Ballistic Kinamatograph Shows Time Sparked Photos of Bullets
An early 20th century feature describes Prof Crang's ballistic kinematograph, a device enabling explosive speed photography of projectiles, bone and tissue reactions, and powder combustion. It highlights how thousands of frames per shot reveal bone fracture, bullet paths, dust clouds, and water bladder tests, aiding military and scientific study.
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Upyright
United States
Curtis Brown
Scientific
Germany
Cranz
Crang
Military Technical High School
Charlottenburg
Dresden
Frofessor Crane
Fiv
Bulletin
Sia
Fim
Robert Crozier Long
Crane
Morse's Headache and Neuralgia Powders Ad
A sales notice touts Morse's Headache and Neuralgia Powders as the quickest and most effective remedy for headaches nervous or sick headaches and neuralgia, urging readers to try the product quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
What a Woman Learned on Election Day
Minnie J Reynolds recalls watching Denver school board election day in the late 1890s. She describes wagonloads of voters from the slums being driven to polls, paid off, and counted, with involvement by a bank and a school book company. Despite intimidation, women won their ticket in the third year, leading to school changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie J Reynolds
Denver
Colorado
Badiog
Wobods
Oheal
Reackvy Mountain News
Denver Achools
Vicar Produces Wild West Show in Edenbridge
Special London report recalls Rev H S Somers-Cocks once a prairie cowboy as he stages a wild west entertainment for the Edenbridge workingmen's club. Rehearsals include bakers, butchers, blacksmiths, and the curate, with roles of Black Horse Indians and settlers in a village performance at Stangrove Park. The show features comic relief, dramatic attacks, a death dance, and a dramatic rescue ending with a gram.
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London
H. S. Somers-Cocks
Edenbridge
Kent
Somers-Cocks
Nicol
Black Horse
Bos
Black Horse Indiana
Count Atccnici-Cubitt
Weaver
Mitchell
Chinere
Aghby
Cure of eczema after hospital failures in London and New York
A British man recounts decades of ineffective hospital treatments in London Liverpool and New York for eczema before finally being cured after trying Cuticura remedies. He emigrated to America as a youth, faced repeated medical setbacks including failed army enlistment, and credits Cuticura with his recovery. Supporting letters from John F. Burke and Rishi Curley accompany the testimony.
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London
America
BBC
New York City
Brooklyn
England
Liverpool
London —— Hospital
Cuticura
Rishi Curley
New Canaan
Conn
Mr. Curley
John F. Burke
Nors
Unearthed Buddha Pagoda near Peshawar Disclosed
English archaeologist Dr Spooner reports finding the remains of a vast pagoda near Peshawar, a green bronze casket and a rock crystal reliquary containing relics attributed to the Buddha. The 2000 year old site, tied to Emperor Kanishka, was buried 30 feet below the surface and damaged when opened.
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London
Spooner
Indian Archaeological Department
Peshawar
India
Buddha Hiuen Tsang
Kanishka
Feet of Sea Beasts From The Strand Magazine
A reflection on the sea lion flippers and the purpose of propulsion in sea creatures. The essay questions the seal appendages, notes evolution toward fins, and suggests maternity drives seals back to land, contrasting with adaptable limbs in other marine animals. It muses on the simplicity and sufficiency of a pisiform foot structure versus primitive digits.
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Brigg
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Natal
Nature
Ile
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Vicar
Washington
Eczema
Eavon
Vr. I
Pagoda
Tripod Paint CO
Neryor St
J. W. Darley
Third St. Macon, GA
New York
Southern Railway
Rew Orteana Limited
Teaves Atlanta
Birmingham
Joom
James Freeman
City Ticket Office
Peachtree Street
H Hardwick
PTM
H F Cary
G P A
Jng L Meek
Bond
Clarke Bros. & Cq., Distillers
R. H. Cate & CO
Middlesboro, Ky
D. F
C. P. Long
Jacksonville, Fla
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