High altitude flight may open new ocean lanes for planes
The article explores plans for stratosphere travel with air pressure cabins and jet propulsion ideas. Engineers like H C Perl and Prof Herman Oberth envision ultra high altitude craft crossing oceans in hours, with 75 000 to 200 000 feet as possible ceilings and speeds beyond 600 mph, though power demands remain immense.
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H. C. Perl
Atlantic
Herman Oberth
Mr. Armagnac
Earth
Alden P._ Armagnac
Popular Science Monthly
Max Valier
B. V. Korvin-Kroukovsky
College Point
N. Y
Korvin-Kronkovsky
Korvin-Kroukovsky
Priceless Books Bound in Leather Made of Human Skin
A Pearson's Weekly contributor recalls rare bindings in human skin. Noted volumes include Camile Flammarion's Heaven and Earth bound to a countess's shoulder skin, Ernest Renan Life of Jesus bound in Nantes, and Les Mysteres de Paris bound for a lover. Other examples cite a murderer's skin as binding, a Westminster Abbey skin fragment, and tattooed skins by binder Kieffer.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Camile Flammarion
Heaven and Earth
Flammarion
Ernest Renan
Jesus
Nantes
Eugene Sue
Paris
M. Flammarion
M Alberic Bautaille
Bury St. Edmunds
Athenaeum
William Corder
Georger Creed
Sussex Hospital
Westminster Abbey
Richard de Pedlecote
Royal Treasury
Marquis de Sade
Justine
Kieffer
One-Room Dwelling by Fritz Gross in Vienna
Vienna architect Fritz Gross designs a four-use one room dwelling where furniture acts as partitions to create living, study, bedroom, and dining areas. The layout features a sliding wardrobe system, secretary wall, writing desk, built in storage, a day bed that converts to a sofa, and ventilated bedding space with a rotating lamp for evening light.
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Fritz Gross
Vienna
Twinkling Lights for Yule Trees
Milton H. Shoenberg of San Francisco invents a portable string of lamps with an interrupter circuit to flash lights on Christmas tree strands. The device plugs into a standard socket and drapes over the tree, using color varied bulbs to enhance the twinkling effect.
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Milton H. Shoenberg
San Francisco
Holly Ranches and the Spread of Western English Holly
The article notes that native holly is endangered in many regions and praises the rise of holly ranches in Washington and northern Oregon. It explains the long maturation period, the investment needed, and the potential for a nationwide supply while arguing holly farming can curb extinction and diversify farming.
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America
Edward P. Tremper
Nature Magazine
Washington
Oregon
Cascade Mountains
Puget Sound
Mr. Tremper
England
Lung fish of South America gulp air at surface
Lung fish in South American swamps breathe air when water becomes foul from seasonal plant decay. They do not lose lungs but use spongy throat sacs to absorb oxygen, allowing survival as gills cannot extract oxygen from stagnant water.
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South America
Ghostly Balloon Trick Revealed as Toy Illusion
A guide explains how to simulate a haunting using a bound “medium,” a dark room, and a glowing face painted on a inflated toy balloon. The ghost appears when inflated and fades as the balloon deflates, with the balloon stored in the medium’s mouth.
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