Microbes Endure Liquid Air Cold Tests At Royal Society
Professor Dewar's liquid air experiments with Dr A Macfadyen and Mr S Rowland show microbes including typhoid, diphtheria, anthrax, and cholera surviving seven days at extreme cold. Despite heavy mechanical strain, cells remained viable, underscoring that cold does not disinfect but only slows germ growth.
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Dewar
Royal Society
A. Macfadyen
Rowland
Arctic Circle
London Express
Electrical Engraving Process for Metal Etching Described
A German method uses a plaster cast saturated with an electrolyte to transfer a negative or positive impression of an object onto metal. Steel etching requires 4 5 hours with repeated contacts every 12 seconds and brushing between steps. Electrolyte choice depends on metal. for steel a 10 percent ammonium chloride solution is used. A European company plans commercial scale production.
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Europe
Sugar From Watermelons
Bowling Green farmer Hanz reports excellent sirup from watermelons. From 18 melons yielding 20 to 2 pounds each, two gallons and one pint of sirup were made. Possible economics include turning sirup into sugar, with profits and lots of edible byproducts for livestock.
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Hanz
Bowling Green
Irrigation Age
Farm notes on crops and farm life in early 1900s region
A broad collection of agricultural musings covers crops in Texas and Kansas, fruit and dairy markets, equipment and breeding, and farm management. Topics include cotton value, corn and wheat prospects, oleo butter controversy, late strawberry varieties, household safety with stoves, and the ethics of community welfare.
Bloombergs Prompting Early Morning Shopping
Poem fragment requests an early wake up to hurry to Bloomber gs where a father buys suits overcoats shirts collars and neckties in bright colors. The speaker expresses eagerness to obtain fashionable apparel.
Hat sale promises new styles at 39 cents
An advertisement touts 50 and 75 cent straw hats with new styles not resembling relics of the past, offering up to date designs at 39 cents.
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Mulberry St
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SWIFT
Atlanta, GA
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