Copy Holder for the Typewriter in Popular Science
A New York inventor, Philip H. Dedrick of Grandview-on-Hudson, N.Y., introduces a copy holder clamped to a typewriter to keep notes near the keyboard. Also described is a suction-powered air cleaner sweeping rooms by drawing dirt through pipes to a basement dust separator, promising faster, cleaner results though costly for now.
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Philip H. Dedrick
Grandview-on-Hudson
N.Y
Howe
Mastodons Found Across Belts in New York State
Sixty mastodon skeletons are reported across New York in distinct wall marked belts. Thirty four in eastern New York from Albany to Newburgh, thirteen from Rochester to Livingston County, two near Chautauqua Lake, and two near Ithaca. No mammoth found in the state. Presidents Roosevelt as governor urged mammoth on state arms, though as hunter he knew little of antopet types.
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New York
Albany
Newburgh
Rochester
Livington County
Chautauqua Lake
Ithaca
Roosevelt
A Unique Fire-escape Innovation Explained
The article describes a novel fire-rescue device with alternating right platforms on a well shaft. Cushioned springs on each platform absorb impact as a person slides from roof to ground, reducing injuries. The design aims to prevent serious falls and offers a potential safer escape from burning buildings.
Halter Tie Regulator and Securer for Stables
A device improves livestock tethering by a vertical tube and pulley system that takes up slack in the rope as cattle or horses move. A weighted counterbalance prevents strangulation or leg injury, remaining engaged only when the weight reaches the tube top and is held by a roller.
Progress of Invention in Power and Mining
An overview of technological advances including electric motors replacing leather belts in factories, and the efficiency of watches at twelve hours of human labor. It notes dirigible balloons' fatalities, economic considerations of power plants at mines, ore extraction costs, cyanide treatment costs in a Colorado plant, gas engine use, and anticipated gains in pig iron production.
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Quarte
Craft ideas and doll house toys for girls and children
The article outlines simple DIY projects including assembling cantboard mobiles with velvet and ribbons, making wax flower sprays from candles and wire, and constructing a lily illusion. It also describes DIY doll figures from magazine cutouts, a toy competition using spoons and potatoes, and a test of lung strength with paper bags and weights.
Tricks to Fool a Room with Chalk and Cups
A list of simple juvenile tricks for entertainment. It describes making a chalk circle around a boy to trap him, asking him to walk out with linked hands, and others involving water, hats, and threads with a pebble. The text invites playful deception and implied reactions from onlookers.
Potato Duels Challenge Readers With Teaspoon Balance
Two large potatoes balance on teaspoons as duellots stand opposite each other with a marked line one foot in front. Right hands grip the utensils as participants prepare to parry, offering a quirky street game from a bygone era.
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Hoy Wil
Early Skate Origins Traced Across Europe and London Footnotes
Ancient traces show skating across Northern Europe with bone and thongs used to grip ice. Danish writes cite 1134 methods. London twelfth century youths strapped bones for ice travel. British Museum bone skates support the practice origin.
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Rose
Europe
Firestephen
London
British Museum
Mortland
Linccolnshire
The Little Streets of Tomorrow Pretty Soon
Fragmentary verse dialogue about little streets leading to a city of Not at All. Seth, Jennie, and Beth speak of waiting and moving, with a parable tone about timing and vision.
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Seth
Jennie
Beth
The Most Valuable Medal From Blake Victory Medal
The most valuable medal in existence is the Blake victory medal struck in 1653. It is gold and oval shaped with an original ost of 1500.
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