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  2. POPULAR SCIENCE

    Almost from the beginning of history a number of common metals have been used in the staple industries of mankind. In industrial application no ...

    Article : 254 words
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  4. FASHIONS OF THE DAY.

    For the purpose of transforming an evening frock, nothing could be handler than the little scarf. A frock with a plain taffeta bodice adapts itself to a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 563 words
  5. THE BITE OF THE ANT.

    Very few ants have stings like wasps or bees. The pain they cause you is by biting with their vice-like nippers or pincers, and injecting through the wound ...

    Article : 47 words
  6. HARD-WORKED ORGANS.

    A scientist has calculated that the eyelids of the average man open and shut no fewer than four million time in the course of a single year of his existence. ...

    Article : 32 words
  7. TO AID THE ASTRONOMER.

    An astronomer studies the stars by pulling their light to pieces. This process, known as "spectrum analysis," enables him to tell what is their ...

    Article : 241 words
  8. BORING METAL WITH IRON.

    Boring holes with a torch of burning iron is the modern method by which large castings are prepared for breaking up with explosives. A small iron pipe, ...

    Article : 149 words
  9. A FALSE KIDNEY.

    Two important steps in medical science are reported from Baltimore (says a London publication). German scientists, it is stated, are planning to ...

    Article : 218 words
  10. A FOREST'S FIREPROOF CARPET.

    Agricultural experts in Algeria have found a new method of preventing forest fires. It consists in carpeting the ground under the trees With a hardy ...

    Article : 92 words
  11. TALKING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC

    Talking across the Atlantic by radio telephony has been an accomplished fact for nearly ten years-possible, but altogether too expensive for general use. Just ...

    Article : 166 words
  12. TARRO SHIRE COUNCIL

    The Tarro Shire Council met at the Shire Chambers, East Maitland, on Wednesday. There were present: Councillor Markham (President), Councillors ...

    Article : 407 words
  13. WORLD'S COAL SUPPLY.

    Speaking at the World Power Conference at Wembley, Sir Richard Redmayne nave some remarkable figures about the world's coal resources. He says that in ...

    Article : 156 words
  14. HARNESSING A VOLCANO.

    Plans are under way to make use of the Steam from nature's boiler shop by piercing the flanks of Mount Tatio, on the boundary between Bolivia and Chili. ...

    Article : 203 words
  15. BERNHARDT.

    When Sarah Bernhardt came to London for the first, time forty-five years ago she "scored oil" none other than the Duke of Edinburgh. The story is ...

    Article : 449 words
  16. GOLD FROM MERCURY.

    Mr. Kerr Grant, professor of physics at the Adelaide University, in commenting on Dr. Hantaro's discovery of a method of transmitting mercury into gold. ...

    Article : 149 words
  17. THE MICROPHONE

    There are limitations to the carrying power of the human voice. Formerly, when huge crowds have congregated in the hope of hearing a famous speaker, ...

    Article : 211 words
  18. TOO FRESH FOR OYSTERS.

    Oysters cannot live in the Baltic Sea. The reason is that it in not salty enough. They can only live in water that contains at least 37 parts of salt in every ...

    Article : 41 words
  19. BLOOD PRESSURE POINTS.

    Blood pressure, according to a life-insurance expert, Mr. Arthur Hunter, seems to be principally affected by the kind of diet and the quantity of the ...

    Article : 119 words
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