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  2. CARRYING PASSENGERS HEAD DOWNWARDS.

    FOLLOWING upon the latest American bicycle sensation, named "looping the loop," a centrifugal railway to carry passengers head downwards has been ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 322 words
  3. PATENT SASH BALANCE.

    THE accompanying illustration shows a new device for raising and lowering window sashes without cords and with slight effort. It keeps the window sashes ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 218 words
  4. FASTEST VESSEL AFLOAT.

    THE steam yacht Arrow, shown in the illustration, recently covered a nautical mile in exactly 1min. 32sec., or at the rate of 39.13 knots an hour. This is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 497 words
  5. BOUND TO A TORTURE WHEEL.

    A VERY strange affair, and one concerning which there is much reticence and mystery, occurred at Earl's Court, London, some weeks ago. One of the most ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 917 words
  6. LEANING TOWERS OF ITALY.

    AMONG the structures which the examining committee has been surveying since the fall of the campanile in Venice is the strange Torre Asinelli at Bologna. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 475 words
  7. A FLOATING CONGREGATION.

    IN a corner of Half Moon Bay, among the Admiralty Islands, on the Californian side of the St. Lawrence River, there is one of the most unique churches in the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 242 words
  8. THE KING'S OLDEST SUBJECT.

    BRIGHTON (England) has the honor of claiming as resident one of the oldest subjects of the King in the person of Mr. Charles Green, who on August 22 ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 171 words
  9. WHISTLING AND RINGING TOP.

    A new form of top, which both whistles and rings, is the invention of a resident of Waltham. The body of the top is formed with a central chamber. The side ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 149 words
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