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Pluto, v. 1, issue 4, September 1940
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12 PLUTO IT'S BEEN PROVEN ity before the present European, war. Berlin and Leipzig were joined by the first long distance telephone-television service in the world. Speakers at both ends of the roundabout cable were visible to each other during their telephone conversation. The images appeared on a screen directly in front of the telephone, and the service was to the public at the rate of $1.40 for three minutes. The modern "Visigraph", was not compact, as most authors present them, but was composed of an ordinary telephone which was used in the ordinary way; a screen was three feet square was placed in front of the caller. * * * * * * * * TRUE OR FALSE QUIZ QUESTIONS. If you think a statement below is true, mark it such. If you think the statement is false, mark it such and correct it. Each correct answer is worth five points. If you can correct the false statement give yourself five points; if you cannot correct the false statement give yourself two points. A score below 60 is poor. Between 60 and 70 is fair; between 70 and 80 is good; between 80 and 90 is excellent, and between 90 and 100, is perfect. 1. A juggler entertains people by maintaining objects in a state of ionization-------------------------- 2. The things in your heart that pump blood into your arteries, are called spiracles-------------------------- 3. Hydrogen Sulphide smells like rotten eggs-------------------------- 4. The 200-inch telescope is to be installed in the dome on the United states Capitol Building to watch for fifth columnists-------------------------- 5. Bank-and-turn indicators are used upon roulette wheels-------------------------- 6. The only mammals capable of true flight are bats-------------------------- 7. Movies depend upon a phenomenon called myopia-------------------------- 8. Myopia is short sightedness-------------------------- 9. Silicosis is a disease transmitted by parrots-------------------------- 10. The gram and liter are units of the metric system-------------------------- 11. One of a car's rear wheels is allowed to turn faster than the other in rounding a corner; by a scotch yoke-------------------------- 12. Whether there is such a thing as telepathy or "sixth sense" is now being ascertained with packs of cards bearing emblems such as circles, squares, and stars-------------------------- 13. An animal reverting to an earlier stage of evolution is called "a full-back"-------------------------- 14. A device to read a graduated scale with high precision, is known as a vernier------------------------- 15. Coaxial cables transmit television programs-------------------------- 16. A catalyst is a substance that promotes a chemical reaction, without undergoing any chemical change itself-------------------------- 17. Our solar system is composed of the planets, their moons, comets, & all other bodies that revolve about the sun-------------------------- 18. The meter equals 39.2707 inches--------------------------
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12 PLUTO IT'S BEEN PROVEN ity before the present European, war. Berlin and Leipzig were joined by the first long distance telephone-television service in the world. Speakers at both ends of the roundabout cable were visible to each other during their telephone conversation. The images appeared on a screen directly in front of the telephone, and the service was to the public at the rate of $1.40 for three minutes. The modern "Visigraph", was not compact, as most authors present them, but was composed of an ordinary telephone which was used in the ordinary way; a screen was three feet square was placed in front of the caller. * * * * * * * * TRUE OR FALSE QUIZ QUESTIONS. If you think a statement below is true, mark it such. If you think the statement is false, mark it such and correct it. Each correct answer is worth five points. If you can correct the false statement give yourself five points; if you cannot correct the false statement give yourself two points. A score below 60 is poor. Between 60 and 70 is fair; between 70 and 80 is good; between 80 and 90 is excellent, and between 90 and 100, is perfect. 1. A juggler entertains people by maintaining objects in a state of ionization-------------------------- 2. The things in your heart that pump blood into your arteries, are called spiracles-------------------------- 3. Hydrogen Sulphide smells like rotten eggs-------------------------- 4. The 200-inch telescope is to be installed in the dome on the United states Capitol Building to watch for fifth columnists-------------------------- 5. Bank-and-turn indicators are used upon roulette wheels-------------------------- 6. The only mammals capable of true flight are bats-------------------------- 7. Movies depend upon a phenomenon called myopia-------------------------- 8. Myopia is short sightedness-------------------------- 9. Silicosis is a disease transmitted by parrots-------------------------- 10. The gram and liter are units of the metric system-------------------------- 11. One of a car's rear wheels is allowed to turn faster than the other in rounding a corner; by a scotch yoke-------------------------- 12. Whether there is such a thing as telepathy or "sixth sense" is now being ascertained with packs of cards bearing emblems such as circles, squares, and stars-------------------------- 13. An animal reverting to an earlier stage of evolution is called "a full-back"-------------------------- 14. A device to read a graduated scale with high precision, is known as a vernier------------------------- 15. Coaxial cables transmit television programs-------------------------- 16. A catalyst is a substance that promotes a chemical reaction, without undergoing any chemical change itself-------------------------- 17. Our solar system is composed of the planets, their moons, comets, & all other bodies that revolve about the sun-------------------------- 18. The meter equals 39.2707 inches--------------------------
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