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  2. Science and Engineering (Conducted by "Archimedes.") GAS.

    Although electricity, as soon as it came into general use, became a formidable rival of gas, it did not supersede the latter, as was predicted. In the matter of lighting, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,212 words
  3. ATLANTIC STRUGGLE.

    The establishment by the Norddeutscher Lloyd liner Bremen of a new record for the crossing of the Atlantic has produced the usual crop of more or less authentic ...

    Article : 705 words
  4. THE VOLTA TEMPLE.

    In the year 1899 the centenary of the discovery of the voltaic pile was celebrated in Como, Volta's native city, by a joint International Electrical Exhibition and a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 972 words
  5. Peanut Shells for Building.

    Peanut shells may build the houses of the future. Work is under way in the United States Government experimental laboratories to employ the fine and coarse ...

    Article : 74 words
  6. Beam as Burglar-Alarm.

    An instance of the effective application of the beam system in England as a burglar alarm was described in a recent cable message from London. Viscount Lascelles ...

    Article : 104 words
  7. Horse-Race Timed by Shadow.

    Accurate timing of horse and other races with an ordinary stop-watch is difficult under most conditions, and to simplify this task a South African inventor ...

    Article : 164 words
  8. Relief for Asthma Victims.

    Recent studies of the distressing complaint called asthma have shown that its victims owe their affliction chiefly to dust in the air they breathe. Probably there ...

    Article : 148 words
  9. Search for Denicotinised Tobacco.

    American scientists have been investigating denicotinised tobacco. It seems that no process has yet been discovered whereby nicotine can be entirely removed ...

    Article : 104 words
  10. Strengthening Pianist's Wrists.

    Pianists can play better if they suspend sandbag weights from their wrists during practice periods. This is the belief of Huston Ray, a musician of Los Angeles ...

    Article : 123 words
  11. Taxi Comfort.

    Experiments are being made in England in fitting taxicabs with wireless receiving sets, not for the entertainment of passengers, but to enable a whole fleet of cabs ...

    Article : 111 words
  12. Cosmopolitan Workers.

    An industrial psychologist has been able to show interesting results in the increase of output where teams of men are employed by mixing workers of different ...

    Article : 81 words
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