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MECHAIWIXILLUSTRATED

JUNE 1958- -

YOUR CAREER INATOMIC ENERGY


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GIANTROBOT called O'Mcrn "hands"equipment to GE atomic technician.

HUGE CORE goes into place at West-inghouse A-plant Shippingport. Pa.

high-paying jobs for which theonly training is inside the in-dustry itself. Will you be in onr the boom--carving out a brand-new career?Business history is loaded withsuccess stories of big-money ex-ecutives who were smart enoughto start with a baby industry andgrow with it.Back in the early days of avia-tion, Bill Lear, a hefty young manfrom Hannibal, Mo., decided theinfant airplane industry wouldsoon need all kinds of navigationalinstruments. He went into that

sfpcialized business and today, att e age of 55, Bill is the boss ofLear, Inc., which rakes in $50,-000,000 a year turning out thegadgets tha t make flying safer andeasier.Or consider the most recentbaby industry-electronics. Rightafter World War I1 when elec-tronics ranked 40th in the list ofAmerican industries, three youngaircraft engineers decided therewould be a big demand for elec-tronic control instruments. Theyformed their own company andworked in their home basementsafter their regular working hours.Today their company; United Con-trol, employs 600 and does a$10,000,000-a-year business.


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GE ENGINEER works with model of re- HIGH TEMPERATURE specialist at workactor to iron out arrcmgement problems. at a Nuclear Development Corp. furnace.

Now it may be your chance to ride tothe top in atomic energy. It is the fastestgrowing industry in the world today.Most of us tend to think of atomicenergy in term s of building nuclear re-actors for electrical power. Actually,atomic energy is a huge and variedfield involving everything from theprospecting, mining and milling of ura-nium to the use of radioisotopes inmedicine and manufacturing, plus thedesign, development, manufacture, in-vention, sales and servicing of myriadtypes of equipment.

But perhaps the biggest mistake mostof us make is to think of atomic energyas an industry only for highly trainedengineers and scientists. The truth istha t the industry will need thousands ofskilled craftsmen and technicians, sales-men, lawyers, technical writers, officemanagers and clerks-all of whom aretrained to think in the specialized lan-guage of th is new indust rial revolution.The top-pay employees in atomic en-ergy will probably not be scientists atall. The re will be special managerialjobs, as yet [Continued on page 1763

GENERAL DYNAMICS crpprentices get a look at atomic sub USS Skate.


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him a mixture of oxygen and carbon di-oxide, using a sedative to relax the dia-phragm, pumping out the stomach or in-jecting an anesthetic along the phrenicnerve. Finally, if all else fails, surgery canhe tried.Surgery is rarely used on acute hiccupvictims-because by the time it is con-sidered, the sufferer has been so weakenedby his spasms that he's unable to withstandthe shuck. When i t is attemp ted, thephrenic nerve is crushed to block off allstimulation of the diaphragm. This usuallydoes the trick and the nerve returns tonormal soon after.

Finally, as an extra added attraction,we take great pleasure in presenting theMI Cure For Hiccups that, to our knowl-edge, has never been published before. Ithas worked in every case (two) in which ithas been tried and we recommend it with-out reservation.Approach the victim with visage sternand menacing and address him in some-what this'manner:

"All right, you've got the hiccups. Solet's hear you hiccup. Come on, hiccup!You think you're so good with your hic-cups and all, so let's hear you hiccup. Comeon, come on, hiccup! Hiccup, man!"Demand the victim hiccup and he justcan't do it. It may sound silly-but itworks. And it's not half as ridiculous asjamming the poor chap's head in a paperbag. .

[Co?tti?~uedrom page 591undreamed-of by t he men who will fillthem-and those men wiIl come upthrough the ranks in the fascinating fieldof atomic energy.>-How do you get started ir your atomiccareer?

