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  3. SCIENCE

    One of the piscatorial wonders described by naturalists is the "gunner" or "shooting" fish, which is so called on account of the naval mid wonderful manner by which ...

    Article : 120 words
  4. TRADE

    As a result, it is stated, of the increased spirit duties under the British Budget, the police have noticed in remote districts of Ireland indications of a considerable ...

    Article : 69 words
  5. TRAVEL

    The latest type or taxicab to make its appearance in Paris patterned after the ordinary horse-drawn handsom, and embodies many excellent features. Chief ...

    Article : 79 words
  6. INVENTION

    A Russian apparatus for restoring hearing consists of a light rubber shell, furnished with a mintature microphone, which is connected to a small galvanic battery ...

    Article : 64 words
  7. HINGE FOR FLAG POLE.

    It is usually a difficult and dangerous task to rig a flag pole after it is once in permanent position. But it is a very simple operation if the pole is constructed ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 130 words
  8. MADRID DISCARDING MOTORS.

    Once more the horse-drawn carriage 13 preponderant on the avenues of Madrid. According to a consular report, many persons are selling their machines ...

    Article : 92 words
  9. CAPT. SCOTT'S MOTOR-SLEDGE.

    Captain Scott, leader of the British South Pole expedition, spent some time in Norway last month, where he purchased equipment and a British-built ...

    Article : 101 words
  10. SCIENCE AND SMOKE.

    Mr. John Lowden, an ingenious Scotsman, has recently invented what is styled a "smoke-tintometer." This consists a tube with a single eyepiece and two ...

    Article : 115 words
  11. EMPIRE COMMERCE COUNCIL.

    As tho result of his colonial tour, Sir Albert Spicer, at the Jubilee mooting of the Association of Chambers of Commerce, hold in London last month, ...

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  12. PARIS BUILT OVER YAWNING CHASMS.

    A strange fact has been made public in connection with the floods in Paris. It seems that the quarries of Paris, many of which have existed under the city for ...

    Article : 179 words
  13. COMETS DUE TO RETURN THIS YEAR.

    In addition to Halley's, two other comets are done to due to cross the path of the earth this year. The first is know as Tempel's second periodical comet, ...

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  14. PHOTOGRAPHING WINDOW DISPLAYS.

    The elimination of reflections is absolutely necessary if a photograph nf a shop window, in which goods are displayed is to be successfully taken in the day ...

    Article : 129 words
  15. THE FROG INDUSTRY IN FRANCE.

    That the frog industry of France is a business of considerable magnitude may be gleaned from the fact that the annual production is now close to 50,000,000 frogs, ...

    Article : 196 words
  16. SIGNALLING TO MARS.

    Professor Micthe has been devoting considerable time to calculating the amount of energy that would be required to signal to Mars sufficiently clearly to attract the ...

    Article : 187 words
  17. HEALTH

    Each item of the cruet is of decided service in dietetics (says the "Lancet"). The classic experiments of Pawlow have shown how important is the role of the ...

    Article : 151 words
  18. A SCIENTIFIC FLY TRAP.

    This fly trap is based on the principles that a window, by reason of tho light, always attracts insects, and that flics and other Insects Invariably move upward. In ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 158 words
  19. FRAUD OF THE LABEL.

    Manufacturers from all parts of the kingdom, meeting in London last month formed an association, the Register of British Manufacturers, to combat the ...

    Article : 195 words
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  21. A "CHAIR" OF AERONAUTICS.

    The latest step in the history of French aeronautics is the inauguration of Professor March is in the Chair of Aeronautics, which has been established at the ...

    Article : 215 words
  22. PHOTOGRAPHS IN SCIENCE.

    One of the oddest collections in the British Museum is a set of talking machine records of the, voices of prominent persons of the present. They arc not offered for ...

    Article : 208 words
  23. SMOKING AND DISEASE.

    Smokers will be delighted to learn that a military doctor has discovered, and undertakes to prove by convincing statistics, that smoking. Instead of being bad. ...

    Article : 191 words
  24. AERONAUTICS

    A year ago, when the Prince of Wales went among the Hying machines at Olympia, he saw a low experimental aeroplanes crude in design. Last month when, ...

    Article : 100 words
  25. RUBBER EXPORT FROM MALAY STATES.

    A glance at the comparative statement of the annual exports of rubber from the Federated Malay. States during the past three years shows the great strides this ...

    Article : 221 words
  26. AEROPLANE PRICES.

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  28. ABOUT AIR-SPRINGS.

    [?] the weight of the rider. The same device has been applied to motor-cycles, and experiments have been made with a light motor ...

    Article : 138 words
  29. AN OLD EGG.

    Examining some stone lately in the bed of the Gila River, Arizona, a prospector recently came upon what seemed to bo a water-worn pebble, four or five inches is ...

    Article : 248 words
  30. RELIGION

    An annual lecture is to be institution to commemorate the life and work of William Carey, the well-known Baptist missionary and pioneer of modern missions. ...

    Article : 90 words
  31. MATHEMATICIANS AND FLYING MACHINES.

    "Mathematicians have always told us," says Sir Hiram Maxim, "that a flying machine would be possible just as soon as a suitable motor for the purpose was ...

    Article : 200 words
  32. PATENTS FOR INVENTIONS.

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  33. THE SCOTS SUNDAY.

    Clerical shareholders in the Caledonian (Scotch) Railway Company made a demonstration in force at a recent meeting in Glasgow against the company's policy ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 184 words
  34. MONEY

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  36. A HANDY MILL TRUCK.

    The accompanying sketch shows how a four-wheel truck was made out of a two-wheel one, says a correspondent of the American "Miller." The steel nose, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 94 words
  37. NINETY POUNDS FOR TWO SILVER FORKS.

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  39. HELP FOR AVIATORS.

    Now that aerial navigation is coming to be considered seriously, new problems arc arising, such as the question of navigation on starless, nights or over ...

    Article : 136 words
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