Science: Science Notes, Mar. 30, 1925

A new cable from New York to Italy was officially opened last week. By the use of permalloy, a nickel-iron mixture, around its copper core, the cable is able to transmit about 1,700 letters a minute as compared to some 250 a minute by ordinary cable.

Press reports declared that Anton Flettner, inventor of the rotorship (TIME, Nov. 17, Dec. 8, Feb. 16, Mar. 2), was about to erect a windmill on a tower 650 ft. high with two arms, each 150 ft. long.

A London report declared that one J. L. Baird, inventor, had perfected...

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