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Our Graduates STORIES NOW!
Run A· CHA TN. being as st rong as its weak-
est link, metallurgists have lonf; bt-en
470J<> l'nterested in the actual strength of 1 he
fundamental link in metall11rgy's chain :
the atom-to-atom binding forces which
of ALL the constitute the ultimate limitation of the
Identification Bureaus strength of metals. The ato111-to-a10m
binding forces between iron atoms, if
in America! known, would tell them whether or not
there were any sense in trying 10 m~1ke
Send for complete list of over 600 Bureaus where
our graduates have been placed in goc;d positions as the iron crystals in a piece o( metal-
FINGER PRINT EXPERTS the present weakest link-any more
Then write the nearest Bureau and learn what our tenacious.
They've found out, recently, by X-ray
graduotes think of 111!
We hate snace here lo llat onl:, ,. FEW and crystal studies. Perhaps they're a
or theso more than 600 tnstltutlons. io be
sure to s<nd for the complete Ustl little sorry about it all. Jt turns 011t
Slate of Utoh Scheneelady, N. Y.
State of Ohio Scranton. Pa. that the "weakest" link iii the ulti111ate
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~:~ 'iorr.■s~-. V. ~."~rl:.· A~:.b· BRASS THC.KS
Pitlsbur1h. Pa. Little Rock. Ark. chain-those atom-to-atom binding
St. Paul, Minn. . Pontiac, Mich. forces-make possible a steel about one
ri:~~~a?la-a. Mex. Htwana, Cuba how it- hap11e119 that Lhe same reader ,e njoys
Seattle, Watth. :/::1~,:~:i. Ala .. thousand tinies stronger than the best I th ink 'f!_einlein's character, "Pinky." is both Astounding and U11k now11-l ha.If suspect
Omaha, Neb. Columbus, Ohio
Oe-s Moines. 11. Galveston, Tex. they've ever done. They seem to have a le,:,timate super-calculator. Such that It results from a Lype o! -..lsMul thrnk-
Montreat. Can. Houston. Tex. f _reaks are known, ·and could do such a i ng on tbe i>a rt or th!' re_a,der. Jf you _will
Ce.dar Rapids, 1owa Windscr. Ont. p·roven quite conclusively that they notice almost all stones 1n both . maga.zrnes
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Elt in. I 11. Pueblo, Colo. JOb. 1>0rtra'y one or more individuals wi_h spectal
Syracuse. N. V. Salt Lake City, Utah powe1·s not vouchsafed to us who ltv-e t \>day.
l, Tan1Pa. Fla. Atlantle City, N J. don't begin to know anything about D <'al' Mr. Campbell· I believe it is the r eader's tendency to 11ien-
r Long Beach. Cal. Sioux City, Iowa t lfy himself with these essential suJ_>e.rmen
St. Louis, Mo. Rochester, N. y. making tough, strong steel In keeping bo1;,•'-'~e .s-_nawed my' Ongers down to the el-
l;tate of Michi11n Lanslnt. Mieh. Cleveland. Ohio ' 'f' ray tlm:;:- for the October .Astounding- with n.nd h ence t he enjonuent from both k inds o!
State of Wash. Burlinaton, la. · Spokane. Wash. with science-fiction , many an author has ,; , • en,,ma.1_1." Dr. Smith 's stories a,~e al- story.-R. A. Laniev1n, 4111 Carthai;e rtd.,
State of Mass. Erie, Pa. Fort Worth, Tu. ~,,j; 9 out.stand mg. Alight rema rk, too, that 'l'oledo, Ohio.
State of Illinois Oklahoma Cily, Okla. Shreveport. La. discovered a · miraculous new 111etal on
State or Idaho Trenton, N. J. Waltham. Mass. I h 6 Morons" was U,e best short story that ~
State of Colorado Detroit, Mich. ' Berkeley, Calif. va"~- e\'er re3:-d in ,-'\Stoundlng .
