Spider Web Strength Promises New Building Materials
A German chemist Franz Franck develops fireproof paper from cellulose fibers that resists heat, enabling fireproof partitions and burglar-proof storage. Science notes compare a spider’s web to human hair in size and strength, highlighting potential engineers in nature. Dr. E W Gudger cites spider intelligence and the web’s sophisticated construction, with spinnerets and multiple glands making intricate threads.
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BE. E. Free
Franz Franck
Dr. Free
Berlin
Franck
Uthai V Wilcox
United States Department of the Interior
Geophone Proposed for Signaling Entombed Miners
The U S Bureau of Mines studied methods to contact miners trapped underground and found the geophone most effective. A listener with ear tubes hears distant hammering through rock, enabling coded signals to reach rescuers when passages are blocked by falls, fire, or flood.
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United States Government Bureau of Mines
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Secrets of the Spider Master Weaver and Airborne Nets
The article explains how spiders master air travel using threads and wind to span webs for food. It notes the spider's adaptable behavior from high elevations to sea ships, and describes mating rituals within a matriarchal spider society.
Novel concealed phonograph telephone by Ernest Bocchino
Newark inventor Ernest Bocchino unveils a telephone that hides a spring driven phonograph in its circular base. When the handset is lifted off the hook a lamp lights and music or singing emerges through the transmitter via a horn and tube. It is described as an ingenious plaything.
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Ernest Bocchino
Newark
N. J
Plants as Health Guides and Spider Silk Uses
A lively mix of curiosities on plant health signaling air quality through rapid plant decline when rooms are poorly ventilated, followed by a note on spider silk. It describes a gas leak revealing why begonias wilt, then details spider anatomy and the interior's research into spider silk, including New Guinea Papuan fishnets in village practice.
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Department of the Interior
New Guinea
New Patent Promises Permanent Smile Through Mouth Device
Inventor Josephine A. Rountree of Foreman Ark unveils a night use device to train facial muscles for a lasting smile. Two celluloid loops fit at mouth corners with eyes linked by forehead headband and ear tapes, tightened by a buckle to lift the corners. The contraption aims to counteract sagging and create a durable nemile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine A. Rountree
Foreman, Ark
Inventors Develop Cup Drip Prevention Device
Edward S. Packard of Holyoke Mass introduces a paper disk that attaches to the bottom of a cup. The central mucilage coated area forms pockets to receive drips and keep liquids from dripping onto trays. New cabinet nails are flanged and triangle shaped to cut through wood.
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Edward S. Packard
Holyoke
Mass
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American Museum of Natural History
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Sype
Science and Investion
Dr. Gudger
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