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  2. BY RAIL THROUGH DARKEST AFRICA'

    Some time in the year 1915 the last spike will be driven in the 2600-mile railway stretching from the Cape of Good Hope to the southern end of Lake ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,612 words
  3. ANCHOR PROJECTILE FOR BREECHES BUOY LINE.

    One of the latest inventions for saving life at sea is a breeches-buoy apparatus designed for use when a ship has been wrecked near shore. The line is fired from a ...

    Article : 120 words
  4. FIR TREE AS A LONG STAIRWAY.

    By a rather peculiar coincidence a giant fir, which was blown over in one of the parks of Portland, U.S.A., during a severe storm, fell along a steep, slippery path ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 144 words
  5. NIKOLA TESLA'S FOUNTAIN.

    It is a curious fact that old as fountains are, they have remained essentially unchanged in principle for centuries. Artists have lavished all their skill upon them to ...

    Article : 528 words
  6. BURGLAR LOCK AND ALARM FOR OUTSIDE DOOR.

    A door lock, recently invented, is designed to perform the twofold service of helping to keep a burglar out of a house and giving warning at the same time if one is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 129 words
  7. AN ENVELOPE SEALER.

    The envelope output of the disbursement office of the United States pension office, at Washington, D.C., is very large indeed, and there has been a demand for a machine ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 257 words
  8. FASTENING FOR SHIPPING TAGS.

    This American device consists of extending wires or rods through the bale while the latter is being compressed, so that the ends of these wires will project from ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 96 words
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