Measuring heat and the rise of pyrometry in industry
The article traces the shift from eye judgment to pyrometry for high temperatures. It highlights calorimeters that measure heat via water temperature rise, and notes devices like thermophones and torpedo probes. It mentions MIT experiments showing limits of optical methods and explains central station thermometer reporting via telephone.
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Bow
Cod Aly
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
Schools of Technology
Trade Methods and Odd Inquiries From The London Chronicle
Trade methods draw attention as English and American approaches differ. A Florence box maker, rejected by a UK firm, sent a sample with a marked letter. a US jeweler accepted a similar sample with duties paid, yielding mutual benefits. Also noted are coffee used to restore worn horses, a lecture on scientific glass by Meldola, and a tame Thomaston crow that roams streets and greets its owner’s family daily.
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London Chronicle
Lorence
United Kingdom
United States
Rhode Island's Great Oak Stands Atop Greena Farm Road
Rhode Island proudly notes the Great Oak of western Coventry near Greena on the old Parker property. The massive tree, grown from acorn, is about 150 years old with a branch spread of 100 feet and a trunk circumference of thirteen feet. Authorities estimate it will live many decades more as ash and wear have not visibly harmed its stature.
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Rhode Island
Greena
Coventry
Pere Pe
Goats as Thrashers in New Mexico Fields
In New Mexico goats are used to thresh wheat on open fields. Herds tramp the grain on adobe-floored thrashing floors while Mexicans or Indians drive the goats round and round, shedding grain as dust and tossing chaff high. The scene, slow and picturesque, reflects rural life in the sunburnt Southwest.
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West Mexico
New Mexico
Tian
United States
Philadelphia
The Amu Darla Threatens a Transcaspian Town
The Amu Darya dokon river changes its bed for centuries. Swollen by floods it now drives a new channel toward a prosperous town near a grand bridge on the Transcaspian railway line. A thousand workers labor daily to build domes to protect the town and keep back the river. The project has already cost many thousands of dollars.
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Asia
Amu Darla
Oxsus
Eag
Aral Sea
Caspian
Amu Daria
Petrified Hat Discovered At Arizona Petrified Forest
Four years after Charles Erwin left a large sombrero under a natural bridge near a falls, water etched the hat into stone. The rim was pinned to the crown with a cord bearing the initials C. H. Mrs. George Ruffner later found the hat, now fully petrified, and kept it as a prized travel curiosity.
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Prescott (Ariz
Charles Erwin
The Duke of Fife Receives Dukedom During Breakfast
The Duke of Fife reportedly became a duke during his wedding breakfast at Buckingham Palace on July 27, 1880. After the private ceremony in the chapel, Queen Victoria toasted the couple and granted him the dukedom midmeal, a rapid peerage promotion noted in history.
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Duke of
Fife
Buckingham Palace
Tin
Royal Tastes From Heads of State and Nobility
The German emperor favors thrush salms a thrush meat stew. Queen Wilhelmina prefers roast joints and the king of Spain likes underdone heet. Italy’s ruler favors custards while the czar backs cod fried to oi fvids. The French president favors mut ton in chagen. An Italian king previously carried cheese to the opera. Edward VIII enjoys well cooked mutton clips.
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Wilhelmina
Holland
Spain
Italy
Russia
Edward
Quaint Custom Revived as Sailboat Gets New Quarters
A schooner launched in Maine receives new quarters on top of the keelson as the mizzenmast is stepped to ensure the vessel remains financially secure. Captain Charles Trask and Mr Adam Vaney oversee the work with Captain Stone remarking on the purpose of the modification.
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Myine
Aly, Stane
Charles ‘Trask
Mr. Afulvaney
Mr. Stone
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