[meteorite-list] NPA 11-25-1940 La Paz, Metal Detector, Finding Subs

[MARK BOSTICK]

Paper: The Vidette Messenger
City: Valparaiso, Indiana
Date: Monday, November 25, 1940
Page: 7

New Detector May Take Role In War At Sea

     COLUMBUS, O. Nov. 25. - (UP) - Possibility of locating "noiseless" 
submarines by a meteorite detector designed by Ohio State University 
educators is under investigation by Canadian and American sources.
     The detector's importance increased following German claims of 
underwater craft with sound-proof engines which, if true, would destroy the 
usefulness of standard hydrophones for locating submarines.
     Designed and perfected by Prof. Lincoln La Paz, Ohio State 
mathematician, the detector has been used in the last two years in search 
for meteorites buried in the earth.  Its possible use of a submarine 
detector is under consideration by officers of the U.S. Navy and Dr. R. W. 
Boyle, director of the National Research Council of Canada.
     "A model exhibited at the Ohio State Fair indicated that the instrument 
will function almost as well when operated over metallic masses submerged in 
salt water as when used on metallic meteorites buried in the earth." he 
explained.
     The instrument gives two-fold warning of the presence of hidden 
meteorites. First a signal is heard over connecting earphones and then a 
needle on a dial indicates the meteorite's presence.

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