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  2. Science Notes and Cuttings.

    About two years ago in Scotland and Ireland, there was a revival of interest in the utilization of peat as a material for making paper ...

    Article : 242 words
  3. Journalistic Scoops

    A "scoop" in journalistic argot, means an important news item secured exclusively by some one journal. Usually such a "scoop" is utilised for ...

    Article : 748 words
  4. Sterile Water to Still Pain.

    Dr. F. W. Stevens has employed sterile water for the production of local anaesthesia in a number of operations for hemorrhoids (veins liable to ...

    Article : 185 words
  5. Weight of the World.

    A cubic foot of earth weighs about five and a half times as much as a cubic foot of water. A cubic mile of earth then weighs 25,649,300,000 ...

    Article : 92 words
  6. Which are the Poisonous Dyes?

    Experiments with 50 of the coaltar dyes have shown that 15 are positively poisonous, and 20 others caused harmful disturbances of ...

    Article : 135 words
  7. Remarkable Biological Theory of Sleep.

    Dr. Claparede considers as erroneous the usually accepted conception according to which sleep is supposed to be the consequence of an arrest of ...

    Article : 213 words
  8. Navigation in Fog.

    There are indications (says the "English Mechanic") that the problem of navigation during fog is likely to be solved—to a large extent at ...

    Article : 163 words
  9. Standard Time for India.

    The Government of India has ordered the introduction of a standard time on the railways (other than small local lines, where the change might be ...

    Article : 242 words
  10. Faith Healing.

    The influence of "faith" in medicine is both overestimated and underestimated, according to the type of mind considering it. Physicians are well ...

    Article : 125 words
  11. Dangers of Red Rubber Bottle Stoppers.

    Dr. F. A. Pond, of Liverpool, declares that the red rubber rings which are the accompaniment of the "ball" and some other bottle-stoppers, are a ...

    Article : 207 words
  12. Electric Insecticide.

    For a long time no one thought of utilising electricity for the destruction of insect pests, any more than of breaking a butterfly on a wheel. M. ...

    Article : 374 words
  13. On Having a Hobby

    How often does one hear the expression "Oh, that is so and so's hobby," spoken rather disparingly. It is the tendency of the average mind ...

    Article : 202 words
  14. X-Rays and the Blood.

    Drs. Helber and Linser exposed some rabbits, rats, and dogs to the x-rays for protracted periods of time, and found on making blood examinations ...

    Article : 198 words
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