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Show &$) xy &$) f JKHil i . " l ' -. v " V ; ! h ! S " X ; s "v 4 - x N : . v. -:-:-.-: ::.;.-: - , r Viftiti irtiTi'-'1'-' J-'" .4 5 j ILLIPUT1AN TOM I- h . 'j L THOTIB would find , Aj himself at home in the - ' V' Westmghouse laborato- " v Is nes where these pictures - ''I i were taken So would any ' l i toy-mmded youngster, for 3 . " : modern scientists olten ; fiK i work with equipment that jl 4 v ' hardly appears scientific, fs if N - " N" t jl I For example, see the ,T ! xi ' s midget laboratory held in "x , v 1 a fair-sized hand above. ; , .,. Microchemistry is to the i X H older analytical methods what the j J microscope is to the unaided eye, r , J solving big problems with tiny pln- ' " " j points of materiaL At the left Is i"x" I a robot that smokes and talks. LILLIPUTIAN TOM THUMB would find himself at home in the Westmghouse laboratories laborato-ries where these pictures were taken. So would any toy-minded youngster, for modern scientists olten work with equipment that hardly appears scientific. For example, see the midget laboratory held in a fair-sized hand above. "' Microchemistry is to the older analytical methods what the microscope is to the unaided eye, solving big problems with tiny pinpoints pin-points of materiaL At the left Is a robot that smokes and talks. vV'fl fX.Sl-TT-v"tV XJ U&z". $im. -J tT - I i fep iiisii!:;:: Laboratory engineers built this toy dam before proceeding with a $550,000 "upside down" flood protection dam in the Pittsburgh area. Below: A remarkable celluloid model of the giant support for a 200-inch telescope being built atop Mt. Palomar, California. I , ' - 1 X'v i i x - X a? i ji l : n - d Mil t ' xf V. 1 4X- Ijif.j i' Jl I -! m ; - 7 ' , Here is a "microbalance" weighing specks of matter as light as one-millionth of a gram. A common pin weighs one-tenth of a gram and is a heavy load for the scales. , y f 'V' ' y , ' , X ' , . ' f , 'j; 'X. y- i .1. ' ' Llicrochemists need a steady hand to handle these implements. |