Substitutes for glass for roofs and skylights
A 19th century note describes substitutes for glass used in roofs, skylights, and conservatories. It highlights paper made from strong pulp as fensterpappe, stretched over wooden frames, painted with boiled linseed oil to form a translucent, water resistant surface. The method includes saturating the paper with oil to create a smooth finish, with frames 40 inches wide and any length. It notes durability, light transmission, and suitability for florists, plus a variation with wire gauze for transparency and tinting.
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Ness
Florists
Denord
Epiecial Pargesa
Hernglad
Ib Vega
Enctorium
St. Louis Giebe-Democrat
Jumping Cocoons From South Africa Astonish Entomologists
Dr. J Sharp reports cocoons from South Africa containing pupae that can forcefully propel themselves from their hard cocoons using a chiseling head edge and elastic body tension. The mechanism creates a sequence of wriggles and jumps inside the cocoon before the insect frees itself, challenging classification near Lepidoptera and Trichoptera.
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J. Bharp
South Africa
Dr. Sharp
Sharp
Amk
Adeln
A Puritan Thanksgiving Menu From Contemporaneous Sketches
An old text describes a Puritan Thanksgiving scene with sparse table furnishings and a later, crowded meal. It mentions benches, wooden chairs, woolen horses, and plentiful yet simple fare including venison, veal, pudding, custards, and various pies served in a formal arrangement around a long feast table.
Municipal Time At Glasgow Establishes City Clock System
The Glasgow plan centers on electrically controlled clocks linked to a stellar observatory clock. A repeater in the city chambers drives three clock circuits with a dozen clocks ready, aiming to install 200 to 300 thirty five inch dials across the city. If successful, private homes may receive timekeeping via a 61 mile circuit.
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Glasgow
Clargow
Haseen
Westminster Travertie
The Home of Payne and a New York Journal Portrait
Lucy Cleveland writes of East Hampton’s old Main Street and the Payne boyhood home, a modest two story frame house with a windmill view and a kitchen that evokes Cinderella and ancient Egypt, preserving memory of John Howard Payne the author of a song beloved by many. The essay blends lyrical travelogue with nostalgic reverie as Payne’s home is linked to a vanished era and a life spent away from a true home.
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Quaint Amagansett
Old East Hampton
Hampton
Mremi
Jwin Howard Payne
Menin Street
Old
New England
Eer
Nulatr
Amd
Ene Pices
Ubinar
Mother Wise
Egypt
Cindersila
John Howard Payne
Tohn Howard Payne
Lucy Cleveland
New York
Norme Journal
Eltham Strongroom Described With Heavy Construction
The article describes a powerful strongroom at Eltham built by Colonel teorh. It features cement floors many feet thick and granite-walled protection. Gold and silverware were stored there and special security measures protected visitors' jewels during their stay.
Welshing Living Fish Mystery at the Aquarium
A visitor learns the method for weighing a heavy hive fish. The process uses a water-filled pail with the fish and magnet attached, weighing the full setup, then the fish is removed and the pail and water are weighed again to determine the weight.
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Fori
Compasso Slarruin
France
Domas
Jovelincsa
THE
Norther
Northwestern
Iowa
WIBL
Asche
Slelx
Gani
Nelbree’s
McEntree
Cardus
Metkienne
Couuu
Marley
Plage
John Morley
Dors
Thames Embankment
Batterse Park
Min Morley
Payne
Eucp
Cleveland
NEW York Weekly Tribune
the Tribune
Tribune
Tion
WDEX
I. Y
Casilin
Gee. W. Best
Tribne
New York City
Tribene
Sioux City Journal
Tee Jouitan
Pepoia
Pally
DALEY
Farner
Senda
Ter
Sioux City, Iowa
Arch St.,philad
Drs. Starkey & Palén
Drs. Starkey & Palen
Arch St
Philadelphia
Sutter St
San Francisco
Cal
Eastern
N. G
Coad
Sherer
China
Sherer Brothers
Chicago
Ile
Greseme
Vaithil
WAL
Br. Goods Drug Store
Deadguss
iIlineis
Gentral R. R
New Orleans
Tullman
Tarones
Santvern Pacific
Los Angeles
Sear
Mexico
Ure Central
Willer Theanepiers
Amerinan
Poancist
Weh
Isu
Oyun
TSA
Homeseeker’s
Town Falls
Perth
Claire
Juadignan
Menidlay
Asec
Citeno
Weiana J
Centralia
Iilinois
Wisconsin
Tudiana
Cedar Falls
Ail Klarians
Ciiin
Thursdaay
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