Bit for a Nervous Horse and Gatling Gun Origins
The item describes a French safety horse bit using jointed snaffles to ease a nervous horse, operated by reins with optional safety reins. It also traces the Gatling gun’s disputed origins, noting Métro drones, French attempts to claim exclusivity, and its testing in 1862 at Indianapolis with Butler. It covers early government approvals, international orders, and the gun’s high rate of fire.
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Gatling
Indianapolis
Gen. Butler
Butler
James River
Richmond
Europe
China
Japan
Siam
Egypt
Three Eclipses in the Last Year of the Nineteenth Century
Fragmentary note mentions three eclipses occurring in the final year of the 1800s. The text hints at a historical astronomical discussion without clear dates or locations.
The Centenary of the Electric Current Address
Prof. Fleming spoke at the British Association on Hertz and the ether. He noted energy could leave a rapidly oscillating rod and travel at light speed as radiant energy in the ether before reaching a receiver. He argued for a theoretical ether to unify electricity magnetism and optics from simple assumptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Association
Fleming
Mantels for Members Elevate New Women’s Club
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip notes the new women’s club house features two mantels in every room. The joke suggests the mantels are placed only 18 inches above the floor for members to rest their feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Escape from Winters through Peruna Remedy
Isaac Brock of McLennan county Texas recounts his long life and extreme age while praising Peruna for treating coughs colds catarrh grip and diarrhea. He credits Dr Hartman s remedy as reliable and his health to Peruna with a request for a free book on catarrh from The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio.
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Isaac Brock
McLennan County
Texas
Valley Mills
Mr. Brock
the Pezuna Medicine Co
Colzsabus
Ohio
Western Canada Letters Describe Ross Creek Homestead Life
Extracts from a letter by Mrs S A Brigham of Ross Creek Alberta recount life in Beaver Hills near Ft Saskatchewan and Edmonton. Describes climate soil crops including wheat oats barley and potatoes, hay yields, berries and fruit, long days in June July, mild summers and cold snaps, fencing, log gathering, and a high demand for brides amid a mixed Canadian Scots Swedes population. Also notes mosquitoes, abundant prairie chickens, good water, and a bustling winter work season with roads free from snow drifts.
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Mason City
S. A. Brigham
Ross Creek
Alberta
Canada
Albert
Beaver Hills
Ft. Saskatchewan
Edmonton
Beaver Lake
Woman Survives Runaway Street Piano Rampage
In Germantown a woman rode suspended by the handles of a street piano as it sped downhill along street car tracks. Antonio Annelli and wife tried to pull the piano aside from the band promoting a downtown clothing store. The piano tipped, throwing the woman to the pavement at Berkeley street. Band members aided her recovery.
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Germantown Avenue
Wayne Junction
Antonio Annelli
South Eighth Street
Germantown
Annelli
Berkeley Street
Philadelphia
Also Mentioned on This Page
United States
Virginia
Mexico
Norfolk
Baltimore
Union
New York Journal
Peruna
Mr. Isaac Brock
Buncombe Co
North Carolina
Peruena
Grippe
Western Canada
Eden
A. Brigham
Henry Hollingsworth
Cleveland
Washington Post
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