Record gorilla over eight feet long in Scientific American account
The giant gorilla killed by Mr. Yehen during a Cameroons hunt is shown in detail in a Scientific American retelling. It weighed about 500 pounds and was mounted with a custom wooden skeleton and clay model to create a lifelike display.
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Mr. Paschen
D E Rothschild
Rae
Hertfordshire
England
Yehen
Cameroons
Europe
Scientific American
An Old Geometry Problem and the Chessboard Wheat
A riddle tells how a king promises a reward for a subject who scales grains of wheat as powers of two on chessboard squares. The claim grows from one grain to the sixty fourth square, rapidly surpassing ordinary totals. The king balks at halving the kingdom, realizing the exponential scale.
Vast Wheat Count Reveals Enormous Totals
The narration explains a theoretical multiplication to account for all squares in a retract, yielding a total of 44 quadrillion bushels of wheat. At a counting pace of 200 units per minute, one man would need about 479 thousand years to tally every bushel.
Hypnotism Origins and Early Critics in 19th Century
Article notes Liebeault of Nancy as the founder of modern hypnotic suggestion and his 1866 book, initially dismissed as lunacy, with later influence following Charcot and Bernheim in the late 1800s. It mentions a 1978 and 1984 timeline of related works and reputation.
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Liebeault
Nancy
Lieheault
Charcot
Bernhei
New York American
Deep sea fishes lose eyes and glow with phosphorescent organs
Describes abyssal fish that lack functional eyes, with traces embedded in the head. Noted are hollow body regions housing phosphorescent light, round spots on the head or body, and extensive nerves. Some speculate these fishes guide light like a searchlight.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Devonshire Showman’s Musical Dog Joke at Barnstaple
A Devonshire showman staged a practical joke at Barnstaple. Passersby paid two pence to see a tent advertised as holding a musical dog. Inside was only a dog with a metal collar, and the performer pointed to the dog as the “musical dog,” claiming the brass band around him signaled the act.
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Barnstaple
Hack Services Offered By Will Griffin Under Prompted Orders
An advertisement offers hacking services attributed to Will Griffin. It promises all orders placed by phone will be promptly attended to and provides a phone number 263 for contact. The note lacks further details and context.
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Will Griffin
Business hours and contact for SOS Office
The notice lists hours from 9 to 12 and 1 30 to 4 p m with Sunday 12 0 to 3 p m and provides the residence SOS Office phone number 248 for contact.
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SOS
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