Washington View of Jet Propulsion by Rumsey
Berkeley Springs West Virginia notes that James Rumsey patented a jet propulsion boat in 1790 and demonstrated a working model to George Washington who recorded the event in 1784. Rumsey publicly tested in Shepherdstown on December 3 1787 and soon published a treatise on his pumping method for boats against strong currents.
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Berkeley Springs
West Virginia
James Rumsey
George Washington
Washington
Rumsey
Shepherdstown
W. Va
River boat pump trap forces stern forward
A river incident describes water being driven through a trunk near the stern of a boat using high pressure pistons and steam powered pumps. The forced flow acted to push the vessel ahead as part of the mechanism.
Rules For Treating Heat Victims From CHAMPAIGN
Miss Fannie Brooks of the University of Illinois urges the public to know first aid for heat exhaustion and sunstroke. She warns wrong treatment worsens conditions or causes death. Heat exhaustion gives cold clammy skin while sunstroke yields hot dry skin. The rule of opposites prescribes warming the cold patient and cooling the hot one.
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Champaign
Fannie Brooks
University of Ilinois
Record Cat Muffet Bears 100 Kittens in Azusa
Muffet the 11 year old cat has produced 100 kittens setting an all time offspring record. Owner Mrs J Waller Ferguson kept detailed records showing most kittens were pure white like Muffet and some born with two different colored eyes. She noted Muffet selected many different fathers, making the records less meaningful.
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Azusa
Cal
Muffet
Lake Michigan To Be Surveyed By Chicago Museum
CHICAGO UP A complete study of Lake Michigan covering 22 000 square miles is proposed by the Chicago Natural History Museum department of zoology. It aims to improve fisheries public health services and water use for drinking and recreation. The survey would answer how rivers feed nourishment into the lake how pollution alters fish distribution how winds currents and temperatures affect beaches and how hook and line fishing for lake trout and perch can be improved in the lake's southern half.
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Chicago
Michigan
Department of Zoology
Chicago Natural History Museum
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