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From the June 3, 1932, issue

GENERATOR LOAD DIVIDED FOR BETTER OPERATION Without the pretty girl, this massive stationary winding of a turbine electric generator might appear to be the size of a spool of thread. But contrast emphasizes the machines 83,300 kilovolt-ampere capacity. The black arms are heavily insulated butt-ends of copper bars in which electricity is to be generated. […]

Bio Light

Devoted to organisms that chemically generate light, the bioluminescence Web pages from the University of California, Santa Barbara provide vivid images of this phenomenon in all its splendor. The site also furnishes basic information about the chemistry and biology of bioluminescence and provides links to recent research on the topic.