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  1. Recent Developments in Aviation

    Date released
    1945
    Series name
    The Gen
    Issue no
    14
    NoS ID
    080917
    Story no
    4 / 6

    The University of Toronto’s Banting Institute conducts research into the effect of "gee" on pilots’ reactions, using a centrifuge, and tests Wing Commander Franks’ patent flying (pressure) suit.

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  2. How Not to Ruin Your Centrifuge (1977 Video)

    Director
    Hugh White
    Subject
    Chemistry
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 31 min.

    Emphasises the care and expertise needed in the operation of the many different types of laboratory centrifuges if expensive damage is to be avoided. Intended as a general briefing, it illustrates several...

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  3. Science Aids Jet Pilots

    Date released
    23 May 1955
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    55/41
    NoS ID
    106472
    Story no
    7 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    A rotating man-carrying centrifuge machine tests strains on jet airmen - recording heart beats and photographing dramatic distortion of their faces.

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  4. Laboratory Landslides

    Date released
    1971
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    90
    NoS ID
    351233
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: A laboratory experiment uses centrifugal force - the force that stops wall-of-death motorcyclists from falling off - to simulate in miniature the effect of gravity on any geographical location...

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  5. Laboratory Landslides

    Date released
    1971
    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    90
    NoS ID
    351236
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: A laboratory experiment uses centrifugal force - the force that stops wall-of-death motorcyclists from falling off - to simulate in miniature the effect of gravity on any geographical location...

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  6. Lab Rats: Fit to Fly (2004)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL)

    A series of four 30-minute programmes in which four volunteers undergo a range of physical and psychological experiments. Cut off from the outside world and confined to a laboratory for twenty-four hours,...

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  7. Think Again: Laundering Oil

    Date released
    1981
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    269
    NoS ID
    326074
    Story no
    1 / 3

    COI synopsis: Man’s compulsive search for perfection dictates a continuous re-appraisal of past success. For the enquiring mind, it’s just not enough that something works adequately - it can always be...

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  8. James May’s Twentieth Century (6 Parts) (2007)

    aka: James May’s 20th Century

    Subject
    History; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £39.99

    Documentary series about 20th century innovations. Separate programmes cover worldwide travel and communications, space exploration, how warfare drives ingenuity, emergence of the teenager, and urbanisation.

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