Advancements in Range Finders for Coastal Fortifications
The article explains the evolution of range finders from simple portable devices to advanced trigonometrically based instruments used at coastal fortifications. It describes single and dual-operator systems, their use with baselines, angles, and telegraph coordination, and notes factors like tide, wind, and atmospheric conditions that affect accuracy and the need for experimental firing to refine range tables.
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Seaboard
Watera
Enoch
Bracketing Shootings Alters Elevated Gun Fire
The text describes a sequence where a halt gun is raised slightly, a second shot may overshoot, and a third gun fires at an elevation between the first two. This bracketing shot procedure adjusts aim through incremental elevations.
Mutilation of Teeth Across Cultures and Ages
The article surveys historic and regional tooth mutilation practices among diverse peoples. It notes blackening teeth in Japan among the rich, deliberate breaking of teeth on Africa’s west coast, front-tooth extraction of servants in New York and Old Saybrook, and historic Inca slavery signals in Peru. It also mentions tooth staining among Malays and lethal views of prominent teeth among Kaffirs. It cites the Upper Nile practice of removing best teeth to deter slave traders.
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Africa
New York
Peru
Congo
Hottentots
Livingston
Upper
Nile
Tomorrow's Birthplace and the Lost Day Phenomenon
The article explains how global time zones and the International Date Line create shifting days when traveling west and east across the Pacific. It notes the line’s zigzag path and how ships or planes near the line can have different days on shore and at sea, even within a single trip.
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Jules Verne
World
Tonton
New York
Chicago
Denver
San Francisco
London
Shanghai
Yokohama
Pacific
Islands
Face and Figure Advice From Paris to Nuremberg
A Paris fashion note credits garlic and damp air for clear complexions and recalls a queen of beauty for Mardi Gras. It highlights tears as youth keepers, the value of graceful carriage from head loads, and dancing or fencing for balance. Nuremberg houses from 1080 show ancient preservation. Korea wages average seven pence daily.
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Paris
Wight Board
London Mall
Nuremberg
Bavaria
The Jolly Amber Abdurramakn and Afghanistan’s Ameer
A fragmentary profile of Abdur Rahman of Afghanistan paints him as a crafty autocrat revered for power and flattery. It notes his stern justice, a politic secretary, and a Kabul factory producing cartridges and guns while highlighting his pride in modern weapons and visitor demonstrations.
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Abdurramakn
Abdurrahman
Afghanistan
Kabul
Khan
Aldurrhaman
Ameer
Umra Khan
Salters Pyne
Pyne
River bed sounding by scraping boat method described
A description details a scraper boat lowered to the river bottom to locate irregularities. The beam moves perpendicularly to the bar, stopping when obstruction deflects the end, closing a circuit to sound an alarm. Sounding poles help pinpoint the obstruction, finding stones down to four inches and levered bed irregularities.
Conjurer Hertz Tricks Party Maid With Shawl Card
A London Chronicle story describes Carl Hertz performing a trick at a quiet party. He asks for a heavy shawl and a three digit number written on paper placed beneath the shawl. The number 761 is revealed, prompting the maid at the door to cry out about her clothes and she collapses in embarrassment.
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Ceylon
Carl Hertz
Colombe
London Chronicle
Has Never Seen a Bicycle In Bucks County
A Northwestern Newtown resident rides to visit a distant family farm and finds the husband absent. The two farm boys flee upon sight of the cyclist, who returns home disappointed after a frantic chase across pasture. The tale highlights local surprise that some have never seen a bicycle.
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Uucks County
Atenat
Mms
Newtown
Philadelphia
King Daves Brutal Reign Ends At Danish Wedding
An aging tale recalls the young king Dave who brutalized Worcester and surrounding shires, dragged his brother from a grave to the Thames, and died after a Danish wedding where bone-throwing turned deadly. Archbishop Alphege also perished when struck by a bones thrower.
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Dave
Thames
Worchester
Shire
Lamberiy
Tos- Ug the Proud
Goda
Qagood Clapa
Clapham
Archbishop Alphege
Hardachut
Sir Walter Hésant
Tull Mall
Railway Viaduct Replacement Near Paris Havre
Rapid tests assessed work on the Paris to Havre railway line where Bexons viaduct was replaced by an arch. Old pier foundations were removed to river bottom and the bed dredged and leveled. A 20 foot iron bar explored the riverbed, suspended from a framework joining two bogies.
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Actagentous
Paris
Havre
Bexons
Yetamaore
Steam rams open Russian ice routes to year round ports
Admiral Muktur addresses the Russian Geographical Society describing steam ram boats breaking ice in Vladivostok and Hangore to keep ports open. Plans include connecting Archangel to the Yenisei and extending polar navigation to the North Pole with stronger vessels.
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Russian
St. Petersburg
Archangel
Yenisei
Admiral Muketof
Ruavian Geographical Society
Nansen
North Pole
Chambers’ Journal
Swedish mountain Gelivara Said To Hold Vast Trop Ore
A Swedish geological note estimates Gelivara mountain contains about 400 million tong of trop ore. The finding signals a major mineral resource in Sweden, with potential impact on local industry and development plans.
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Gelivara
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