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title: Scientific Century Supplement poster, No. 1, front (Korean-English poster distributed in Seoul)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/scientific-century-supplement-no-1-front-korean-seoul-1965/
description: A four-panel Korean-English science supplement, unfolded. Panels show a prism splitting light with a pH indicator colour chart.
section: Collection
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# Scientific Century Supplement poster, No. 1, front (Korean-English poster distributed in Seoul)

A four-panel Korean-English science supplement, unfolded. Panels show a prism splitting light with a pH indicator colour chart, an illustration of dinosaurs captioned as from the New York World's Fair, and a photograph of a jet marked U.S. AIR FORCE and captioned as the world's fastest 2,000 mph aircraft. The sheet explains science and shows U.S. technology. The tell is transfer: the prestige of science and U.S. aircraft is attached to the U.S. as a source of progress.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (Korean, English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
색과 과학
Color and Science
빛의 스펙트럼 (Spectrum)
프리즘에 의한 전등빛의 분산 (Prism)
색수차 현상의 예 (Color Parallax)

pH 시험지 표준 변색표(變色表)
Standard Colors for pH Test Indicators
산성색(酸性色) 알카리성색
시험지 티몰 청(靑) TB Thymol blue; 브로모-페놀 청 BPB Bromo-phenol blue; 요오도-페놀 청 IPB Iodo-phenol blue; 메틸 적(赤) MR Methyl red; 브로모-티몰 청 BTB Bromo-thymol blue; 페놀 적 PR Phenol red; 크레졸 적 CR Cresol red; 티몰 청 TB Thymol red
지시약(指示藥)의 색
리트머스(Litmus) 메틸 오렌지(Methyl-orange) 페놀프탈레인(Phenolphthalein)

사라진 대 고 태 고 의 왕 공룡(恐龍)
Dinosaur
뉴욕 세계 박람회 출품작
New York World's Fair

세계에서 가장 빠른
시속 2,000마일의 비행기 A-11
A-11 U.S. New World's Fastest 2,000mph Jet Aircraft

306-PPB-372-Front
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Color and Science. Spectrum of light; dispersion of lamplight by a prism; example of colour parallax. Standard colour chart for pH test indicators (acid colour to alkaline colour), with indicator names. Colours of the indicators litmus, methyl orange, phenolphthalein. The Dinosaur, king of the vanished ancient age (New York World's Fair exhibit). The world's fastest aircraft, the 2,000-mile-per-hour A-11. [English caption:] A-11 U.S. New World's Fastest 2,000mph Jet Aircraft.
```

Panels are printed in different orientations on the unfolded sheet; small chart numbers omitted. Korean read from the image; a few small characters may be imperfect.

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