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  2. SCIENCE

    The divining rod, the efficacy of which has been certified by the Academy of Sciences of America, has been put to a more severe test than ever. ...

    Article : 135 words
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  4. INVENTION

    This track automobile and trailer, which is in use in America, is said to be a particularly practical combination for railroad section gangs. The power car is equipped with a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 127 words
  5. AERONAUTICS

    The British War Office announces that, in view of the difficulty in obtaining some of the parts of the magneto in the United Kingdom, the obligation that the magneto to be used in the ...

    Article : 59 words
  6. TRAVEL

    The Dominion Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, in its annual session, approved the report of the executive council denouncing what it called, "misleading" advertisements by the ...

    Article : 56 words
  7. MONKS' HOSPITALITY TO BIRDS.

    The monks of St. Bernard's monastery, in the Alps, have lately been extending to birds the hospitality which they offer to travellers over-taken by storm. ...

    Article : 110 words
  8. THE AIRMAN'S DREAM.

    M. Esnault Pelterie, one of the best-known French aviation experts, is of opinion that the day will come when communication between the earth and the moon and stars will be possible ...

    Article : 122 words
  9. MAKING A FIRE WITH THE AID OF ICE.

    Take a piece of very clear ice and melt it down in the hollow of your hands so as to form a large lens. The illustration shows how this is done. With the lens-shaped ice used in the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 68 words
  10. WHAT RUSSIA WEARS IN HATS.

    Few of the male population of Russia wear hats. All of the students (and they number thousands), the official class (which is still move numerous), and those who live in cities ...

    Article : 171 words
  11. NAVAL AIRCRAFT HEADQUARTERS FOR SCOTLAND.

    At a conference between representatives of the Admiralty and the Dundee Harbor Trust, provisional arrangements were made for a seven years' lease of a site on the Tay, within ...

    Article : 89 words
  12. NEW METHOD TO FIGHT DIRT.

    When working about a car on jobs that necessitate a good deal of dabbling in dirty oil, especially in carbon from the cylinders or from dirty spark plugs, the stuff gets under the ...

    Article : 140 words
  13. LATEST ACHIEVEMENTS IN X-RAY WORK.

    One of the loading x-ray establishments of Germany, the Sanitas Company of Berlin, has brought out a new preparation known as "Diaphanite," which is epaque to the rays, and when ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 277 words
  14. NAVAL FLYING BOAT.

    A new type of aircraft, for use from the deck of a warship, has been constructed for the British Admiralty. It is a small whale-shaped boat equipped with ...

    Article : 124 words
  15. DENTISTRY 1000 YEARS AGO.

    During a lengthy relic-hunting visit to Ecuador, Professor Marshall Howard Saville, head of the archaeology department of Columbia University, made several noteworthy discoveries ...

    Article : 198 words
  16. A HANDY DOOR-FASTENER.

    Messrs. J. Jacobson and W. Shottlander, of Manly, have invented and recently applied for a patent for a handy and portable door-fastener specially useful for travellers, boarders, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 188 words
  17. LEARNT HIS BIPLANE BEFORE BREAKFAST.

    A feat unprecedented in aviation was performed at Brooklands by Mr. Pemberton-Billing, who for a wager learned to fly and won a pilot's certificate in four hours. ...

    Article : 253 words
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  19. HEALTH

    Teetotalers would appear to be peculiarly susceptible to appendicitis. This is the conclusion arrived at by Dr. Cagey and Prof. Sabrazes, who contribute an article each on the ...

    Article : 95 words
  20. TESTS AEROPLANE WINGS.

    Before new aeroplanes leave the factory they are submitted to a number of tests, the most important of which is here depicted. The machine is turned upside down, and the wings ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 88 words
  21. TUBERCULAR OX TONGUES.

    Special attention has been paid by Dr. Herbert Williams, Medical Officer of Health of the Port of London, to tongues imported in a frozen condition from South America. A large number ...

    Article : 160 words
  22. HAVE PLANTS FEELING.?

    There is little doubt, thinks Mr. S. Leonard Bastin, of New York, in the course of an interesting inquiry, whether a plant feels pain, that, before long, we shall have yet further ...

    Article : 249 words
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  24. AMAZING REMEDIES.

    Some of the extraordinary superstitions that prevail in the west of Ireland regarding remedies for certain complaints are described in the "Lancet." Here are some of the methods of ...

    Article : 203 words
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  26. EAT GARLIC IF YOU WOULD LIVE LONG.

    Do you want to be a centenarian? Then eat tscheschnakova and tscheschnakova t[?]orba. This is the discovery of Dr. Gundrum, the Royal Health Commissioner of ...

    Article : 223 words
  27. HOW AIRSHIPS ARE ANCHORDED.

    To moor an airship out in the open is a difficult matter in windy weather. The device depicted in the illustration, known as a "mooring mast," however, makes it easier. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 102 words
  28. COMMONWEALTH PATENTS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 208 words
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