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Five years of work completed Melbourne telephone lines are now underground. A basin of cold water cools an overheated oven. Most of Japan's pearl divers are women who start at age 13. Sugar of lead helps fix blue textile color. Water power in Norway makes electricity cheaper than steam. A patented cigar holder uses a hinged pair of jaws with a spring. German concrete embeds something for the past forty five years. Rapid cooling yields finer crystals. Ocean Ville plans a foundry for Bolivian tin.
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Japan
Origin of the round robin name and its ancient uses
The term round robin, a circular petition signed by many to obscure order of signers, is traced to ancient Greece and later Rome. French officials used it in medieval times. The most probable origin, per Wheeler, links the name to robands or robbins used on sails, suggesting sailors coined the term due to the circular marking resembling a ring around writing.
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England
Robin
Robert
Wheeler
Milk powder touted as baby lifesaver in urban clinics
A health feature extols milk powder as a safe substitute for fresh milk in hot urban districts. It notes government and doctors endorsing the product for baby food due to its long shelf life and low bacteria, arguing it could save thousands of infant lives in warm spells.
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Frank J. Manning
Chicago
Dealera
Why You Cant Put One Drop on a Red Hot Stove
A historical note explains why a single drop of water cannot be placed on a red hot stove. The drop immediately forms a vapor cushion that insulates it. Heat transfer through the vapor is poor, so only limited heat reaches the water until the drop disappears.
Birds Teach Military Tactics Says Antarctic Explorer
Observations by A Murray Levick in Antarctica suggest birds prompt group maneuvers that resemble strategic formations. Thousands of penguins on sea ice assembled into bands, executed coordinated left turns, and merged into a single formation under observed actions.
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Ufe
A. Murray Levick
Ideas That May Be Converted Into Cash A
A newspaper seeks reader inventions or simple devices that save time or labor. Submit two best ideas weekly with optional photo or sketch. Best description pays five dollars, second three dollars. Describe devices improving daily life or safety and send to Science Editor, care of this newspaper.
Disappearing jitney bus shocks Faudeville town
An energetic promoter touts a jitney bus with eight seats in Faudville. A farmer resists the offer as the promoter pushes buttons. the vehicle collapses and becomes a narrow trunk, leaving onlookers astonished by the stunt.
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Faudeville
Facts You May Not Know From The Era News Row
The College of Hawaii adds a four year program in sugar technology and Sunndars forests area size exceeds Europe's total. Electricity powered drinks cost less than cow cooking. About 500 million dollars a year is spent on U.S. education. A wireless station to the public opened in Tierra del Fuego. A metal clamp for right angle wood joints is patented. Compressed peat is developed as sound insulation by a Berlin inventor. A milk bottle clamp doubles as a carrying handle.
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Baby
Mother
HE College of
Hawaii
Sunndars Forests
Europe
Fireproof Clothes May Now Be Had
At a New York safety exposition Dr. Charles Frederick Fatet demonstrated making fireproof clothing. He treated cotton gauze with ammonium phosphate, dried it, then held it in flame for thirty seconds with no burn, while untreated gauze burned in four seconds. He suggested family washing for fireproof protection at about 15 cents weekly.
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New York
Charles Frederick Fatet
Fruits and Health Value From Seasonal to Dried Varieties
This piece explains how fruits and vegetables differ in composition with emphasis on water content minerals and sugars. It covers ripeness storage methods processing drying and preservation and notes how seasonality and cultivation affect palatability and nutrient concentration. It also contrasts fresh fruit with dried forms and mentions wine cider and aroma compounds.
Uncle Sam Seeks Potash Deposits At Home
The United States Geological Survey reports ongoing work to locate potash deposits across the nation. Potash is found in California brines, desert regions, seaweed along the Pacific coast, and granite rocks in New England, with some sites promising though transportation limits delay utilization for years.
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Uncle Sam
BAE
United States Geological Survey
California
Desert
Pacific
New England
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