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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1905
Page
10
Mercury and Water in Glass Tubes Experiment
The article describes using glass tubes of varying diameters to compare how water and mercury behave when immersed. Water rises higher in smaller tubes and at the tube edges due to air pressure and capillary attraction, while mercury falls inside narrower tubes and shows no capillary rise, with water and mercury responding differently to tube size. It also mentions a crude mock setup with two glass pieces and a rubber band as a demonstration of a wedge-like arrangement.
Glassworking notes on curved surfaces and mercury effect
The fragment describes dipping a wedge into water to create a curved surface by joining glass parts. It mentions anchoring the curve by pressing glass edges together and using mercury to lower the joined level and bend the curve.
Amateur Fire Gang Instructions For Building An Alarm Box
The text provides a detailed list of parts and steps for constructing a simple alarm device. It specifies a cigar box, alarm clock bell, screws, elastic band, sticks, paper strips, string, and precise assembly steps to mount the bell, secure parts, and mark squares that indicate alarm boxes and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Ara
Iran
Camel adaptations and hardy desert feeding traits
The passage describes camels as the only chewing animals among their group with front teeth used to shear tough shrubbery. It details their diet including thorny plants, and notes varied feeding habits by region and subspecies. It also explains camel coverings for sand and woolly hair, and describes protective cal fats and their use for sleeping positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rumo
Therteorne
Mar
Degert
Unclear Text Summary of Historical War Fragment
The readable fragments describe a wartime scene with troopers raiding a group, shouting in combat. Names like Irvin and a reference to a New York Globe appear in the mutilated text. Overall content is garbled and lacks coherent events or dates.
Numbering the Halra Belts Reveals Hair Loss Trends
The Montreal Herald notes debate on how many belts cover the human scalp, suggesting red haired people average about thirty thousand belts while Blackbelted individuals may reach one hundred thousand and fair haired about one hundred fifty thousand. It also suggests counting daily hair loss to gauge time to baldness and that some hairs may regrow from the roots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal Herald
Youthful Financiers Rise From Pocket Prowess
Two 12 year old boys in northern Europe allegedly turned a peony investment into a large profit by pawning and reusing items including clothing and a watch. They leveraged a 10 shilling loan to expand the scheme and split roughly 31 pounds after expenses ahead of Sundays and holidays, projecting immense annual profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Tiverta
Ferret and Wild Rabbit Foster Odd Bond Unfolds
A ferret reared with a wild polecat and two young rats formed an unlikely family. The polecat nursed the rats and they grew inseparable, feeding together and sharing a bunk near the owner's home, a strange companionable scene noted by a naturalist correspondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peare
Manchester Guardian
Potecat
Poorhouse for Animala Established for Infirm Beasts and Birds
A workhouse or asylum was established to house infirm animals and birds described as poor. The facility aims to provide care and shelter for distressed creatures, reflecting historical concerns about animal welfare and support systems.
Remarkable Humane Cow Sheltering Test Reported Near Calcutta
A colonial era notice describes Sodpur station near Calcutta housing 73 paupers 307 cows 171 calves 72 horses 18 water buffalo 69 sheep and other animals under a humane manager with staff and an experienced veterinary pungeon The piece notes a mela responsible for worship and decoration of cows drawing visitors from far and near Also mentions golden trout from Mount Whitney shown at a San Francisco fair harvested by R W Requa and team from Whitney creek in a Forest and Fish and Game show report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sodupur
Calcutta
New York Herald
Mount Whitney
Mont Whitney
Fish and Game Association
San Francisco
Whitney Creek
R W Requa
Alisons Hatchery
Requa
Unique Hotel Rising Over Swiss Lake Peak
French capital funds a distinctive hotel project near the Tugi Kulm peak in Switzerland. A 3500 foot high peak forms the backdrop for a steel tower connected by a bridge like platform. Construction suspends the hotel 2000 feet above the lake, with completion anticipated in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Tugi Kulm
Hommetschwand Achees
Cantons
Lake Tha
Miss Bernice Baker Captures Mouse During Oration
A Bryan Ohio senior Miss Bernice Baker faced a live mouse on stage while presiding over senior rhetoric in the lecture room before 126 classmates. She kept calm and held the mouse captive under her dress for ten minutes until the speaker finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Baker
Bryan
Ohio
Miss Baker
Wal
The Nervous Cow Declares Aesthetic Cud Chewer
The St Paul Globe quotes Prof Haecker claiming a nervous cow buffers from strain and a high strong cow has no place in the dairy. The piece humorously suggests the exotic cow may spark a search for cream and steak and argues against vulgar concerns hindering the cud chewer in science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haecker
St. Paul Globe
Evan Tovine
Maine Legislature Adjournment Recalled in Old Camp Meeting Tale
A historic tale about the Maine Legislature's adjournment surfaces through the legend of Camp meeting John Atlen who offered a prayer. The piece recalls past events and the role of a chaplain in settling affairs at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Svangellet
John Atlen
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Dider Nolseless
Amratree Irvin
York
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