Explaining Thunder and Lightning Fear in 1906
Donald Cameron Shafer argues fear of lightning is instinctive and outlines why lightning is not as deadly as feared. He compares weather physics, notes the rarity of lightning fatalities, and debunks common myths about storms and lightning rods, concluding that modern reinforced concrete buildings provide best protection.
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Donald Cameron Shafer
Country Life In
America
New York
Cameron
Earth
England
Literary Digest
Coldest Place in the World Revealed by Equatorial Balloon
The lowest atmospheric temperature, 119.7 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, was recorded on August 30, 1908, by a sound ing balloon at 12 miles above Shirati in Victoria Nyanza. The finding highlights the stratosphere isothermal layer and equatorial temperature extremes per the Royal Observatory expedition report.
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North Pole
Equator
Shirati
Victoria Nyanza
Scientific American
New York
Teisserenc de Bort
Equatorial
Tropics
Africa
Beson
Elias
Royal Observatory
Lindenberg
Observatory
Literary Digest
Montana Crops Boosted by Irrigation and Dry Farming
J H Hall tours Yellowstone County and cites strong Montana crop potential. He notes irrigated lands yield well, dry farming under severe tests, and expects 1910 yields to exceed 1909 as rains improve and experiment station guidance aids settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Hall
Bureau of Agriculture, Labor and Industry
Yellowstone County
Judith Basin
Great Falls
Montana
Alberta
Manitoba
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
Montana Experiment Station
Helena
Montana Says Prize Fight Film Is Prohibited
The Montana attorney general states that showing the Jeffries Johnson prize fight via moving pictures violates state law. Displaying felonies by film is a misdemeanor with possible fine or imprisonment, and the law should be strictly enforced according to Albert J. Galen. Hel ena.
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Montana
Reno
Albert J. Galen
Helena
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Beaverhead
J. Rob’t Morton
Gibbonsville
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J. P. Lossl
W. C. Orr
K. E. T. Brock
Hotel Grant
Grant, Mont
Woodman
Lessee
Eph Stoller
the Examiner
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