Why MEN and Not PREHISTORIC MONSTERS Rule the Earth
A controversial reading links brain development with dominance, citing iguanodon as a brainless killer and birds evolving from two legged reptiles. It argues scales, feathers, and flight aided warming, temperature, and mental and physical prowess, shaping evolution into modern birds and giants like the thunder lizard giant.
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The Almost Human Dinosaur and the Flying Reptile
The article explores the almost human dinosaur from the American Museum, weighing about 570 pounds and likely harmlessly vegetarian, wading in rivers. It also details the Rhamphorhynchus flying reptile, its beak nose, batlike wing structure, possible warm blood, and speculative feeding, flight, and timelines.
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Why Caviar Costs So Much From Sturgeon Roe
The article explains caviar origins and processing from Russian sturgeon. It details roe extraction, salting, and pressing methods, noting ikra quality varies with fish size and winter harvests. It cites Beluga roe, Astrakhan markets, and international imitations from pike, carp, tunny, mullet, cod, and U.S. Mississippi fisheries.
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The Heart’s Steady Pace Through Life
A compact look at the heart’s work, noting the average heart rate of 72 beats per minute and about 43 cubic inches of blood expelled per hour. It explains that in a day roughly ten cubic inches per beat move through the ventricles and compares daily output to lifting a ton to 82 feet, illustrating the heart’s powerful pump.
Hot Water Boots for Cold Feet Feature Innovation
A new hot water boot design from Popular Science Monthly promises warmth and comfort for cold feet. Rubber inner casing fits snugly to exclude air, with water circulated to maximize warmth and a vulcanized outer shell to resist wear. Water is poured through a toe hole and vented as needed, with top straps for a secure fit.
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Popular Science Monthly
Ventor
First Machine Invented The Potter's Wheel And Archimedes
The text traces early inventions from the potter's wheel to Archimedes of Syracuse. It notes Archimedes as a prolific inventor with about forty devices, including the endless screw, pulleys, hydraulic organ, helix, and ship-launching screws. It recounts the famous Eureka moment tied to gold and the crown. The endless screw is described as Archimedes’ pump later related to modern propellers.
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Prairie schooners turn motor trucks into mobile living quarters
A reporter describes modern traveling homes built on motor truck chassis. Some are luxurious hotels on wheels boasting four sleeping berths, Pullman style interiors, a motorcycle tender, 25 electric lights, water tanks, pumps, and modular plumbing. The vehicle rides on a lengthened two tone track chassis with shock absorbers and large pneumatic tires, enabling off route travel and fuel efficiency.
Why You See Violet After Looking at the Sun
The sun is 95 million miles away yet appears as part of a real sun made of elements like sodium iron magnesium cobalt and hydrogen. Violet rays cause sunburn and the base of the skull is vulnerable. white clothing resists heat. A violet tinge comes from the sun's yellow color mix. birds shield their eyes with an extra eyelid. The sun seems larger at sunrise and sunset due to proximity to terrestrial objects. Red sunsets portend fair weather, red sunrises indicate rain. The sun’s light and warmth sustain life and growth.
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Grorld
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Robert S. Pearce
Illustrated World
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