Articles from page 14: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. LIFE IN LONDON

    January is the month of stocktaking, sacrifice and self-examination with a view to staging spring attractions and expanding business. Political parties are too ...

    Article : 258 words
  3. POPULAR SCIENCE

    One of the great American engineers of the present day, Professor Elihu Thomson, in a lecture on "Electrical Progress," recently gave expression to a hope which ...

    Article : 125 words
  4. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 1,195 words
  5. TWO HUNGARIAN PLAYS

    Two of London's new plays are of Hungarian origin. "Grounds for Divorce," at the St. James' Theatre, is by Ernest Vadja, author of "Fata Morgana," ...

    Article : 376 words
  6. THE GREAT WHEAT MYSTERY

    The rise in the price of bread continues to excite uneasiness, and, despite the searching questions put to witnesses before the Royal Commission which is now ...

    Article : 331 words
  7. NEW WATER CURE FOR BURNS.

    John Hopkins University Hospital reports remarkable success with their new water cure for serious burns. A man suffering from burns extending over ...

    Article : 111 words
  8. RAPID ACTION OF MUSCLES.

    The greatest possible rapidity of action of human muscles is considered by Dr. Kahn in "The Life of Mankind," a new book. The violinist is trained in ...

    Article : 130 words
  9. DIFFICULTIES OF LIBERALS

    Last week saw an elaborate convention of Liberal politicians, and an enthusiastic Albert Hall meeting, when Mr. Asquith and Mr. Lloyd George all but publicly ...

    Article : 289 words
  10. EVEREST SPIDERS.

    Natural life on the mountainous desert of the Tibetan plateau—where the atmosphere is so dry that the skin find nails split, and the ordinary ...

    Article : 176 words
  11. ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL

    The laudators of last times, like the poor, are ever with us, and in each generation, from classical times, when the myth of the golden age was ...

    Article : 721 words
  12. BUSINESS IN MACHINERY

    It is frequently urged against the older Universities that they do not move with the times, and while still affording the best preparation for a ...

    Article : 424 words
  13. INSECT WAYS.

    Among all the animals below man the insects, especially the bees, wasps, and ants, have seemed to approach nearest to having a real mind to guide their ...

    Article : 456 words
  14. MR. FISHER RETIRES

    One of the surprises of Mr. Lloyd George's Cabinet at the close of 1916 was the appointment of a distinguished Oxford scholar, who was then Vice ...

    Article : 203 words
  15. THE HOUSING PROBLEM

    The Government is making a determined effort to grapple with the housing problem, and up to the present have sanctioned the erection of no fewer than ...

    Article : 325 words
  16. GEORGE WYNDHAM

    The publication of Mr. George Wyndham's letters in two large volumes, with a delightful introductory memoir by Professor Mackail, has revived interest in ...

    Article : 265 words
  17. A ROTOR AEROPLANE.

    Successful adaptation of the rotor aeroplane is claimed to have been accompanied by an Austrian engineer who recently arrived in Paris to obtain ...

    Article : 160 words
  18. A FOOLISH STRIKE

    We are getting accustomed to workmen laying down their tools on trivial pretexts, but the strike last week of members of the Electrical Trades Union ...

    Article : 330 words
  19. SCIENCE AND POLITICS

    Methods of science are still little applied in political and economic matters, says "Engineering." The street corner orator still relies on the "a priori" ...

    Article : 168 words
  20. FLAME THAT BURNS IN WATER.

    By a process evolved by Mr. Oscar Brunler, a young Brisish engineer, a submerged flame, burning in direct contact with water, can produce instantly steam ...

    Article : 168 words
  21. OUR ANNUAL AFFLICTION.

    The long spell of stormy weather through which England is now passing is causing something more than an abundance of bad language; influenza again ...

    Article : 202 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$