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  2. HOW PILLS ARE MADE

    The custom of taking medicine in the form of pills dates far back in history. The object is to enable us to swallow easily in a condensed form disagreeable ...

    Article : 620 words
  3. SCIENTIFIC.

    An attempt is about to be made in Glasgow to introduce a new telephone, styled "The Pulsion." The telephone is a purely mechanical one, and is exceedingly, simple in ...

    Article : 260 words
  4. STARTLING EVENT IN A VILLAGE.

    To the Editor of the 'Saturday Night," Birmingham. I RECENTLY came into possession of certain facts of so remarkable a nature, that I am sure you will be glad to ...

    Article : 594 words
  5. TRACTION INCREASER

    An electric traction increaser for augmenting the tractive power of locomotive engines, invented by Mr. E. E. Ries, of Baltimore, has just been tested with satisfactory results on ...

    Article : 164 words
  6. SOVEREIGNS MELTED FOR JEWELLERY.

    It is computed that from 14,000 to 16,000 persons are actively engaged in the jewellery trade of Birmingham, and the amount of capital embarked in it is larger than that of ...

    Article : 206 words
  7. HOW TO MAKE LEATHER.

    The growing scarcity of oak bark, and the substitution of all sorts of chemical agencies in the production of leather leads a clever scientist [?] ...

    Article : 212 words
  8. AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM A VETERAN.

    As this is Jubilee year it tends to make one look back and think of the flight of time, and in this way I am reminded that I am one of the veterans in the sale of your valuable and ...

    Article : 890 words
  9. TEN MONTHS' SUFFERING IN A HOSPITAL.

    THERE is an old saying that physicians are a class of men who pour drugs, of which they know little, into bodies of which they know less. This is both true and untrue at the ...

    Article : 819 words
  10. A HINT ON DYEING.

    Pure colours upon garments can be obtained only when the material is first perfectly cleaned. For this purpose, brush the stains with a luke warm strong solution of ...

    Article : 128 words
  11. SUGAR IN CEMENT.

    A series of experiments have been made on the influence of addition of sugar on the hardening of cement, by H. de Parsons and H. Hobart Porter on behalf of the American ...

    Article : 206 words
  12. TO CLEAN BROWN LEATHER BOOTS.

    The following recipe has been very highly recommended for the renovation of brown leather boots which are now so generally worn. Mix one ounce of muriatic acid, half ...

    Article : 73 words
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