Me Why!” Today’s | winner is: Jean Coker, 12, Springville, Utah. | | ee The Guarnieri family were ‘famous violin-makers of Cre- | mona, Italy, during the 17th century. any other objects that the rays don’t pass through easily, cast denser shadows. So they show LITTLE PEOPLE'S PUZZLE lionth of the wave length of up as light areas on the film. Radiographs are taken to locate broken bones and to find foreign bodies such as bullets, pins, tacks, and other metal objects that have entered the Today In History Tn SpeatteFas Beg URSome Pa Ow ee Word Puzzle Robert Purdie, 14, Brooklyn, get a “picture,” but the X-rays body. The rays are also used to THE ALMANAC By United Press International Today is Thursday, April 16, the 107th day of 1964 with 259 to follow. The moon is approaching its first quarter. The morning star is Saturn. The evening star is Venus. Aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright was born on this date in 1867. On this day in history: In 1862, Congress abolished slavery in the District of Columbia. detect tumors, ulcers, and cavities such as chest cavities caused by tuberculosis of the lung. The location of a brain umor by X-rays shows the brain surgeon where to operate. 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