Science and Industry a Review of Global Inventions
A survey of tech and colonial science notes European industrial growth and the spread of scientific research. It cites experiments with solar engines by Mouchot, piano gold strings improving tone, and gold alloys for durability. Mentions nine government science departments and milkweed oil potential before ending with ancient Sanskrit references to soma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Glendenning
Ostend
Pullman
Palace
M. Mouchot
Algeria
Geological Survey
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Naval Observatory
National Museum
Department of Agriculture
Entomotogi Th.consmmissiong
Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology
Commission of Fish and Fisheries
London
Providence
R. I.) Journal
Electrical Storms Threaten Europe and England
The New York Sun notes a surge in lightning storms across Europe including Paris Notre Dame, London gardens, and French disturbances. It cites historical lightning deaths in Prussia Austria France and England, laments England’s neglect of lightning rods, and highlights St Pauls and Windsor Castle as inadequately protected structures amid rising thunder events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Russia
Prussia
Austria
England
Fuller
St.Paul’s
United Kingdom
Windsor Castle
New York Sun
Water telescope aids fishermen and ironworks tour
Norwegian fishermen Accomixata Land and Water use a water telescope a tube with an eyepiece to spot shoals at ten to fifteen fathoms. The device helps locate schools unseen from deck and signals provoke successful hauls. Frank Buckland endorses the instrument for herring fishers in Britain. The Iron and Steel Institute held its annual meeting in Düsseldorf with invited German ironworks. Krupp declined to allow English visitors to inspect their works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Buckland
Tr Iron and Steel Institute of Great Britain
Dusseldorf
Mssrs. Krupp
Canton
Home and Farm Tips and Food Preparations
A rustic miscellany covers moving soggy berry plants after rain, making suet and lemon sauce baked morsels, and dumpling style puddings. It also includes a ham crust method, a dahlia color change experiment with brimstone fumes, German puddings, and notes on corn and potato storage losses. A Vermonter describes chimney cleaning on a rainy day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perrecaa
Borrowing as a social vice and its consequences
The passage critiques borrowing as natural to some yet harmful, detailing types of borrowers from the freeloading to the careless and noting how such behavior reveals improvidence and weak conscience. It cites examples of misuse of others possessions and concludes with a reflective digression on household management and the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer Roughenough
Harper's Bazarre Sale
A Study of Servants and Immigrant Labor Attitudes
A muckraking fragment surveys Chinese domestic workers with stereotypes about language, work, and behavior. It contrasts zealous instructors and rigid routines with perceptions of constant, unnoticed labor, including cooks, cleaners, and gatekeeping tasks, while noting the social tension in households and the humorous yet telling miscommunications. It also references a related scene of a housemaid disciplined by her mistress and the broader migratory labor dynamic across urban settings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Ken
Mark
San Francisco
Denver Tribune
Poison ivy and medicinal extracts in health notes
The excerpt surveys poison ivy details from De Foote’s Health Monthly, noting three leaflets, rhombic shapes, and varying leaf margins. It mentions its milky sap, two growth forms, and its creeping spread. Additional items praise Ward’s remedies, Jamaica Ginger extracts, and Day’s Kidney Pills, with testimonials and ads for Malt Bitters, Parson’s Ink, Frazer Axle Grease, and other household products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de. Foote
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Science and Industry
Boston Transcript
Theen
Jackson
Jacob Meyer
Saint Lauia
Mich
Hamburg
Sbotco
Patents &Prings
Aene
Oes
East Liberty
Baltimore
Hawkeye
Detroit
Western Home Journal
Florence Marriott
United States
Jamaica
Pieree
E. F. L. Gauss
Galena
Illa
the Standard
Syracuse
Warner
Malt Bitters Company
F. H. Stoddard
Northampton
Mass
Horaca
Redding
Wiiaert
Ugo National Venet
Price
Vady
Enterprise
PhiloMephia
Tutt’s
Offee
Murray Street
New York
Warner & CO
Mocheater
Hove
Algo
Mason & Mamlin Organ CO
Tremont Jr
Temple
Dn. VW. O. Prxenms
Buch
Perkins
Dy L O. Excenson
Emerson
Ivory
Johnsons
A. N. Johnson
Corree Pond
Oliver Ditson & CO
Lyon & Healy
Buatox
Cutcaco
Seltzer
Cerinday
Atea
WELLS
Richardson ‘K
Berlingteon
Chamberlin & His Proprietors
Land, Stoutenberg & CO
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Illinois
United Mates
Lant
Toledo
A. L. Clum
É Biwner
Kod Wing
Minn
Terete
Curt
Glint Cen
Betty
Boe Wanington
Addrvas National PopLruine Co
Jones Brothers& CO
Cuteago, AL
Ena Rogers
Loomis &Nyman
Tiffin
Ohio
Wale
Ant
Erage Addoeey
Meef Martinez
Ind SrkvithNs
Lebanon
Ollo
Fulton & CO
Kingston Street
Boston
Mars
Deuvit
Llusthbul
Wabashay Chicago
Addr
Portland
Ib Valenthuy
Janesville
Wis
Emily Mada
Ajdr
True &Co
Augusta
Dr. Chase
Chase Pub'ng Co
Advertiac
Burnett
Burnett & CQ
Dorian
Bere
Graefenberg
Dunavan
Mlow
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