Comet Theories and Historical Reactions Across Eras
The article surveys early 20th century debates on comets led by George F Chambers and others. It cites Halley’s comet and various theories on nucleus composition and tail formation, debating meteoric grains, solar radiation, and electric forces. It links comets to historical fear and even political acts, then shifts to an expedition narrative about Michelitz in New Guinea and a transcontinental aviation journey facing wind challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ender
Percival Lowell
W. H. Pickering
Harvard
Century Magazine
T J. J. Lee
Mare Island
Beervatory
Monory
Uraeus
W. W. Campbell
Lick Observatory
Lee
Waldemar Kaempffert
Arrhenius
See
Pickering
Halley
Kaempffert
Edwin Emerson
Arago
Babinet
Picker
Emerson
Mr.erson
Hewer
William the Conqueror
Napoleon Hannibal
Mithridates
Louis Tomas
Hungary
Lous
Debonair
France
Louise of
Savoy
Francis I
Hannes V
W. Elaen
Ambroise Pare
Br. Pare
Leek Valley
England
Hademore
Whittington
Lichfield
Park Royal
Crewe
Didsbury
Manchester
Substitutes for Rubber Show Diverse Oils and Syntheses
The article surveys rubber substitutes from oxidized and sulphured oils to nitrocellulose and gum based compounds. It describes processes such as vulcanization like treatments, examples like linseed and colza oils, and notes on true synthetic rubber prospects and potential future sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H L. Perkin
L. H. Baekeland
The Orchid Seeker Witnesses Cannibal Feast
Percy W. Tecard recounts Michelitz the veteran orchid hunter sharing a letter about discovering a rare Papuan orchid in New Guinea. He describes a savage rite led by a tribal chief and implies Michelitz faced danger while cataloging orchids for Sander, the St Albans and New York growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michelite
Micholitz
New Guinea
Michelitz
Joseph Godeef
Messrs. Sander
St. Albans
Itages
New York
Michelits
Annam
Micholas
Messrs
My Flight Beats Wind On First London Manchester Run
The aviator recounts his failed first attempt to win the Daily Mail prize, blaming a headwind for reduced speed from 60 to 30 mph. He plans a second attempt from Manchester with a following wind, detailing preflight checks and early flight toward Wormwood Scrubs and the Daily Mail airship garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hearch
London
Manchester
Daily Mail
England
Clifton
Rugby
Whittington
Lichfield
London and North-Western
Henry Farman
Park Royal
Wormwood Scrubs
Jiax Light and Coke Company
Dudley
Farman
Wormwood
Willesden Junction
Self Care Tips From A Past Era For Personal Grooming
The passage offers at home methods for cleaning a black straw hat with batter and velvet, improving hand circulation through daily massage, and hair care tips. It also describes mending torn fabric with court plaster and gently detangling hair from tips to roots, plus subtle fragrance ideas for bedding and hair.
Homemaking Tips From An Older Era
Household fixes cover cleaning burned dishes with emery cloth or bath brick, reviving rancid butter in milk, removing finger marks with chalk, avoiding soda in paint, and child diet guidance. Cleaning advice includes removing iron mold with lemon salts and thorough rinsing after treatment.
The Marvelous Griffith Lightning Calculator Amazes Auditors
Arthur F. Griffith, known as the Marvelous Griffith, demonstrates speed and accuracy beyond adding machines. He performs complex mental calculations without tools, handling millions and even quadrillions, including multiplying large figures and computing compound interest, in seconds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur F. Griffith
Griffith
State Auditors
Chicago
Birst
Worry Undermines Work and Sleep as Sleep Heals
The text argues that unchecked introspection and worry become habits that hinder work and sleep. It suggests sleep acts as an antidote to worry, though ineffective sleep worsens injury caused by worry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Pele
The Warrior and the Ant Parable From Tamerlane
A Timour anecdotes recalls his perseverance in adversity. He tells how an ant bears a grain up a wall after sixty nine failed attempts, reaching the top on the seventieth try, inspiring him to endure hardships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timour
Tamerlane
Public official tastes inmate soup finds it dirty water
A public official inspects a prison kitchen at dinner time and orders two workers to place a steaming kettle and a spoon. He tastes the soup and declares it ‘dirty water,’ while workers explain they were scrubbing floors. A second fragment shows a joke about a saint and a name mix-up.
Also Mentioned on This Page
George F Chambers
New Gaines
bin Mont
Walty
Willeades
Great Western Railway
Thiek Point
Harrow
Watford
Harrow Church
Penields
Atford
Berkhamsted
Bletchley Junction
Kggde
Stone Hill
Weego
Whitmore
Nearrewe
India
Heinemann
America
Burns
Sam Langford
Freddy Welsh
Jeffries
Hile Arone
Fitzsimmons
Johnson
By Percy W. D Tecard
Claude Grahame White
Warrior
Ant
Jack
Belle Paine
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