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  2. POULTRY.

    Questions relating to fancy or commercial poultry keeping, diseases, etc, shoulb be addrressed to "A.D, Cona," "Herald" Office. ...

    Article : 19 words
  3. RESIDENT SEA BIRDS.

    There are not many sea birds regularly frequenting the waters of Port Jackson, as the harbour is now much too disturbed an area to,encourage them to remain, but there are some ...

    Article : 1,160 words
  4. THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR.

    During the last few months wo have read of experiments made by or on behalf of the British authorities at home with a view of ascertaining the value and reliability of the, ...

    Article : 1,514 words
  5. SCIENCE NOTES. W. G. P.

    Professor Wolf, of Heidelberg, who has been making a detailed study of the ring nebula in Lyra, concludes that it consists of four different gases, which have been eparated and ...

    Article : 214 words
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  7. PRINCIPAL SHOW, DATES.

    Poultry Club, June 17, 18, 19. Railway and Tramway Club, June 24, 25, 26. Ladies' Poultry Club, July 2, 3. ...

    Article : 22 words
  8. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    Wyandottc.—The tonic known as Diygkes mixture is made as follows:—Sulphate of iron, ¼b, sulphuric acid, ½z; water, one gallon, Place the sulphate of iron and sulphuric acid in an carthenware vessel with ...

    Article : 1,700 words
  9. WATER AND CHEMICAL CHANGE.

    Many vigorous chemical reactions fail to come off unless there is a trace of water vapour present. This was first noticed in 1880, when Dixon found that electric sparks ...

    Article : 136 words
  10. A MERCURY TELESCOPE.

    The free surface of a liquid rotating with uniform velocity assumes a paraboloid form and such a surface might conceivably be used as the mirror of a reflecting telescope. Such ...

    Article : 255 words
  11. A STUDY IN PLANT DISTRIBUTION.

    How do ocean islands obtain their fauna and flora? An actual study of what takes place has proved possible. In 1883 all the vegetation of the island of Krakatoa, between Java ...

    Article : 215 words
  12. JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY.

    The forty-second volume of the Royal Society of New South Wales includes a number of interesting papers. The lengthy and laborious research of Mr. R. Hosking on the viscosity ...

    Article : 176 words
  13. TELEPHONE RATES.

    Sir,—As a fiat rate subscriber, both of a business and private telephone. I feel greatly relieved to think the late Government's proposal to put us all under the toll rata should ...

    Article : 603 words
  14. A RIVAL OF DIVINING-RODS.

    Persons are occasionally met with who are so sensitive to the neighbourhood of water that they can tell when they are passing over it, even though blindfolded. It has boon ...

    Article : 185 words
  15. TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

    In the course of some comments on the future of technical education in New South Wales, Mr. Turner bemoans the tendency of educational benefactions to "wander into ...

    Article : 212 words
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