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New catalogue from Davis 8 Wilder Lists details of belljars, belljar components, cabinet accessories, diffusion pumps-baffles, electron beam power supplies, accessories and sources, feed-throughs and feed-through collars, hoists, liquid-nitrogen controls, traps, accessories and valves, process tooling, resistance sources and various power supplies, substrate heating and glow discharge power supplies, valve sequencers and ionization gauge controllers. Davis and Wilder Inc Circle number 57 on Reader Enquiry Service card
Nuclide spectra Vol. 6, No. 4 of this publication by the Nuclide Corporation gives recent information and news about the new GRAF-35 double-focusing spark-source mass spectrograph and its use in analyzing mine dust, the Nuclide 6-60-RMS for measurements of isotope ratio difference together with new smaller versions (the 3-60-RMS and the 3-60 HD), the new Nuclide Min-eB electron-beam welder and results from Nuclide GRAF 3s analysis -stainless steel. Nuclide Corp Circle number 58 on Reader Enquiry Service card
New UnbrakorM Catalogue ‘Unbrako Button Head Socket Screws,’ illustrates and describes a line of button head socket screws for use in materials too thin to countersink and in non-critical loading applications. The eight-page catalogue lists inch dimensions for screws from No. 6 to 0.5 in. diameters, in BA, BSW, BSF, UNC and UNF thread forms, and gives length tolerances for srews up to and including 6 in. long. The heat treated alloy screws are furnished in plain or plated finishes and are also available in stainless steel. Unbrako Ltd Circle number 59 on Reader Enquiry Service card
ISSU AB proceedings The International Council of Scientific Unions Abstracting Board (ICSU AB) announces the availability of the ‘Proceedings of the Full Board Meeting, June 1972, Ustaoset, Norway’.
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In 1970, following the Full Board meeting at Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, Ohio, Proceedings were published for the first time. The response which it has received has encouraged the Board to continue this publication. The 1971 General Assembly and Full Board meetings of the ICSU AB were held in Orleans, France, at the kind invitation of Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Mini&es. The 1972 Full Board meetings of the ICSU AB were held in Ustaoset, Norway, at the kind invitation of the International Union of Biological Sciences. This publication comprises : In the first part a detailed description of the activities of the board. The second and third parts record the most recent developments in the activities of the ICSU AB Member Unions, Member Countries and Member Services (the largest Abstracting and Indexing Services all over the world) in all aspects of scientific and technical information. -
The fourth part comprises reports from the most important international organisations active in scientific and technical information.
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In the fifth part the proceedings of a Round Table on ‘Education of Scientists in the use of Information’ are recorded. Papers presented at a special session on the Indexing of Primary Journals are given in the sixth part. Finally the seventh part is an outline of another special session which was devoted to an interchange of views about marketing of secondary information services. This publication represents an up-to-date overview of the most recent developments in scientific and technical information world wide. The Proceedings (286 pp) are available at the ICSU Abstracting Board Secretariat, 17 rue Mirabeau, 75016 Paris, France. (U.S. $15.00 plus mailing charges). International Council of Scientific Unions Circle number 60 on Reader Enquiry Service card
Varian Varian Instrument Applications Vol. 7, No. 1 (1973) contains technical data on the following : biosynthetic studies with carbon 13 ; analysis of dangerous drugs with the Cary 83 laser Raman spectrophotometer ; the new Gel Scanner accessory for the series 635 UV-Vis spectrophotometers, the new Aerograph model 485 (a digital integrator) ; absorption spectra of turbid materials; new rare earth 3H detector for pesticides; new 5-in. recorder; new LC-UV combination for multi-wavelength detection in high performance liquid chromatography; new Aerograph 940 gas chromatograph ; new combined ion source for mass spectrometry of highly unstable organic compounds, new pyroprobe 150 pyrolyxer. Varian Vacuum Views, February 1973, contains a technical article ‘production aluminium/silicon deposition system, ‘the ‘thin film note-book, Chapter 7’, details of Varian 2966-a vacuum resistance furnace system for laboratory and production use - and brief news about the Scanning Sample Positioner developed for Auge spectroscopy. Varian Associates Circle number 61 on Reader Enquiry Service card
Dyna-Quip Catalogue Gives information on a wide range of Quick Release Couplings including ‘Double Shut-Off’ types for liquid and hydraulic applications as well as ‘ball type’ Shut-Off Valves. The latter are available in brass, carbon steel and stainless steel with a choice of seat and seal materials for different fluids - Pneumatic Actuators are catalogued for remote operation of these valves. Additional products include standard and Air Saver ‘Safety’ Blow Guns. The Dyna-Quip Times which is published every 10 weeks Dyna-quip Ltd Circle number 62 on Reader Enquiry Service card
The truth machine A light-hearted but serious technical account of the uses of the Centronic Al G 50 - a quadrupole gas analyzer which also records the total pressure in a vacuum system. 20th Century Electronics Ltd Circle number 63 on Reader Enquiry Service card