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  2. The farmer.

    PAPER BY MR. H. M. JENKINS, SECRETARY OF THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. Silos for the preservation of green food were originally mere pita or “graves,” similar to ...

    Article : 1,465 words
  3. A New Police Whistle.

    THE whistle recently supplied to the Metropolitan Police force, as the means of calling in the aid of brother officers to one in danger or need of help, may now be bought by the ...

    Article : 103 words
  4. Essays.

    THERE are two proverbs which seem to be a distinct contradiction of each other—“Delays are dangerous,” “There’s luck in leisure.” Both proverbs, however, are true, according ...

    Article : 1,659 words
  5. naturalist.

    M. DELUE[?], in a paper read before the Academic Royale de Belgique, and published in the Revue Scientique, reviews the attempts of various naturalists to make comparisons ...

    Article : 1,367 words
  6. Sinking Shafts by Freezing.

    AN ingenious mode of sinking shafts in quicksand or other shifting ground has been devised by Herr Postach, and is being introduced into this country. It consists in ...

    Article : 100 words
  7. Miscellaneous.

    ADAPTED FROM THE GERMAN OF BUCKERT. By E. M. TRAQUAIR. WITHIN the forest glad and free, Though suns were hot and winds were ...

    Article : 516 words
  8. Ladies’ Column.

    THE inclination of the day is towards much shorter periods of mourning than was formerly the case. We observe that the shorter the periods of mourning are the deeper for ...

    Article : 1,716 words
  9. A Rat Killing Sheep.

    IN the center of O’Connor’s Kensington rat pit stood a stout, short legged sheep, with his neck encircled by a brass collar and his black nose sheathed in a kid muzzle. His name is ...

    Article : 443 words
  10. Science.

    An interesting experiment with the phonograph, which will be its first practical application, is about to be made by Drs. Zintgraff and Chavanne, two explorers who are about ...

    Article : 92 words
  11. Electric light from the Seine.

    THE municipal council of Rouen are about to use the current of the Seine to drive a set of dynamo-electric machines, which will supply current to maintain a powerful electric lamp ...

    Article : 52 words
  12. The Centre-Cycle.

    A NEW roadster, combining speed and simplicity of the ordinary bicycle with the safety and stability of the tricycle, has been devised by Mr. E. Burstow. It has one large wheel like ...

    Article : 76 words
  13. An Electric Microscope.

    An interesting exhibition of microscopic views of objects projected on a screen by means of the electric light was recently introduced from Paris at the Crystal Palace. To show how ...

    Article : 73 words
  14. [?]un.

    THE Marquis de Calinany has been ordered by the doctor to bathe his eyes in warm water: “Joseph,” says the marquis to his valet, bring me some boiling water, and put plenty ...

    Article : 436 words
  15. A New illuminant.

    LIEUTENANT DIEK, of the Russian Army, is said to have discovered a new illuminating substance which is capable of imparting luminous properties to objects to which it is ...

    Article : 125 words
  16. A Sew Balloon.

    MR. CHARLES F. RITCHEL, an American, has invented a balloon which can be raised or lowered at pleasure, without either throwing out ballast or loosing gas. The balloon ...

    Article : 116 words
  17. Heart-Bells.

    Through the wood and o’er the fields, How my heart is Binging, While the Bun is on the lake And the bells are ringing ! ...

    Article : 138 words
  18. Magnetised Watches.

    SINCE the introduction of the electric light, a great many good watches, especially those with English lever balances, have been ruined as time-keepers by magnetism induced in ...

    Article : 212 words
  19. [?]umor.

    A PARTY of gentlemen were sitting in the Plankinton House reading-room last Monday evening, discussing the result of the chicken dispute between Milwaukee and Chicago, on ...

    Article : 539 words
  20. Fairy Rings.

    THE dark green circles of grass, known as “fairy rings” have long attracted the notice of scientists, but Messrs. Lawes Gilbert, and Warington, of Rothamstead, have probably ...

    Article : 106 words
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