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  2. Advertising

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  3. AERONAUTICS

    In a gusty wind, Lieut, Spencer Grey, piloting a Blackburn aeroplane, made a flight over ships of the Home Fleet off Weymouth (Eng.) Starting from Lodmoor at noon he flew out ...

    Article : 69 words
  4. INVENTION

    A machine has been invented which makes an exact duplicating record of every word spoken into the phone. One objection which has often been raised against the telephone in ...

    Article : 123 words
  5. SCIENCE.

    "Soda Lake," situated at Magadi, British-East Africa, is one of the richest soda deposits in the world, covering an area of more than 18 square miles, and containing a quantity of soda ...

    Article : 141 words
  6. AERIAL WARSHIP.

    Mr. Cody made a flight at Aldershot last month on his huge aeroplane, which he has had fitted with new engines of 120-h.p. Three military, airmen also flew, but Mr. Cody's ...

    Article : 85 words
  7. SYMPATHETIC WARTS.

    Dr. Genewein mentions a case in which the removal of a solitary wan on one hand was at once followed by spontaneous disappearance of all the warts on the other hand. On a ...

    Article : 147 words
  8. FENCE POST AND WIRE FASTENER.

    A new fence post and wire fastener, comprising a body portion having a plurality of laterally extending tongues disposed in vertical alignment, through which pins are inserted ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 75 words
  9. HONORS FOR AIRMAN.

    The victory of Lieutenant Conneau ("Andre Beaumont") in the "Daily Mail" circuit of Britain and other flying races are commemorated on a marble tablet which has just been placed ...

    Article : 91 words
  10. MOVING PICTURES OF AURORA.

    A new camera for photographing the aurora borcalis and other northern light phenomena has just been made for Professor Stormer, of the University of Christiana Norway. It will ...

    Article : 130 words
  11. TRANSATLANTIC AEROPLANE VOYAGES.

    At the present moment two rivals are in the field with projects for Eying across the Atlantic next Summer. Both hail from America. Both hail from are announced to ...

    Article : 260 words
  12. DEVICE FOR COOLING FEVER PATIENTS.

    This is a cooling apparatus for fever patients comprising a cooling pipe or hose, adapted to be placed adjacent to the body of a person, a smaller section to pass around the head and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 54 words
  13. STEAM TURBINE IMPROVEMENTS.

    The superiority of the reciprocating engine over the steam turbine, when a ship is steaming at low speed, is destined to disappear, says the "Scientific American." At high speed the ...

    Article : 105 words
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  15. LIFE OF AN AEROPLANE.

    One of the points that are of considerable interest alike to manufacturers and to purchasers of aeroplanes is the relative "life" of an average machine. Obviously enough, no one ...

    Article : 256 words
  16. NEW SOURCE OF SUGAR.

    According to Dr. H. D. Gibbs, of the Philippine Bureau of Science, the nipa tree—already so useful to the Philippines and the East Indies generally as a source of thatching, matting, ...

    Article : 120 words
  17. BRITAIN AND PANAMA CANAL.

    The "New York Herald" published a telegram from its Washington correspondent saying that unofficial information leads the State Department to expect that Britain will insist on there ...

    Article : 47 words
  18. RELIGION

    At the sale of the Hoe Library, in New York, Mr. Quarith paid£295 for a rare vellum edition printed by Diodorts Siculus, translated into French by Macault. A copy of the first ...

    Article : 50 words
  19. HEALTH

    Investigations on the children in the town of Kotzling, in Bavaria, showed that of those who eat hard bread the percentage with bad teeth was 6.9; of those who eat both hard and ...

    Article : 120 words
  20. TRADE

    Some time ago an electrical method of curing hams was discovered by a Cincinnati (U.S.A.) packer. He found that by introducing an alternating current through the pickling brine the ...

    Article : 125 words
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  22. SURFACING CONCRETE ELECTRIC LIGHT POLES WITH MICA.

    Ground mica is now being used extensively for facing concrete in cement work. It has proved very effective for this purpose, as it gives an artistic finish to the work, and adds ...

    Article : 242 words
  23. OUTSPOKEN BISHOP.

    The Bishop of Stuhleweissenburg (Hungary), in a sermon, has made references to the ladies of the Imperial Family which have raised a considerable storm in Hungary. ...

    Article : 97 words
  24. REPORTED RECOVERY FROM SLEEPING SICKNESS.

