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  2. Iceboat Sailing.

    The spirited picture in this issue gives a good idea of what is becoming a popular amusement in America— ice-boat sailing. The rig of the boats, in so far as the canvas goes, is akin to that of ...

    Article : 148 words
  3. A COMET.

    At about a quarter to 7 this (Sunday) evening I noticed for the first time a rather uncommonly bright comet just above the western horizon, and almost exactly in the line of the sun's course. The tail ...

    Article : 370 words
  4. Scientific and Useful.

    An ingenious system of adapting; the alphabetical messages of the eleofcrio telegraph, or of the heliograph, or any other signalling apparatus, to the reproduction at distant points of some kinds of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 953 words
  5. Lake George.

    Many persons who have been in New South Wales1 for years, and travelled'hundreds of miles in the interior, have seen the vast plains, the scrub and undulating forest lands, the rugged ...

    Article : 1,039 words
  6. The Henty Insolvency.

    A sensational affidavit was filed in the Melbourne Insolvency Court by Henry Henty, April 30. He' said: — In June, 1851, I was a clerk in the firm of James Henty and Co. During twenty-four years I was in ...

    Article : 842 words
  7. AUSTRALASIAN TIMBER TREES AND THEIR USES.—VII.

    20. Mountain Gum. ' E?—Timber is very tough. Used for bridges, girders, planking,&c. Habitat, New South Wales: 21. Red Gum. E. Rostrata.—See No. 16. ...

    Article : 1,387 words
  8. TANK MEASUREMENTS.

    The thanks of your readers are due to " Garryowen," "A. R.,"and "Home Rule for their simple directions to find the solidity of, their " Home Rule"would oblige by stating how to ...

    Article : 93 words
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