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  2. A DESTROYER IN A HEAVY SEA.

    Let us take a peep at a destroyer while she is battling with the seas. On the bridge, clad in oilskins and sou'-wester, in the skipper, a lieutenant of ...

    Article : 442 words
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  4. Veterinary Notes.

    The venom of serpents when fresh is a transparent yellowish or greenish viscous neutral fluid, very much resembling saliva, insipid and almost inodorous, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 843 words
  5. A DETECTIVE STORY.

    Nearly every man has a hobby, and mine is a game of draughts. A few years ago I joined a draughts club in connection with one of our political organisations, ...

    Article : 2,251 words
  6. STORING PETROLEUM.

    It happens just once in a way, says the "Oil and Colourman's Journal," that the cheapest way of doing a thing is the best; and more frequently still, primitive ...

    Article : 396 words
  7. SNOW FIREPLACES.

    Sixty degrees below zero is the frightfully cold atmosphere in which Alaskan gold hunters must often work. They make fireplaces of snow in that desolate region. ...

    Article : 98 words
  8. AMERICAN MERCANTILE MARINE.

    One of the most suggestive sections of Mr. Gage's report is devoted to the problem of creating an American mercantile marine. One can understand how ...

    Article : 130 words
  9. SPONTANEOUS VENTILATION.

    In the year 1878 Dr. Flugge proved that air will go through the walls of a closed room, at a rate depending mainly on the difference of temperature between the ...

    Article : 235 words
  10. A NEW WALLPAPER.

    A new wall covering is being placed upon the market. It is an artificial leather, and is the invention of a Frenchman. French leather paers have not been sold ...

    Article : 105 words
  11. DOG CENSUS.

    A foreign correspondent has just sent the European dog census, a perusal of which offers some amusement. France gaily leads the way with ...

    Article : 116 words
  12. BURNS' COTTAGE.

    Scots south of the Border will interested to learn (says the "Westminster Gazette") that Burns's cottage at Ayr has been restored as nearly as possible to the ...

    Article : 144 words
  13. THE HEATING OF ACCUMULATORS.

    A most important series of experiments have lately been published in Germany on the above subject. It has been known for some time that the output of ...

    Article : 172 words
  14. LORD DUFFERIN'S GHOST STORY.

    Lord Dufferin used to tell a creepy ghost story, which he averred was absolutely true. Nearly 20 years ago he was studying at a country house in ...

    Article : 209 words
  15. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.

    "J.M.," Dora Creek.—Diseased Eye of Horse.—Except in malignant disease it is not necessary to remove the whole of the eye. If the cornea is removed the humours, ...

    Article : 125 words
  16. A DISCOVERY IN SURGERY.

    A Japanese doctor claims to have discovered the possibility of bloodless surgery through the medium of a chemical composition called adrenalin. By the local ...

    Article : 96 words
  17. PURIFYING MILK BY PRESSURE.

    After aerated milk, sterilised milk, peptoaised milk, lactated milk, and malted milk, there is now to be added a new kind of scientific hygienic milk. This is ...

    Article : 273 words
  18. ANCIENT MECHANICAL DEVICES.

    The inclined plane is, of all mechanical powers, the one rightly supposed to be used by ancient Egyptian engineering, classic writers having mentioned it, and ...

    Article : 261 words
  19. BEARS' FLESH.

    One of the features of the Newcastle butchers' Christmas display was the carcase of a Russian brown bear; and those who would object to it as a ...

    Article : 172 words
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