    A sepoy of Lahore, India, who in 1910 returned from Uganda suffering from sleeping sickness, has completely recovered. Recoveries from the dreaded disease of ...

    Article : 186 words
  25. £5,800,000 TO BE SPENT ON NEW LONDON DOCKS.

    The immense scheme of dock improvement recently forecasted by the Port of London Authority is to be commenced very shortly. It is estimated that the provisional cost will be ...

    Article : 144 words
  26. WIRE TOOL-HOLDERS.

    An ingenious arrangement for attaching tools to a belt is shown. It comprises a series of spring clips, made from one piece of wire, riveted to a thin metal band which may be ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  27. CHRISTIANITY AND THE YELLOW PERIL.

    The Rev. W. E. S. Holland, of Allahabad. India, addressing a conference in London last month, said: As certainly as anything could be predicted they might take it that in the next ten ...

    Article : 157 words
  28. TRAVEL

    It is understood that the necessary financial arrangements for the preliminary work in connection with the Russian proposal to connect the railways of Russia and India by means of ...

    Article : 46 words
  29. APPENDICITIS OPERATIONS CLAIMED TO BE NEEDLESS.

    Dr. Doyen told the congress of surgery, held in Paris, that the majority of cases of appendicitis do not need a surgical operation, and that most appendicitis patients who are operated on ...

    Article : 226 words
  30. WIRELESS FOG SIGNALS.

    The French Admiralty are about to establish three wireless coast, stations, provided with signalling apparatus for transmission through fog by which ships entering Havre or passing ...

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  31. BRITAIN'S BIG FOREIGN TRADE.

    The figures of the foreign trade of Great Britain for 1911 exceed those of any other year in the history of the country. The very satisfactory results, it is as well to remember, ...

    Article : 231 words
  32. PROCESS FOR PRESERVING CORN.

    A process of preserving corn, considered by its inventor to be worthy of patent, is shown. It is a method of hermetically sealing [?] busks while on the ear, and consists in tying ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 88 words
  33. MONEY

    The "African World" says it is reliably informed that negotiations are at present proceeding between well-known London financiers and two powerful American groups for the ...

    Article : 83 words
  34. NEW SPORT IN SWITZERLAND.

    A new form of Winter sport has this season made its appearance in Switzerland, and has rapidly become popular. It might be termed toboggo-cycling, the sportsman riding down an ...

    Article : 161 words
  35. FIFTY YEARS A CURATE.

    The Rev. A. H. Stanton, M.A., who last month entered upon his fiftieth year as curate of St. Alban's, Holborn (Eng.), is the subject of an interview and sketch in the "Christian ...

    Article : 171 words
  36. £1000 LEFT TO A DOG.

    The pet dog of a lady who died in Vienna recently is to be the "defendant" in an interesting claim about a will. The lady, Fr[?] Bela Czabe, widow of a ...

    Article : 123 words
  37. MESMERISING A LOBSTER.

    How a lobster may be mesmerised and rendered harmless was explained by a lecturer, in London last month. It should first be explained that the body ...

    Article : 279 words
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  40. COMMONWEALTH PATENTS.

    Messrs. Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 163 King-street, Sydney, and 9 Queen-street, Melbourne, report that the following applications for patents have been lodged at the Commonwealth Patent Office, ...

    Article : 206 words
  41. VICAR'S STRANGE LIFE.

    In his library at the vicarage of Northleigh, Oxfordshire (Eng.), which he had been accustomed to use as a bedroom, the Rev. George James Scott was last month found dead in bed, ...

    Article : 179 words
  42. £200,000 FOR FAMOUS ART COLLECTION.

    Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan has completed the purchase of the Hoentschel art collection in Paris. Reticence is observed regarding the amount paid, but it is understood that the sum ...

    Article : 102 words
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  44. £10,000 FOR A BIBLE.

    One of the outstanding items of the sale of the Hoe Library in New York was a copy of the Gutenberg Bible, printed at Mainz by Gu[?]enberg and Fust (1150-55), formerly in the library ...

    Article : 110 words
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  48. WELL-PAID POLICE OFFICER.

    The Liverpool Watch Committee, England, on January 10 approved the appointment of Mr. Francis Caldwell, first assistant head constable in Liverpool, as Head Constable, in succession ...

    Article : 110 words
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