Tiny Warships Show How Models Guide Big Ship Design
The article explains the model experimental basin at Washington used to test hull forms and propulsion for warships. It details Froude's law of comparison, testing processes, and how model results cut costs and boost performance, citing the Sacramento and Birmingham Chester Salem case studies and annual basin upkeep under $25,000.
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Congress
William Froude
Froude
Naval Review
Nashville
Sacramento
Washington
Birmingham
Chester
Salem
Wrecks Pay Interest on Railroad Debt
A New Jersey rail line, the Wharton and Northern, earns about 50 000 annually from staged wrecks and smashups. The practice underpins profits, outweighing bond interest, as the company supplies wreck scenes for a film production, using its 22 mile track between Wharton and Green Point Junction through the Copperas mountains. A Baltimore man has acted as best man at forty weddings, remaining single.
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Nan
Wharton and Northern Railroad
Wharton and Northern
Wharton
Green Point Junction
Morris County
New Jersey
Erie
Lackawanna
Copperas Mountains
Queen Charlotte
England
Charlotte Grant
Wharton Steel Company of
Philadelphia
Mr. Stryker
Stryker
Wharton and Northern Road
New York Herald
Baltimore
Shell from German 17 inch gap nearly hits British aviator
A British aviator recounts flying in France when a German 17 inch shell passed nearby at about 6 000 feet. He describes the air disruption, the roar behind, and the helicopter like wake that nearly toppled his aircraft before the shell landed.
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France
Popular Mechanics
Special Responsibility in a Political Quarrel
Mr Dolan says many in the group do not know what they fight about. Mr Rafferty agrees that once a man enters a fight there is no time for politics, explaining why diplomats are needed.
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Mr. Dolan
Mr. Rafferty
Zadig and the Royal Dog in Babylonia
Voltaire’s Zadig is portrayed as a keen observer who deciphers the queen’s dog and king’s horse through nature study. Zadig’s trial ends with a fine and a vow, exposing destiny and irony in a satirical tale.
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Moabdur
Babylonia
Babylon
Zadig
Euphrates River
Ormuzd
King of Kings
Finally Strikes a Chord in a Musical Moment
A writer in the Atlantic Monthly describes a vivid musical passage during the Second Symphony. The moment blends personal perception with orchestral detail as the first violin, cello, and inner voices converge to reveal a distinct chord that transcends mere flow of sound.
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Atlantic Monthly
Endicott
Beethoven
Margaret
Dog Tail as a Safety Valve
A dog uses tail movements to express feelings. wagging signals happiness while other motions show anxiety hunger or defeat. Canine experts explain the tail acts as a safety valve relieving nervous strain similar to human gestures.
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Sally
Good Cheer and Optimism as Business Virtues
The passage extols cheerful outlooks as powerful drivers of personal and business success. It claims good cheer lubricates life, boosts mental and physical power, attracts friends, and increases sales and productivity, while optimism leads to achievement and pessimism to destruction.
America's First Musical Composer William Billings
William Billings born in Boston emerges as America's early notable music figure. Once a tanner, he becomes a singing teacher and psalm tune composer whose works enter New England church choirs and gain popular favor with the people.
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America
William Billings
Boston
New England
Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound Aids Middle Aged Woman
A Lowell Massachusetts woman in her 70s reports relief from headaches and nervous symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad cites common menopausal symptoms and invites readers to seek confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
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L. E Pinkham
Margaret Quiinn
Bear
Worthen St
Lowell
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Cascarets Aid Liver Bowels With 10 Cent Box Ad
An advertisement for Cascarets claims a 10 cent box cures constipation indigestion biliousness and headaches by cleansing the liver stomach and bowels. It urges taking Cascarets nightly for health happiness and a clear head for months with benefits for children as well.
Gifts of Americans to war relief societies total over sixteen million
The Carnegie endowment book estimates Americans gave about 18 million in relief gifts by year end. Belgium received 80 million raised, France 2 million, Russia 12 thousand, Serbia 15 thousand, and 5 million went to the Allied cause through the Red Cross. Central powers got 3.75 million while dependent nationalities received zero label with 4 million noted from the American Jewish relief committee.
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Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Commission of Relief
Belgium
France
Russia
Serbia
American Red Cross
American Jewish Relief Committee
Heat bragging and the timing of a clever escape
A narrator notes annoyance at neighbors boasting about furnace heat and timepiece merits. The dialogue hints that wise action comes from recognizing the right psychological moment to disengage.
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Wise
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Tel
Astern
J W. Maller
Tigris
Voltaire
Conan Doyle
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Poe
M. Dupin
Francois Marie Aroud de Voltaire
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