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  2. SCIENCE

    Experiments in wireless telephony which have been carried out by the French battleships Justice and Verite are stated to have given good results. It was found ...

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  4. TRAVEL

    Telephones will in all probability shortly be installed at Jerusalem, says a consular report, as a system is being installed in all cities by the Turkish ...

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  5. TRADE

    Mr. Henry Hicks, chairman of directors, presiding last month at the annual meeting of the London General Omnibus Co., said they had come to the conclusion that ...

    Article : 149 words
  6. INVENTION

    A lifebuoy with an electrical battery which only comes into play when it is taken from its rack on the vessel is a new device. A brilliant effect is obtained ...

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  7. DOVER'S NEW LANDING STAGE.

    Official trials were made last month in running the first boat express on to Dover Admiralty Pier extension, alongside the newly-erected landing stage and station. ...

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  8. PATENTS IN U.S.A.

    Nearly one-third of all the patents issued by tie United States were granted during the last ten years. The last patent issued during the year ending June, 1900, ...

    Article : 56 words
  9. EARTH LIGHT.

    Starlight does not fully account for the brightness of the moonless night sky, and a German astronomer concludes that it may be partly due to "earth light"— ...

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  10. NO SEASON TICKET DEPOSITS.

    Beginning with the New Year, the Great Northern Railway Company will abolish the practice of requiring a deposit on season tickets, and all deposits held by the ...

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  11. AN-AUTOMATIC TYRE INFLATOR.

    An automatic tyre-inflator, which can be fixed to an ordinary cycle wheel, is the latest boon for cyclists. It is quite small, its length being less than the width ...

    Article : 116 words
  12. 5000 PICTURES A SECOND.

    A new cinematograph camera for photographing the flight of bullets or any extremely rapid motion has been invented by Professor Marey, of Paris, and with it ...

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  13. THE WORLD MEAT TRUST.

    The Beet Trust is not importing Argentine products into the United States, where they would compete with its own stock. It is employing its control of ...

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  14. ANOTHER TRANSCONTINENTAL LINE.

    A report from San Francisco states that a great railway enterprise reached its concluding stage last month, when, amid the enthusiastic applause of a vast crowd, ...

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  15. ANOTHER TOBACCO PIPE.

    The pipe is so arranged as to protect the tobacco from air currents and moisture, retaining it in a perfectly dry condition, thus insuring a cool, dry smoke ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  16. NEW YORK'S MONORAIL.

    The monorail car, running between Bartow and City Island, New York, which met with an accident on the first day of its operation some three months ago, has ...

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  17. THE POWER OF POLONIUM.

    A gram or radium, a pinch just big enough to, cover the finger-nail, contains a million calories, or units, of heat. This means that fifteen grains of radium would ...

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  18. AMERICAN DEEP-SEA CANAL.

    The Cape Cod canal, which was begun on June 22, 1909, will have cost £2,400,000 by the time it is completed. The excavation is chiefly in sand, and no locks will be ...

    Article : 116 words
  19. A TEA SUBSTITUTE.

    Recent reports as to the mate plant show that it can be used as a substitute for tea or coffee. Different species of the Hex, from which the leaves are obtained, ...

    Article : 294 words
  20. A NEW POWDER.

    During a test of a powder invented by a French photographer, a cartridge charged with it and fired from a Lebel rifle penetrated 733 millimeters, beating another ...

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  21. EUROPE IN THE ICE AGE.

    In Europe, said Professor Dawkins, in London, recently, there is ample evidence of the existence of the river-drift man and the cave-dweller in the caverns and in the ...

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  22. TRACKLESS TRAMWAY.

    The first commercial trackless trolley in America has been lately installed in Laurel Canyon, near Los Angeles, California, for the purpose of handling ...

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  23. AERONAUTICS

    In perfect weather, King Ferdinand of Servia and Prince Boris last month accompanied the Russian airman Maslentkoff in successive flights in the ...

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  24. MONEY

    Mr. Alton, director of the English Radium Institute, has concluded the purchase of one gramme of radium from the Mines Department of the Austrian ...

    Article : 133 words
  25. NOVEL SASH HANGER.

    An improved sash-hanger is shown in the accompanying engraving, by means or which storm sashes, screen frames, and the like can be mounted in position in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  26. BRITISH AERIAL LEAGUE MEDAL.

