Help Sugar Industry
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Gamma Rays Used To
GAMMA rays, a product of atomic fission, are being used as an aid to the Hawaiian sugar industry, according to the report of an Ameri can scientist, speaking before an in ternational gathering of atomic scientists.
A gamma ray beam, directed
through a stream of falling sugar, registers the weight of sugar-flow ing past. Like ordinary light rays passing through water, the gamma ray beam is deflected according to the density of the sugar stream. A machine registers the deflection in pounds weight a minute.
BOAC plans to open a new N/ Pacific round-the-world air i soon. The route would be 1 London via Canada to the Aleutn and Japan, thence via the exisj India-Pakistan-Middle East-Sco ern Europe route. The pro trans-Pacific route will also b© tained.