The first step is to get a pictu re of thefield as a whole-and tha t will involvesome reading. Get everything you can onthe subject from your public library. Writea w a y f u r any booklets you may learn ofthat are being published on the subject.People interested in recruiting men for theindustry ar e putting out more and more ofthem.Here ar e some publications you shouldwrite for now: Career s In Atomic En-

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unexpected hefty thump on the back. Thisis usually sufficient to knock the breathingprocess back into its regular rhythm. Asudden scare-Boo!-will have the sameeffect. Also recommended: tickling thenose with a feather to encourage a sneeze;jabbing a pin into a rump muscle.Drinking and eating: Both of these cancause hiccups and both can cure them.Cures: ten slow sips of water. Munch oneslice of dry bread. Chew on a wax candle.A dollop of sipping whiskey. A swallow ofsalt water. A shotglass of vinegar. A tas teof Tabasco sauce. A sip of Worcester sauce.A pinch of snuff. Chew a piece of ice. Sucka lemon. Drink ice water. Drink warmwater . A glass of hot milk. A teaspoon ofbaking soda in water.Physical tricks: These are designed pri-marily to take your mind off the hiccupsand, presumably, relax the breathing ap-paratus. Pul l the tongue gently but firmly.Hang suspended by the arms from an over-head bar. Pr ess the eyeballs until the vic-tim sees spots. Intertwine the fingers andtwiddle the thumbs. Spin slowly to theright nine times. Lie down and s tar t read-ing. Call someone on the telephone. Drinkfrom two glasses of water at once. Swal-low 11 times, as fast as possible. Putthumbs in ears, pick up glass of water withextended fingers, drink slowly. Drinkwater from the wrong side of th e glass (atough one, this).Breathing cures: These are designed toget the breathing cycle back to its normalrhythm. Take seven deep breaths. Holdyour breath for a count of 14 . Put yourhead in a paper bag and tak e several deepbreaths. That last has ah hysiologicalbasis: it increases the carbon dioxide inthe lungs and supposedly relaxes thephrenic nerve.

There are several other possible cures-like taking a Mediterranean cruise, buyinga DC-7, calling up Marilyn Monroe for adate and speaking to Arthur Miller,juggling six eggs at once, inviting HarryTruman and Douglas MacArthur to joinyou for breakfast-but we feel they aregenerally impractical for the majority ofhiccup victims.Should hiccups persist for, say, an hourand none of the above cures has any effect,it would be wise to call a doctor. There

ar e a number of things he can do, includingclapping a mask on the victim and feeding

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ergy ($.25--Division of Public Documents,U. S. Govt., Printing Office, Washington25, D. C.); Should You Be An AtomicScien tist? (Free-New York Life Insur-ance Co., 51 Madison Ave., New York 10,N. Y.); Atom In Our Hands (Free-Public Relations Department, Union Car-bon and Carbide Corp., 30 East 42nd St.,New York 17, N. Y.) ; Youth's Oppor-tuni ties In The Atomic Industry ($.25--Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc., 3 East 54thSt., N. Y. 22, N. Y. ).Your special questions about a careerin Atomic Energy will be answered by abureau set up just to do that-EducationalServices Branch, Atomic Energy Commis-sion, Washington 25, D. C.Between these reports and sources ofinformation you should receive more thanenough tips and clues to guide you as youplan your schooling for a career in atomicenergy.But advanced schooling is not the onlyway in. After talking with scores of ex-perts at the Atomic Energy Commission,th e U. S. Office of Education and th eAtomic Industrial Forum, I learned thatone of the industry's most urgent needsis for craftsmen and technicians who mustbe trained through in-plant training andapprenticeships.Almost every company in atomic en-ergy has its own on-the-job training pro-gram. The Electr ic Boat Division of th egiant General Dynamics Corp. at Groton,Conn., where the world's first three atomicsubmarines were built, has courses indrafting, nuclear physics, nuclear engi-neering, technical report writing, andreading scientific Russian. The GeneralElectric Co. and Westinghouse Corp. aretraining thousands for such things as oper-ating nuclear reactors and combating nu-clear accidents. If you can 't afford to goback to school, your best answer may bea job with a company in the atomic field,where you will learn while you earn.How do you get such a job? One goodway is to begin by visiting your localstate employment office. Ask for an in-terview with the job or guidance coun-sellor. They know or can find out whichcompanies in your a rea are in atomic work.Since almost everv comDanv now in

