Soapless Soaps To Lay Dust In Coal Mines
Wall Street Journal reports on dust control in coal mines. Wetting agents sprayed during cutting and loading greatly reduce airborne dust from 300 400 million particles per cubic foot to about 2 10 million with chemical aids like NACCONO. Health risks include silicosis and mutumuinosis, while safety aims to minimize explosions with spark free machinery.
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Allied Chemical & Dyelars
Uniate
Arui
Ant
Wall Street Journal
War of Nerves Ancient Tactics From Enmerkar Legend
A clay tablet from Istanbul, dating 5 000 years back, depicts King Enmerkar using threats and gifts to dominate Aratta, illustrating an early war of nerves. Dr Samuelle Kramer translates the tale noting the rise of power through pressure and diplomacy. Australia is the southern hemisphere continent.
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Adolf Hitler
Samuelle Kramer
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Istanbul
Turkey
Kramer
Enmerkar
Ume
Erech
Aratta
Mesopotamia
Dr. Kramer
Glue Developed That Supports Locomotives
Westinghouse researchers describe a new resin glue from East Pittsburgh that holds fast from 60 below to 300 above and can bond wood rubber leather and plastics though not metals or glass. A 100000 pound locomotive weight benchmark illustrates strength. The glue promises broad use in boat furniture shoemaking rubber plastics and electrical equipment.
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Fritz J. Nagel
Elizabeth M. Ackermann
Westinghouse Research Laboratories
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse
Canada population rises 188000 in last year per bureau
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Canada's population at 12,307,000 up from 12,119,000. Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia lead gains, while Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Prince Edward Island show declines. Overall rise since 1941 census tops seven percent with notable provincial increases and territory figures.
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Ottawa - Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Ontaro
Alberta
Yukon
North-West Territories
Time Inquiry Frustration Hits Public Help Lines
A dialogue imitates a frustrated caller seeking the time and an operator who insists information cannot be given. The exchange pivots on permission to provide data, ending with a comic cut to unrelated science trivia about oxygen as Earth's most abundant element.
Paris Actress Challenges Critic to Pistol Duel
French actress Lise Melville known as a crack shot challenged critic Roger Daries to a pistol duel after his harsh description of her as a skeleton. Her seconds from the play Detective Story report the challenge as Daries has not accepted. This marks the fourth duel challenge in two months with no injuries yet.
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Paris
Lise Merville
Roger Daries
Ing Jack
Jacques Dalies
Pierre Dante
Daries
Rain Fall Not Quickening Fill For Exposed Receptacle
Rain falling straight down will not fill an exposed container faster than rain falling at an angle. The observation notes the direction of rainfall does not change the rate at which an open receptacle collects water.
Not The Answer Edison Expected
Thomas A. Edison teaches a practical lesson by asking a street peddler why he pushes a cart. The peddler replies with a blunt, humorous reason that highlights simple everyday mechanics.
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Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Costly Pastimes and Provisions in 1867 Orillia Expositor Ad
The 1867 first issue of the Orillia Expositor shows higher living costs with ads for Mulcahy and Co. and Frank Kean's dry goods at 2.50 each. O'Brien and Co. sold bacon at 10 cents per pound, ladies' French gaiters at 5, tea at 1 per pound, and domestic whisky at 70 cents per gallon.
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Orillia
Orillia Expositor
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