Why planes cannot fly like birds as per aeronautics
The Washington Star notes that bird wing feathers are distinctly separated in flight, causing lift to rise threefold and drag ninefold in models. It highlights the bird wing’s flexibility and control as hard to replicate, and predicts future planes resembling birds in strength, weight, and engine efficiency.
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First Italian Broadcast Reaches U S From Rome on New Year
The National Broadcasting Company announces the first international program broadcast from Italy to the United States on January 1 1931 Premier Benito Mussolini spoke from the Roman headquarters sending New Year greetings coast to coast The Italian mainland transmitted program followed earlier sea broadcasts from Italian waters aboard Senator Marconi’s yacht off the peninsula.
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Plow Monday Dinner Keeps Dying Custom Alive
The London Morning Post notes the decline of old customs in country life while the city preserves one linked to Plow Monday. The lord mayor continues the tradition by hosting a Plow Monday dinner for city officials, a nod to a practice once common among farmers and laborers.
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The Real Secret of Happiness Is Grit and Action
Happiness is a state created by the mind and heart, not a response to surroundings. True joy comes from what one does with resolve and effort, not from external gifts or chances.
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Wonder Clocks Evolved by Old-Time Mechanics
An early Milanese clock began in the fourteenth century in a church tower. A later Padua clock added solar and lunar tracking. A hundred years on the first alarm clock appeared, striking a bell and lighting a candle, a secret now lost to history.
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Treatment claims and patient guidelines in travel consultation
The notice lists ailments including stomach and liver diseases and other conditions and notes free consultation on the trip. It states married women must be accompanied by their husbands and provides an actress location at 4221 West Third St Los Angeles California.
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