Ore map shows major United States metals and ammonia action
The article lists principal ores in the United States including iron copper lead and zinc with tin scarce. It notes iron is dominant among ores and details copper districts in Lake Superior Butte and Arizona. Lead and zinc regions in New Jersey Missouri and Colorado are described along with tin no longer mined in the U S. It also reports ammonia acts on several metals at 600 to 100 degrees and describes tempering steel by water quench or oil-like fluids.
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United States
Popular Science News
Lake Superior
Montarut
Butte
Arizona
South Seal
Missouri
Colorado
Sussex County
N. J
New Jersey
South Dakota
California
Fan With the X-Ray and Slot Machine Combines Show
A 1920s era note describes a modern device pairing X ray fluoroscope with a slot machine to aid a sidewalk medical show. A passerby places a hand for imaging while the machine operates, enclosed except openings, with a mueroscope absent. Also: a discussion on drowning instinct and a Lisbon rat inoculation method to curb vermin.
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Bickel
Western Electriciti
Hickel
New Resin From Burma Tree Called Nante Yok
A new balsamic resin named nante yok resembling storax has been obtained from a Burma tree. It is described as industrially useful and potently promising for commercial applications.
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Burma
Power of Our Rivers and Hidden Water Power
The U S Geological Survey hydrographers measure river volumes across the nation to reveal water power potential. Deep river at Monticase New York yielded 1128 to 61640 horsepower, with many days below higher outputs. storing water at night could double daytime power, reaching 30000 horsepower on about 100 days.
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United States
United States Geological Survey
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Maine
California
Montcure
N. Y
The Human Eye Range and the House Fly
A Ledger Monthly piece argues the eye’s range reveals animal scale. It imagines every species lined by size, placing the common house fly at the middle, with far larger and smaller creatures surrounding it as a measure of optical scope and instrument potential.
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Ledger Monthly
No More Spoiled Preserves Invertible preserving jar designed by a scientist
A new practical device for food preservation uses an invertible jar with two telescoping sections that are air and liquid tight. In one orientation the antiseptic liquid sits against the closed end, and when inverted the liquid forms a seal at the outer section to prevent air from entering.
Plant nerves and animal sensation linked in living matter
Dr. Nemee argues that living plant protoplasm contains special features suggesting plant structures akin to animal nerve fibers. Referencing Sir J Burdon Sinderson, he notes Venus flytrap movements show electrical reactions similar to muscle action. Threadlike protoplasm connects cells, possibly transmitting stimuli like nerves. ether respiration can render sensitive plants insensible, implying shared sensation mechanisms.
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Dr. Nemee
J. Burdon Sinderson
Causes of Malaria From Dr. Peters Insight
Dr. Karl Peters contends that malaria arises not only from mosquitoes but also from drinking stagnant water and inhaling air over swamps. He cites experience at a station with no mosquitoes to support the broader environmental factors in malaria production.
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Karl Peters
Equatorial
Africa
Deterioration of Paper Materials Studied by London Society
A London Society of Arts committee studies paper deterioration focusing on wood fiber as the base and its impact on lifespan. High priced papers also decline faster due to chemicals used in their manufacture.
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London Society of Arts
A Champlion Tree Near Mitla Ruins in Oaxaca
A French paper describes a cypress family tree in Oaxaca Mexico measuring 155 feet in circumference at six feet above ground. The tree lies not far from the Mitla ruins, attracting attention for its size and location.
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Oaxaca
Mexico
Mitla
The Science of Sleep and Its Competing Theories
A discussion reviews sleep theories. Early ideas blamed brain aura or bloodlessness, while newer claims cite glandular substances or carbonic acid gas. A London Chronicle writer argues these poisoning sleep theories fail and fatigue of brain cells is the real cause of sleep.
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London Chronicle
Self Extinguishing Gas Burner Invention
An invention that saves life by removing death danger introduces a gas burner that blows out the gas without serious results. The principle relies on heat expanding metals and cold contracting them, using this to contract a burner metal and close a valve within a minute of heat absence, shutting off gas completely.
Remarkable Bohemian ClockUnveiled in Chicago After Nineteen Years
A giant clock over 18 feet high with a base one foot square, built by a Bohemian in Chicago after nineteen years. The clock features a miniature earth that turns on its axis every 24 hours, with sun, moon, and planets shown in their proper positions. When it strikes, a door opens revealing a procession of US Agencies, followed by figures illustrating growth. Advances in reproducing naked skin and bird forms are noted, using wax pigments and special preparations to create realistic features.
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Chicago
Venus
Mars
United States
Longest Street Millroad Linked Buenos Aires To San Martin
The Argentine Republic is credited with the longest street millroad in the world. It runs from Buenos Ayres to San Martin, covering eighty two kilometers, with horses as the motive power.
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Argentine Republic
Buenos Ayres
San Martin
Waterproofing blue prints with paraffin wax method
A simple inexpensive waterproofing method uses refined paraffin. Print is saturated by melted wax on absorbent cloths then ironed between waxed layers to seal lines, intensify contrast, and prevent shrinking. Process works on blue prints and other papers, suitable for notices posted outdoors.
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Engineer Corps
Simple thumbscrew lamp socket suited for reachable light
An electric light hung high is wasteful due to turning off current. Wall switches require elaborate wiring and costly lamp attachments. The thumbscrew socket is simple and economical for lamps within easy reach, but inadequate when the lamp is out of reach.
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Scientific American
Iit
Chain pull lamp control and early electric power lines era
The article describes a simple chain pull switch for lamps and notes long distance electric power lines 184 miles to Los Angeles and a new 140 mile line to Oakland. It also mentions electric carriage lighting, a sea wave powered light at Elle in the North Sea, and wave powered electricity in Los Angeles with storage batteries.
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San Bernardino
Yuba River
Oakland
San Jose
Ligtta
Elle
Nori Sea
Los Angeles
Cal
Odd peat fuel tested on Vislanda Bolmen line Sweden
Experimental train powered by pressed and dried peat ran ahead of schedule on the Vislanda Bolmen railway. The locomotive, built for condensing fuel, completed the 22 mile trip in less than expected with fifteen freight cars and one passenger coach. A separate item notes a new steel roofing system patented to replace galvanized iron, using bent steel strips and galvanized sheets.
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Vislanda-Bolmen
Sweden
Books of Every Material Used Before Paper Invented
The British museum housed works written on bricks tiles oyster shells bones and flat stones along with manuscripts on bark leaves ivory leather parchment papyrus lead iron copper and wood. Spider Silk: scientist M Cachot hoped spiders would yield textile silk but Madagascar spider proved the main hope only after a year of cocoons trial was abandoned.
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British Museum
M. Cachot
Mastodons Teeth Found by Holmes and Gill near Afton
Government scientists unearthed bones and teeth of mastodons and mammoths near Afton IT. The largest tooth found measures sixteen inches along the length, marking a notable prehistoric discovery by Maxtodon and colleagues.
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Maxtodon
Holmes and Gill
Afton
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