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Focuses on the development of electrostatic machines. Use of the earth's electric field to power electrostatic motors; Description of an electrostatic motor designed by Benjamin Franklin in 1748; Different designs of electrostatic motors.

The article focuses on the invention of the first electrical machine, the electrostatic generator, by Otto von Guericke. It is noted that static electricity has never become economically important because nature has been more generous in supplying effective conducting substances and magnetic materials. Electrostatic machines generate high voltage for laboratory experiments, produce high energy X-rays and sterilize drugs in medicine.

The article discusses the effect of acquisitions on the business performance of U.S. non-automotive gauges maker American Machine and Metals Inc. (AM&M) as of 1959. Topics include the expectations for the company's performance of president Charles W. Anderson, the firm's dividend level, and its return on equity.

The article reports on the development of an electronic machine, capable of reading and counting votes on paper ballots at the rate of 600 per minute, by Norden Division of United Aircraft Crop under a contract with Los Angeles County, California.

A photograph of a paper folding electric machine manufactured by Pitney Bowes Inc. in Stamford, Connecticut is presented.

The article focuses on a science class called Science at Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science. The class consists of mostly nine-year old children. Harry Milgrom presides over the class and suggested to have a class in static electricity. According to Milgrom the idea behind the static electricity discussions is for the children to discover the whys of electrical discharge by working their own way through problems, using the most basic household objects as their tools.