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  2. SCIENCE.

    Gigantic Span.—The longest span of any bridge yet erected will be placed in the cantilever bridge now under construction across the St. Lawrence Rive at Quebec. This bridge is being constructed ...

    Article : 232 words
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  4. COLOUR BLINDNESS.

    The most common form of colour blindness is an inability to distinguish red. Last year thirty-four officers and would-be officers of the British Mercantile Marine failed on their colour test, ...

    Article : 71 words
  5. THE NEW TREATMENT FOR GOUT.

    Gout, it is now accepted, depends on the deposition of uric acid, and the remedy appears to lie in finding a solvent for this substance. It has been found that by allowing formaldehyde to act on the citrate ...

    Article : 119 words
  6. LIVING SUN-DIAL.

    An interesting specimen in the way of sun-dials may be seen in the gardens of Stainboro' Castle, near Barnsley. The dial here is laid out on the flat garden ground, the Roman figures and lines ...

    Article : 124 words
  7. THE BEST SILK.

    It is a curious but well-authenticated fact that the wild silkworm produces a silk which is declared to have a better lustre and stronger fibre than that of the captive silkworms. It was assumed that the ...

    Article : 117 words
  8. AN EARTHQUAKE EXPERT.

    Professor John Milne, the authority appealed to every time an earthquake disturbs the earth's crust, has qualified for his post by studying the surface of the globe in many lands. As mining engineer ...

    Article : 146 words
  9. STITCHING THE HEART.

    On the Continent, where stabbing affrays are more frequent than in this country, it has become almost a common occurrence to stitch up the heart. We ("Science Siftings") recorded a case some time ...

    Article : 167 words
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    When He gives a duty, He is ready also to give the grace needed for the doing of it.— Dr. J. R. Miller. The best creed is the one that is followed ...

    Article : 65 words
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