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  2. IN LIGHTER VEIN.

    Mabel (at the football match)—"Oh, George, why do they all jump on that poor fellow?" George—"Don't you see? He's got the ...

    Article : 1,719 words
  3. 150,000 TONS OF SUNLIGHT

    "The pressure of sunlight falling on the earth's surface represents a weight of 150,000 tons," said Mr. A. S. Eddington, chief assistant at Greenwich Observatory ...

    Article : 268 words
  4. From Various Sources.

    To set the clocks of a big city by electrical waves and keep them uniform in time— this is the latest facility afforded to municipalities by a magician in the science of ...

    Article : 471 words
  5. A WONDERFUL WINGED TRAIN.

    To combine the principles of the aeroplane and the trolley car; in other words, to take aeroplanes from which hang cars and attach them to a mono-rail which will ...

    Article : 659 words
  6. A STRANGE COMPETITION.

    The hairdressers of Paris have added a new subject to their already elaborate repertoire (says the correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph"). They have ...

    Article : 324 words
  7. WHAT IS BENEATH THE BANK OF ENGLAND.

    The question as to whether the measure vaults of the Bank of England are strong enough to resist explosives dropped upon [?] from airships. which was raised by a ...

    Article : 365 words
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    Belated Reveller (after vainly chasing fire engine)—"All ri', all ri'! You can keep your bloomin' baked potatoes!" —"London Punch. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 20 words
  9. OYSTERS 30,000 YEARS OLD.

    While an artesian well was being sunk at the Savoy Hotel, London,two fossilised oysters were discovered at a denth of 176 ft., where they had lain for at least 80,000 ...

    Article : 38 words
  10. £33,000 FOR BOOKS.

    When the sale of the Amhurst library ended at Sotheby's. London, a tola] of nearly £33,000 had been realised. Mr. Quaritch bought an old manuscript copy ...

    Article : 35 words
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