Officers of Our Navy Who Are Distinguished Inventors
The American navy has produced many pivotal inventions from ironclads to modern high power rifles. Professor Philip R. Alger leads naval ordinance design and a chain of inventors including Fletcher, Fiske, Dashiell, Strauss, Hickborn, and Howell. Their devices range from gun mounting and breech mechanisms to torpedoes, range finders, signaling gear, and buoy systems, keeping the US Navy technically superior, with foreign royalties proving their global impact.
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Navy
Philip R. Alger
Annapolis
Alger
World's Fair Commission
Fletcher
Army
Fietcher
Lieut. Fiske
Sigabee
St. Paul
Dashiell
Navy Department
Pietcher
W. H. Driges
Seaton Schroeder
Commodore John A. Howell
Commodore Howell
Hotchkiss Company
Whitehead
Joseph Strauss
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Newport News
Philip Hickborn
Franklin Life
Bath
Very
Herbert O. Dunn
van Duzer
Mason
Fiske
Loelen Young
Harry Webster
Nathan P. Towne
Diehl and
Gideon
Tobin
E. C. Munroe
Jovite
United States Navy
Europe
Navy Inventors Won Our Smokeless Powder First
The article notes American naval officers largely funded and created key innovations for ships and weapons. It cites Lieutenant Bernadou and Commander Montgomery, who invented smokeless powder later adopted by the Navy, claiming the United States was first to perfect it while foreign powers pursued similar aims.
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J. B. Bernadou
Newport
Bernadou
Key West
Wilsion
Cardenes
G. A. Montgomery
Navy Department
Europe
B. A. Fiske
Ideal Wotan Described by Academy As Wagnerian Giant
Sudermann praised as a muscled giant with beard and blue eyes, likened to the ideal Wotan of Wagnerian drama. He hails from eastern Prussia, per Academy description.
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Academy
Sudermann
Wotan
Eastern
Prussia
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Praised in Letters
Letters from women praising Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound appear in a newspaper feature. Testimonials from Eria E Knexses and S J Swaxeos claim relief from backache fatigue and menstrual issues after using the product and related remedies. The feature notes free advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Mass and cites ongoing reader letters about health improvements.
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East
Rochester
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
S.J. Swaxeos
Gibson City
Dean Mua
Uncertain fragments point to a 1910s ad page with names and brands
The readable text lists brands such as CENTRAL SAVINGS BANK Sterling Memets Co COSMO BUTTERMILK and mock dialogue about wealth and family, suggesting an old-time advertisement page with scattered lines, partial quotes, and social references.
A Great Scheme Browne Interview in Spain Castles Plan
In dialogue from the New York Journal Browne asks the object of a Spain visit. Towne replies he aims to be on the ground early to have first choice of castles.
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Browne
Spain
Nw York Journal
Astronomers Cite Huge Comet Population in Solar System
Scientists estimate at least 17 million comets exist in our solar system across sizes and orbits. The figure reflects current models of the Oort cloud and Kuiper belt populations, suggesting a vast, dynamic reservoir of icy bodies beyond the planets.
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Secretary Long
Congress
Wilson
Naval
Frank F. Fletcher
Ordinance Bureau
Senate
Thansfeul
Mrs. Pinkie
Rei
Idra
Pinkham
Negis
Rennet MS
Seepencante
Central Savings Bank
Sterling Memets Co. Chicags of
New York
Piker Most
Denver
Thel Sacha E Marge
Wet 4 Company
ES Carta Bree
Oxford Hotel
Inter-Ocean Hotel
Starwem
Firemens
Montelius
Seares
Tyenver School Ut
Tog
E. E. Burlingane’s Assay Office
Colorado
Santa
Me. Smith
Denver, Ca
Phe Davis
P.M. Davis Iron Works
Caird
Mass
Candy Ey
Cate Tri
D. Tmpial
Earthi Techs
Mootromery Imery Co
Lm Bt
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