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  2. FARM & FIELD

    Humus is so thoroughly disseminated in the soil that its presence is noticeable only in the dark colour it gives when in large amounts, but black soil ...

    Article : 455 words
  3. Light Literature.

    Oh, you are right! We are mad enough But our madness Keeps the world alive! Your sanity stagnates! Our ...

    Article : 51 words
  4. War Notes from all Quarters

    It will surprise most people to learn that there are no fewer than sixty-four distinct operations necessary in turning out one of the plain steel helmets ...

    Article : 200 words
  5. SCIENCE NOTES.

    A 72-in. reflecting telescope, the largest yet completed, has been finished at Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., for the Dominion Astronomical Observatory, ...

    Article : 89 words
  6. A ROUMANIAN SONG.

    It the green garden sitteth on a bed Of columbine a young and rosy maid, Under the shade of roses white and red. A young man lingers as he passes by: ...

    Article : 138 words
  7. German Guns Outranged.

    The weekly consumption of high explosive ammunition is between 11,000 and 12,000 times the amount required for land service ammunition at the ...

    Article : 349 words
  8. TIMBER ELECTRICALLY TREATED.

    Of interest is a method of treating timber electrically, which is being developed in England. When current is passed through freshly-cut timber a ...

    Article : 101 words
  9. GERMANS FIRING 50lb. STEEL CANS.

    One of the newest missiles in the Croat war is a huge shell which the Germans threw in the neighbourhood of the Dardanelles. ...

    Article : 189 words
  10. STORYTELLER.

    Anyhow, the idea "caught on," as the editor was pleased to inform me frith an order for three more sketches to complete the "edition de luxe" ...

    Article : 2,744 words
  11. COIN OPERATED ELECTRIC FAN.

    There is now available an electric fan which can only be operated by placing a coin in its slot, whereupon it operates for a certain time, according to ...

    Article : 107 words
  12. SELF-STARTER FOR AEROPLANE ENGINES.

    Based on the employment of compressed air, a self-starter for aeroplane engines has recently made its appearance in America. To start an engine ...

    Article : 131 words
  13. SERBIA'S PROPHET.

    "In the reign of King Peter terrible times will come, to Serbia, such terrible times that the people walking past the graveyard will look at the graves and ...

    Article : 204 words
  14. CROWING RAPE.

    Rape is a deep-rooted plant sending its roots well down into the subsoil, and obtaining its plant food from the lower part of the surface soil. This ...

    Article : 393 words
  15. RUSSIA'S GREAT STRATEGIST.

    General Lechitzky, who has been smiting the Austrians hip and thigh, is sixty years of age. Like his co-commander, General ...

    Article : 195 words
  16. A SAFE TRENCH PIPE.

    The "field pipe" is a German invention which smokers at the front can use without fear of attracting the enemy's fire with tell-tale clouds of ...

    Article : 188 words
  17. VELOCITY OF SHELL PERFORATION.

    In a lecture before the Faraday Society on "The Making of a Big Gun," Dr. W. Rosenhain, F.R.S., gave an account of some remarkable results ...

    Article : 308 words
  18. BILLET-DOUX WITH THE AMMUNITION.

    The making of a charge for a big gun is a complicated process, and many trades are represented in a shell by the time the so-many-pounder reaches ...

    Article : 162 words
  19. RAIL IN THREE PIECES.

    An experiment test is being made on the Minneapolis, St. Paul and St. Marie Railroad with a new rail, which is expected to show some economies ...

    Article : 190 words
  20. PLANTING YOUNG TREES.

    Where the planting of young trees is contemplated no time should be lost in preparing the soil and making all necessary preparations for ...

    Article : 361 words
  21. A NEW AEROPLANE BOMB.

    Enemy Aeroplanes, operating front Kovel, are using a new form of aeroplane bomb, which is exceptionally efficient. It is an Austrian production, ...

    Article : 188 words
  22. A BULLET FALLING CONUNDRUM.

    Will a bullet dropped reach the level sooner than one fired from a gun? The barrel of gun to be perfectly level. The range of bullet to be perfectly ...

    Article : 181 words
  23. MUNITIONS.

    Mr. Montagu, in the House of Commons, submitted an interesting statement on the activities of the Ministry of Munitions. The following are a few ...

    Article : 215 words
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