State of Iowa El Paso, Tex. Patu~on, N. J. some far planet, has synthesized new . er. often Ill interplanetary stories our The gentleman badn' 1 t seen Rogers' Oc-
and unnatural atoms for s11per-111e1 als, h et o, mental gian t th at he is "with a little tober and November covers. Maybe
11:ien,\a l arithmetic" or ·•with a rapid calcula-
Want a Regular Monthly Salary? has compounded precious alloys. t101!,. computes an orbit or determines the he'll like them,
y ou would give ~hese gentle1nen some s uper
Let's go back and st-art over. Vve'II 1,os 1, 1on ot a planet in n othin" flat Now it Denr Mr. Cn01pbe!I :
ina uhlnery to do the compulin" as Berryman Y9u wouldn't know it. but I am a p rolific
just learn something about the metal <l,id 111 " Spec:lal Flight," a ll ~vell and good. wdter or. letters lo Astounding- letters th at
J d swallow I t without even a whimper· but uever get posted. ):ou .~••• . t be only lhini;- Urn I:
we already have-: steel. T hen, getf ing when said gentry perform these feat s 'with mat.cs me wnnt to write 1s un excess ol en-
theil· own little minds I throw up my hands thusiasm over s9mething or otber and a cor-
that maximum kno"vvn possible stn'.'ngtli, 11, h<ly horro1·. Do these authors know per- responding ur~e to say : "Thanks. J ohn ; you've
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c ha u e;e , l;lOW nrn c h \Y OJ"ll it lR to C(llTIPUt~ cvc o Uoue ll ugn1u.'' And l teu1· rh Etm np bf"Ol\Ofie by
we'll make a wire twelve thousandths of a prcllnunary orbit or maybe to compute a.n 11bo11t pnge tbrce l rettll:te that you 11re fllr
ephemeris Cor a single d:;i.te? more interested i n what we temperamen tal nnd
an i11d1 in diameter which w ill lift a11 (h,lug· a hig h-speed computing machine, t he
orblL will tnko about ten hours or work and unrensonnble readers don' t like.
t wonile•· ir ( .-nn wri t e nn e,n t ire lette r
ordinary automobile, anc,Lonc a qua'.1<>r- I )lo ephemeris a bout I wo. Such computaLlon" 11J;out thini:~ J don' t Ilk~. L ~I ·• •ttc, now.
inch thick to hoist wrecked loco111ot1ve::-. also require qull e ex-tensive tables, so please · 1Jl1•erybocly seoms to hP writing l nl'):~-acule
let•~ i;-iv~ ou1· menlal ma;vels a.t least a llttle reports about the J)Ust ycnr or AMtoundlng ao
F11rther, using this new steel, wr'll mal<t' equl11ment lo aid the m. I i;-11ess I'll. clo II bit or. that. '
'l' he 11rLicles I do uot care for as a rule. A year ot ex1>e rime nts-an<l how! l"lent.r ot
automobiles of full size that will act Iii«• '!'hose U1a L do not pre tend to be technical, successe8, u few fnihtl'('S, and several doubtful
su,·h a s "The O!her Side of Astronomy" a.1·e rtsult.s that onlJ> time 1111d uupredicluble reulle1·
children's toys. Drop one otf the roof. fi ne L,usiness, bu t nil a ttempts lo make lech- renctlou cnn 1:1enl or eondemn.
nicul d iscussions unders tandable to the lay Yom· experiments with artists hove been
o f a building. and it will bounce. l la\'e r ~tule r malte me v ery unhappy. positively cour_«g:eous. nnd the eft'ecls haYe
a full-speed, head-on collision, and aiter To ,he Roger$ combina.lion, feminin e haH: ranged fr901 br1lltaut lo Qodawtnl. Isip is far
I do not think tha t women a re nearly as capa- Rml uwoy tbe most inlerrRting discover.r for
the bouncing stops we can paint 011t the bl., or att:1ining prominence in the professions insll1e work, nn!l I would lik,i to se~ him on a
be<.:ause or emotional disabil!lies. Among the
scratches. (But the drivers· will ha,c i;enller sex, careers appear to be little more cover; his illustrution or "Genernl Swamp,
C. I. C.," suggests that bP, might t urn iu some-
than stopga,1>s to provide a llvini;- a nd a n in- thing after the style or l•'inln~··R A1t1?t1Rt 1111int-
to be mopped up in the old-fashionecl ter-,st un til suc:h time as marriage occl\•·s. iug, wbl.ch took my e_re in no smull wa't'.
.rust obtained the October issue.
Sroot) I
l am nlsf? hen vily in favor or I he retention
way. ) Spaceships with half-ill(:li walls " Uray J,\!11sman" is excellent! "S1,ace Ra.ting" of tbe services of rtrnt lo,•ely colorist, Gra•es
w ill si:;rape off the flattened remains of ls jusl n little biL childish, I thought. You GID.doey. No m_Mter what any tlyspeptic fan
know: Betcha can' t do this. Sure l ca.n; but
meteors that inj11diciously at tad«·d mm 111•11 do this ? "Rust," depressing but welt m11y say about b•R June rover- nnd t h e v·.,-e said
plenty- be roo:uuns the best moo you 'llnTe for
the111- wrill~n . sucl.l worlr. H is style o( pt1in tiu', it.is ttOlllA•
n~s.i ,·ds Mr. Ka.peta11sk1's question ass to
Gu1crally, why go )oc,king for miracle
metals? - A1ni1t · R l\1 cl~AN N.