    Mr. C. Grahame-White has been awarded the special gold medal of the Aerial League of the British Empire, which is given only for work or achievements of ...

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  28. WIRELESS IN CHICAGO.

    It is estimated that there are not less than 800 amateur wireless telegraph stations in Chicago. This figure, which has been made on a conservative basis, ...

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  29. NEW "RECORD" FOR AN AIRWOMAN.

    Mlle. Helene Dutrieu, in competing for the "Femina" Cup, made a "record" flight in France. The cup was to be given to the airwoman who has accomplished the ...

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  30. HEALTH

    It is suggested by a medical authority that the extraordinary increase of lockjaw is due to the motor car, although the first thought is that the development ...

    Article : 118 words
  31. ABDUL HAMID'S FORTUNE.

    The German Imperial Bank's attempt to retain possession of £900,000 belonging to the ex-Sultan Abdul Hamid was last month quashed by the Imperial Supreme ...

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  32. £20,000 WON BY FLYING IN AMERICA.

    Mr. Grahame-White left New York by the Mauretania early last month, with £20,000 won by his flying feats during his American tour. Referring to the summons ...

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  33. KISSING TOLSTOI'S GRAVE.

    Tolstoi's grave at Yasnia Poliana is likely to become one of the chief palaces or pilgrimage in the Russian Empire. Since the funeral large numbers of ...

    Article : 107 words
  34. FOLDING LETTERS BY MACHINERY.

    The folding of letters and circulars before slipping them into their envelopes is ordinarily done by hand; but when the quantity of matter requires the continuous ...

    Article : 260 words
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  36. THE SCIENCE OF GOING TO SLEEP.

    Ordinarily we do not sleep by accident or haphazard. We simply resolve to sleep, and self-suggestion plays a great, part in the production of sleep. We go through a ...

    Article : 119 words
  37. NATURAL CISTERNS.

    In Central Africa the gigantic baobab tree whose trunk sometimes attains a diameter of forty feet, often serves as a na[?]ral cistern., retaining rain water in ...

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  38. RELIGION

    According to the official calendar for 1911 the various sections of the Methodist Church throughout the world, have 54,205 ordained ministers, 100,428 places of ...

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  39. WOMEN'S INTEREST IN AVIATION.

    A remarkable instance of the interest shown by Frenchwomen m the new sport of aviation was quoted by the "Figaro" last month. At the fashionable Mairie in ...

    Article : 105 words
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  41. HYMN BOOKS AS CORONATION SOUVENIRS.

    An interesting method of commemorating the Coronation is in contemplation by the Wesleyan Sunday-school department. Efforts are being made to get out an ...

    Article : 59 words
  42. THE AIR TREATMENT OF SCIATICA.

    At a medical meeting in Paris, Drs. Ramond, Deffins and Pinchon told their auditors that in the treatment of sixty-five cases of primary sciatica they used one ...

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  43. AERIAL CABS.

    The Duke of Rutland presided at the Hotel Metropole, London, last month, at the festival dinner of the Cab-drivers' Benevolent Association, and gave a warning ...

    Article : 121 words
  44. BIBLICAL TEACHING AND DIVORCE.

    Giving evidence before tho Royal Commission on Divorce, Professor Denny (Professor of New Testament Theology in the United Free College, Glasgow), said that ...

    Article : 197 words
  45. STAMP MOISTENER.

    This improved stamp-moistener is of novel construction, and is adapted to foe used on a desk. It comprises a sponge cup, a cup holder, and a main casing, so ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  47. ACCIDENTS AND MILEAGE.

    The percentage of aeroplane accidents ia relation to the number of aviators and the mileage covered by them has bean proved by H. Soreau to be considerably ...

    Article : 206 words
  48. YOU MAY HAVE TRIED

    "This, that, or the other," but for permanent relief and pleasurable action you will never find anything to equal Chamberlain's Tablets for indigestion, ...

    Article : 36 words
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  51. A GREAT SCHOLAR.

    Professor Flint is dead. He held the Chair of Divinity in Edinburgh University from 1876 to 1903. On taking up the duties of the Edinburgh Chair Professor ...

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  53. HUMAN KITES FOR WARFARE.

    For military observations, ascents by kite have advantages over those by aeroplane or balloon, as the kite is safer and more convenient, and can be used even in ...

    Article : 234 words
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