Art in Architecture Eight toom residence for about two thousand dollars
An eight room residence plan priced around $2,000 with rubble stone foundation and front veranda. Details cover layout including vestibule parlor dining room kitchen and basement furnace, with pine finishes, double thick glass, cement exterior, and star shingles. Project notes carpentry, siding, roof, and interior trim. Commissioned by Goorian A. W. Kinz.
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Weltten
Goorian A. W. Kinz
Diphtheria Inoculation Urged by French Experience
A Havre consular report highlights a new inoculation method for diphtheria and croup from Pasteur and Roux. It claims a dramatic drop in death rates and protection for children near patients, urging early American adoption and broader serum distribution.
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France
State Department
United States
C. W. Chancellor
Havre
America
Pasteur
Roux
Bert
Paris
Svase
Paster Institute
Substitute for Stone Description of a New Trading Material
A Landscape Architect article explains a new building material proposed as a substitute for stone or brick. It uses silicic acid in a cement mix with lime and sand, cast in molds, dried, then processed in a high pressure steam chamber and a calcium chloride bath to produce durable stone-like blocks.
Conduit Curbstone Plan for Underground Wires Near Chicago
An article describes a proposed invention by Sampson that combines curbstones and conduit to bury wires underground in Norwood Park, Chicago. The system aims to avoid gas and water lines, promises a shallower trench, and features vitrified tile ducts, concrete blocks, and waterproof channels. It discusses use for telegraph, telephone, power, and lighting cables and notes construction details and potential advantages. Also mentions experimental aluminum violins as a novel but currently imperfect musical instrument.
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Chicago
Norywood Park
Sampson
N. Y
Longevity and Bridge Cost Reported in 19th Century Observations
A fragmentary report notes a decline in death rates in Britain since 1859 for those under 45 and an unclear trend for ages 66 to 75. It also mentions the eye lens adapting to view near and distant objects. Estimates place the cost of constructing the Clumnel Bridge across the Bualie Channel at 170 million.
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Britain
Tow Tha Hyu
New Army Rifle Impresses NY Soldier on Trial
An New York National Guard enlistee tests the United States Army Magazine Rifle model of 1993 at Creedmoor. The bolt action rifle is shorter and heavier than the Springfield and Remington, with a longer breech, grooved trigger area, and a 30-30 caliber cartridge. The bayonet is a knife 2 feet long, the sights allow for long range, and the trigger has a creep for steadier aim. In 40 shots at various ranges, about 34 hit above the target’s middle, with minimal recoil and no smoke observed.
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United States Army
Springfield
Remington
Alever
National Guard of
New York
Creedmoor
Ibis
de Remington
Plement
Color of Eyes Shapes Character Says Old Text
An old article claims eye color governs character and heat sensitivity. Dark eyes supposedly cause head-dropping and sharper reasoning, blue eyes convey easy perception. It adds brain weight and nerve life details, asserting continual brain renewal and complex cortical impact on intelligence.
Ether Engine Promises Power Over Steam
Inventor Twombly tests a sixteen foot ether powered boat in Portland Maine claiming superiority to steam. Ether vapor operates at lower temperatures, offers greater expansion, and uses less fuel though it condenses and recycles. The system, blended with naphtha heat, avoids corrosion except to rubber packing. a rotary engine may follow as plans expand to bicycles and other vehicles.
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Ita
Vortland
Jens
Me ‘Twombly
Twombly
N.Y. Tribune
At the Center of the Earth Speculates on Substances
A fragment discusses hypothetical conditions at four thousand miles depth. It claims water would gain density like quicksilver at 392 miles, while air would behave like water, and argues compression laws are largely unknown beyond a few thousand feet. It speculates water’s center density and compares a block of lead to a child's toy.
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Lassie
Liquids in Equilibrium Color Blending at the Dinner Table
An article describes a color blending fountain using cardboard funnels and five liquids poured in sequence into a tall stem glass. Cold black coffee, water, third liquid, olive oil, and alcohol layer by density, forming stacked bands that remain until disturbed.
Miniature Volcano Trick at Water Surface
A playful science demonstration explains a bottle of red wine sealed with a cork pierced by a narrow hole resting under earth shaped to resemble a volcano. Water rises into a filament and spreads, creating a dramatic, lurid eruption view as the setup is subtly tilted to simulate smoky Vesuvian eruption.
Everyday philosophy on skull strength and common props
The text discusses the skull’s arched bones providing strength with light weight, air vibrations focused by the shell shape, and objects like a spoon in hot water preventing glass breakage. It mentions walking on ceilings via atmospheric pressure, phosphorus tipped mniches, and various acids and disinfectants with their purported effects, ending with an assumed digestive aid by the diaphragm.
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Becanan
Warn
Garden Spider Eating Debris and Food Intake Observed
Sir John Loabbock captured a large trden spider weighed it and watched its eating. The creature consumed a fishy diet with estimates suggesting a 160 pound creature would need a whale for breakfast and a steer plus five sheep for dinner.
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John Loabbock
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