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  2. TRAVEL

    The tunnel continuing the Jungfrau railway in the Swiss Alps from Eismeer Station to the Jungfrau Joch (Saddle), which is 11,400ft above sea-level, was pierced last month. The tunnel ...

    Article : 80 words
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  4. SCIENCE

    All records agree that, a thunderbolt is somewhat heavier than air (says a scientific exchange) and the following facts indicate that thunderbolts consist mostly of ozone in active ...

    Article : 189 words
  5. INVENTION

    This remarkable open-work shirt is an under garment for exceedingly warm weather, or for men employed in high temperatures during any period of the year. It consists of strips ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 77 words
  6. CANADA'S CANAL SYSTEM.

    The Dominion canals, constructed between Montreal and Lake Superior, are the Lachine, Soulanges, Cornwall, Farran's Point, Rapide Plat, Galops, Murray, Welland and Sault ...

    Article : 75 words
  7. POLAR EXPEDITION.

    An Arctic expedition, organised by the American Museum of Natural History and others, will start in the coming Summer to explore and map out the new land which Rear-Admiral Peary ...

    Article : 77 words
  8. SLEEPING FISH.

    Some curious habits in a fish have been observed by the French zoologist, B. Romeis. The fish in question, which bears the name" Paratilapia. multicolor, was kept in an aquarium ...

    Article : 263 words
  9. ELECTRIC GARMENT CREASER.

    This is an easily-operated electrical device for the creasing of trousers or other garments. The rollers at the lend of the pivoted arms are provided with electrical resistance coils as a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 55 words
  10. BY CAR TO THE NORTH POLE.

    In a motor-car which Mr. John A. Cory, of Leeds (Eng.) has invented, an attempt will be made to reach the North Pole. Discussing the new car, Mr. Cory said that tyres will be ...

    Article : 98 words
  11. DRIP CUP FOR BOTTLES.

    The soiling of table linen by the drip that runs down the sides of a bottle after each using can be prevented by means of this cup. The cup, which is made of silver plate or ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 85 words
  12. CUZCO, SACRED CITY OF THE INCAS.

    Cuzco, in Peru, the sacred city of the Incas, their capital, and for many years after its conquest by Pizarro, in 1534, the capital of the Spaniards, is undoubtedly the most historically ...

    Article : 162 words
  13. HEREDITY AND EUGENICS.

    There are certain quite widespread fallacies with respect to inheritance (says a recent work on Eugenics), and hence much that is Written upon the subject of heredity and eugenics is ...

    Article : 312 words
  14. FAST AND WEST.

    "What impressed you most?" said an interviewer of Mr. T. P. O'Connor, M.P., on his return from Egypt. "If you exclude monuments and temples, I ...

    Article : 159 words
  15. DEVICE TO TEACH SWIMMING.

    A mechanical device for teaching persons to swim is illustrated. It is a framework support provided with front and rear pulleys, elastic cables, and means for regulating the strokes of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 118 words
  16. HEALTH

    In a note on the transmission of leprosy in the report of the advisory committee for the Tropical Diseases Research Fund issued in England last month Dr. E. C. Long, principal ...

    Article : 118 words
  17. TRADE

    Negotiations were instituted last month between the Canadian Government and a number of British capitalists for the formation of a new steamship concern operating a service of ...

    Article : 98 words
  18. AERONAUTICS

    After two and a halt years' experimenting, Mr. Gnosspelius, Windermere (Eng.), last month accomplished a two miles fight in the air on his monoplane, built on the shores of ...

    Article : 81 words
  19. MONEY

    "The Jewish Chronicle" last month reported another windfall for American Jewish institutions. By the will, which had just been made public, of Mrs. Caroline W. Neustadter, no less ...

    Article : 89 words
  20. RELIGION

    The health of the Rev. R. J. Campbell is in a very unsatisfactory state, and (according to the "Christian Commonwealth") his medical advisers have insisted that in future he shall ...

    Article : 100 words
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  22. PULSATING DEVICE FOR MILKING APPARATUS.

    This shows a pulsating device that has been devised to give as perfect an imitation of the suckling operations of a calf as possible. The pulsator is connected between the service and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 129 words
  23. WAR OF TUBERCULOSIS.

    The general problem of tuberculosis—its cure and prevention—is to be considered by a committee, which it was announced last month in the House of Commons, had been appointed ...

    Article : 111 words
  24. HALFPENNY AEROPLANES.

    At a great meeting at Tours (France) recently a resolution was carried that the people of France should be asked to subscribe a halfpenny each to give aeroplanes to the country. ...

    Article : 90 words
  25. CIVES £20,000 TO ART.

    A magnificent gift of £200,000 has been made unconditionally to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art last week by Mr. Francis L. Leland, the wealthy New York banker. At the ...

    Article : 79 words
  26. WORLD'S WHEAT SUPPLY.

    Preliminary returns of the wheat and oats harvests in the Southern Hemisphere were con-tained in the bulletin of Agricultural Statistics for February, published by the International ...

    Article : 219 words
  27. REVISING THE PSALTER.

    The report of the committee on the revision of the Psalter gave rise to difference of opinion at the Lower House of Convocation at Westminster, London, last month. The Dean of ...

    Article : 268 words
  28. MADONNA SOLD FOR £29,500.

    A life-size picture of the "Madonna and Child," by Andrea Mantegna, from the collection of old masters formed by Herr Weber, was sold at Berlin last month for £29,500. ...

    Article : 70 words
  29. £20,000 PRIZES FOR SAFETY.

    An important union of aeronautic and kindred associations in France has decided to offer £20,000 in prizes for inventions calculated to safeguard the lives of airmen. Captain Morel ...

    Article : 81 words
  30. RAVAGES OF SLEEPING SICKNESS.

    Dr. F. M. Sandwith (Gresham Professor of Physic), lecturing last month at the City of London School on "Sleeping Sickness," said that the ravages of the disease in Africa were ...

    Article : 154 words
  31. £12,200,000 FOR PENSIONS.

    A saving of £215,000 on old-age pensloas for the year 1912-13 is shown by the estimates for the British Civil Stores, issued last month, dealing with the non-effective or charitable ...

    Article : 103 words
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  33. GERMANY'S EXPANSION.

    Following are the statistics of the trade of England, Germany, and U.S.A. for the whole of last year, as compared with 1910:— UNITED KINGDOM. ...

    Article : 220 words
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  35. COMMONWEALTH PATENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 200 words
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