Abstract:
An arrangement for deflecting specified polar molecules in a molecular beam is provided whereby detection and analysis of beam content may be achieved.
Abstract:
Altitude contour lines are generated on the image of a surface so that a photographic contour map can be made. The contour lines are generated as light interference fringes (a light interference pattern) by modulating both the light illuminating the surface being mapped and the light reflected from the surface. Modulation of either the illuminating or the reflected light must be periodic and the altitude difference between contour lines is determined by the frequency or periodicity of modulation.
Abstract:
A transducer for exciting and/or detecting surface acoustic waves at both UHF and microwave frequencies in piezoelectric materials comprises a plurality of parallel spaced conductors deposited on the surface of the piezoelectric material.
Abstract:
A technique and apparatus for two dimensional tracking of eye position. An infrared pattern is projected into the eye and measurements taken of the spatial separation of the first and fourth Purkinje reflections, the reflections from the cornea and the back of the eye lens, respectively. Because the centers of curvature of the surfaces of the cornea and lens lie at different distances from the center of rotation of the eye, these reflections move in opposite directions under eye rotation, in either the vertical or the horizontal direction. During translation of the eye in either the vertical or the horizontal direction the spacing or separation between the two Purkinje images does not change. In one embodiment, a rotating scanning disc having a plurality of spaced orthogonal slits is provided and imaging means are provided for imaging the first and fourth Purkinje images of the light source through the orthogonal slits of the scanning disc onto a photomultiplier tube. The time period between pulse outputs of the photomultiplier tube is proportional to the separation of the first and fourth Purkinje images. In another embodiment the two Purkinje images are deflected so as to be incident on photodetectors. The photodetectors and deflecting means are movable so that the two Purkinje images are kept centered on their respective photodetectors. By monitoring the position of the photodetectors and deflecting means an indication is obtained of the separation of the Purkinje images which gives an indication of the orientation of the optic axis of the eye.
Abstract:
An active inductance of essentially infinite Q for use at microwave frequencies is used as a general circuit element, particularly in single and multiple resonator filters and in channel separators for multiplexing applications. The basic circuit element is configured (constructed) utilizing the emitter electrode of a transistor as the input port, the collector electrode is grounded, and the base electrode circuit is adjusted so inductance and useful negative resistance are translated to the emitter from the base circuit at substantially the center of the desired frequency band of operation. The transistor current is adjusted so that the internal emitter resistance of the transistor essentially cancels the negative translated resistance to yield a synthesized microwave inductance with very high Q.
Abstract:
TWO MOLES OF TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONIC ACID COMBINE WITH ONE MOLE OF NITRIC ACID TO FORM A WHITE CRYSTALLINE SOLID HAVING EXCELLENT NITRATING CAPABILITIES WHEN EMPLOYED EITHER IN AN ORGANIC SOLVENT MEDIUM OR IN SULFURIC ACID OR AN EXCESS OF THE TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONIC ACID. THE NITRATION REACTION CAN BE CONDUCTED USING ONE OR ANOTHER OF THESE MEDIA AT TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM ABOUT -110* TO 30*C., WITH ANY SIDE REACTIONS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY ABSENT. THE PROCESS IS CHARACTERIZED BY HIGH POSITIONAL SELECTIVITY, AND WHEN NITRATING TOLUENE TO DINITROTOLUENE, TOTAL CONTENT OF META ISOMERS CAN BE KEPT AT LEVELS WELL BELOW 1 PERCENT BY USING AN ORGANIC SOLVENT AND LOW TEMPERATURES. YIELDS EXCEED 98 PERCENT.
Abstract:
An eye tracker for continuously tracking orientation of the optic axis of an eye in which the eye is flooded with light so that Purkinje images are formed. Two of the Purkinje images are deflected so as to be incident on photodetectors. In one embodiment the detectors and the light source are moved so that the light sources move to keep the Purkinje images centered on the two photodetectors with a fixed distance between the images. The positions of the light source in order to obtain the predetermined distance between the Purkinje images is monitored and gives an indication of the orientation of the optic axis of the eye. In another embodiment only one photodetector is used with two alternating light sources and means are provided to form the two Purkinje images respectively from the two light sources. Further means are provided with the photodetector for differentiating between the two Purkinje images.
Abstract:
Mixtures of dinitrotoluene isomers containing extremely small amounts of meta isomers are rapidly prepared in quantitative yield by temperatures in the presence of a small amount of water. Total meta isomer content can readily be kept at a level below about 2 percent by weight.
Abstract:
An antenna for radio surface waves may be constructed from a conductor such as a tube or a flat plate which is an even multiple of wavelengths long. There is a discontinuity or gap in the conductor about one-quarter wavelength from one end, which is on the order of one-fourth inch. The antenna is normally supported from 3 to 12 inches above the earth''s surface and is excited longitudinally by a transverse electromagnetic mode (TEM) by connecting a source of excitation to the surface of the tube on both sides of the discontinuity, or to the surface of the flat plate on both sides of the discontinuity.
Abstract:
8,9-Epoxyperillartine optical isomers having good sweetness and no or moderately low bitter aftertaste characteristics, along with an increased solubility in water as compared with the corresponding perillartine precursor isomers. These epoxy derivatives are also free of the undesirable gingery-licorice taste of perillartine. The new compounds give no evidence of toxicity and can be employed in foods as synthetic sweetening ingredients.