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  2. WOMAN'S REALM.

    Now that King George and Queen Mary have settled down to the new conditions of their life details of their domestic arrangements are being made public. In ...

    Article : 1,685 words
  3. ACTUAL SIZE OF SHAWL- PIN.

    By the use of a newly-invented miniature searchlight telescope passed down the windpipe and into the bronchial tubes of a patient who had swallowed a shawl-pin, one ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 281 words
  4. A NEW AIRSHIP.

    One of the most remarkable developments of the German aeronautical science is (says the "Scotsman") the airship Zorn, which is considered to represent the latest ...

    Article : 460 words
  5. EFFECT OF RADIUM ON PRECIOUS STONES.

    It is announced, says the "Morning Post," on the authority of a fairly wide range of experiments, that radium will change the colour of precious stones. A ...

    Article : 403 words
  6. SCIENCE PROGRESS.

    The July number of the quarterly "Science Progress" opens with the first instalment of a paper by Professor Turner, of Oxford, on the Astrographic Chart, or great ...

    Article : 1,048 words
  7. AN ENGINE OF WAR.

    A Gun Designed to Suffocate the Enemy. The New Drupp Bomb-firer, Mounted for Field Work. The Bomb Not in Position. The new Krupp Bomb-firer, Mounted for Position ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 81 words
  8. AUTOMATIC SIGNAL-ARM.

    This ingenious device is the invention of a motor-driver at the General Post-office Stores, in London. It consists of a long automatic signal-arm which is actuated by the application of the brake. Motor-drivers wishing to slow up or turn corners are by this invention enabled to warn vehicles behind them without taking either hand off ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 92 words
  9. A DARING FEAT.

    Miss Minnie Thompson, of Dallas, Texas, recently thrilled a large crowd of New Yorkers by her exhibition of daring riding without a bridle, in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts, in Central-park, New York. She rode her favourite Kentucky stallion in a manner that evoked the cheers of the New Yorkers in no uncertain manner. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 134 words
  10. FASTEST DREADNOUGHT.

    Speed (says the naval correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph"), in association with suitable guns and armour, is power. This naval maxim is writ large over the gigantic ...

    Article : 520 words
  11. A FAMOUS SHIPMASTER.

    Memories of the earlier days of shipping are recalled by the death of Captain Anthony Enright, who, at the ripe age of 94, passed away at Jersey on August 6 ...

    Article : 581 words
  12. AN ELECTRIC TARGET.

    A great feature of the Bisley meeting this year was the number of electrical devices used to operate the targets, and the illustration shows a running deer attached to a trolley on rails, which travels at a considerable pace, and requires much skill on the part of the competitor to gain a bullseye, which is definitely marked out on the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 139 words
  13. FORTY YEARS IN A GLACIER TOMB.

    Early in September (says the "Daily Express") the village of Chamonix, lying among the foothills of Mont Blane, is expected to witness the final act in an Alpine ...

    Article : 626 words
  14. FARMING ON WHEELS.

    In the United States the movement for encouraging scientific farming methods has resulted in the founding of a college on wheels. A special train is sent out by the Massachusetts Agricultural College, and the farmers along the line are given ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 107 words
  15. TRAVELLING POULTRY FARM.

    The question of education is, indeed, perhaps the most important with which agriculturists are at present concerned. In America they have shown the way in this matter. The United States spends about two millions a year on educational and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 391 words
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