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employment opportunities in companiesnear home. If nothing else, the field officemay be able to provide you with the namesand addresses of such companies and youcan write or visit them for employmentinformation. Ge t the AEC field office ad-dress from the telephone book; out-of-sta te field office addresses may be obtainedfrom the AEC's headquar ters in Washing-ton, D. C.In atomic energy as in other industrialfields, the correspondence schools play apart in training people for advancement.To keep in touch with study opportunitiesvia correspondence schooling, write to:National Home Study Council, 1420 NewYork Ave., NW, Washington 5, D. C.Scarcely a day passes when some newdiscovery or new development does notcreate a new career opportunity in atomicenergy. Take the occupation known ashealth physicist, for instance. I t was un-known a few years back. Today it is oneof the most important and fastest growingfields in atomic energy.The health physicist, you might say, isthe FBI man of the atomic age. I t is hisjob to make sure we are protected againstaccidental or industrial over-exposure toradiation. He has to learn how to use avariety of instruments to investigate anddetect radiation leaks and the abuse ofradioactive materials which might en-danger people or animals or contaminate

farm products. And this is only one ofmany new careers opening up in atomicenergy. Is there one in the field for you?. There is no need to make a decisionovernight; the atomic industry is here tostay. It may be years before the demand1 catches up with the supply of manpower.But the quicker you decide to get in onthe greatest industrial revolution in his-tory, the quicker you may ride to the top. .

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Answers1.False. One ZOO-watt bulb gives 80 percent more light than eight 25-watters. A200-watter sheds 3,700 initial lumens oflight. Each 25-watt bulb gives only 260, atotal of 2,080 for the eight.2. False. Edison invented the f i s t elec-tric incandescent lamp but it was Sir

Humphrey Davy, in 1800, who first dis-covered illumination by electricity.3. False. Fluorescent lamps emit ultra-violet light which would hardly be visibleif clear glass tubes were used. Bright glowresults from fluorescent powder insidetube which glows when ultraviolet lightshines on it.4. False. There is no electricity in a .storage battery when not in use. Whenterminals are connected, chemical changestake place, resulting in creation of elec-tricity.5. True. Look in your history book.6. False.7. True.8. False. Thales, ancient Greek, is be-lieved to be discoverer of static electricity.He found that when he rubbed amber,straws and dried leaves were attracted toit.9. True.10. False. Electromagnets are wound onsoft iron.11. Lightning and electricity are thesame thing.12. Michael Faraday is correct answer.Kettering invented self-starter.13. Alessandro Volta, Italian physicsprofessor who died in 1827.14. 1,000 hours.15. Watt is a unit measuring consump-tion of electric power. Volt is measure-ment of electrical pressure. Ampere ismeasurement of the flow of electricity.16. Electric clock, 1 to 3; refrigerator,225 to 350; flatiron, 550 to 1,000; home elec-tric fan, 25 to 75; electric stove, 4,500 to

8,500.17. Nikola Testa devised the alternatingcurrent induction electric motor.18. Guglielmo Marconi.19. Samuel F. B. Morse uttered thesewords over world's first long-distancetelegraph line between Baltimore andWashington in 1844.20. First words spoken over telephoneby its inventor, Alexander Graham Bell,in 1876.Give yourself five points for each cor-rect answer. Here's how to interpret yourscore: Zero to 30-You're top short-circuitman; 35 to 55-You've got your wirescrossed; 60 to 80-Electrician first class;85 to 100-New wizard of Menlo Park..

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