Pennsylvania Origins Of Godfrey Quadrant Invention
Frederick A. Godcharles’s piece traces Thomas Godfrey born 1676 near the England Wales line, his son Thomas born 1704 in Bristol Pennsylvania, and the invention of the quadrant. It details how a sun-reflected glass sparked the idea, Logan's support, Hadley’s claim, and Royal Society recognition, ending with Godfrey’s death in 1749 and his son’s fate.
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Thomas Godfrey
Lne
England
Wales
Thomas
Pensylvania
Tredytha Township
Chester County
Bristol
Pennsylvania
Stazler
Philadelphia
Braving
Newton
Davis
James Logan
Godfray
Godfrey
Stenton
Logan
Mr. Logan
Delaware Bay
Joshua Fisher
Lewes
Delaware
Aoa
Edmund Halley
Halley
Peter Collingen
Royal Society of London
John Hadley
Society
Philosophical Transactions
Hadley
Royal Society
Barlow
Mercantile Library, Company of Philadelphia
North Carolina
Parthia
America
Poetic Merit Highlighted in Early American Works
The text notes notable early contributions to American Magazine showing poetic talent. It references The Court of Fancy modeled on Chaucer's House of Fame. A poetry volume including Account of T. Godfrey was published in 1767 by Nathaniel Evans, a friend.
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Court of Fancy
House of Fame
Chaucer
T. Godfrey
Nathaniel Evans
Radio Program Listings for June 16 1925
Radio schedules across Cleveland New York Pittsburgh East Pittsburgh and Chicago show a series of musical programs operatic performances children's bedtime stories and concert broadcasts. Highlights include Abrou g high school boys glee club Ringwall String Trio and The Gold Dust Twins with Eveready Hour and Tales of Hoffman.
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Wear
Gleveland
Ohio
Abrou Igh School Boys Glee Club
Ringwall String Trio
WEAF
Ow York
United Synagogue of America
Waldorf-Astoria
Albar
Ritchie
Maryland
American Bar Association
Gold Dust Twins
Weap Grand Opera Company
WCAE
Pittamarsh
Dibhner
Wiliam Fenn Hotel
Laela Kaybee
New York
EDEA
Pittsburgh
Tockman
Feldman
KYW
Chicago
Stanford
de Pinner
Sperchts
Buréau Federation
Radio era brings sports, opera, and Arctic voyage notes
The piece describes WGMU short wave broadcasts covering eastern sports, noting Thornton Irisher as a famed cartoonist writer nicknamed the nikemaster. It mentions polo swimming and baseball aired, the Canadian ship Arctic returning to ice field exploration by radio, and a June 21 program on WGY featuring two operas and the U.S. Marine Band. Tasmania tunes KPKX Hastings Nebraska, via sports from a distant island, as lead burters may listen instead of head chopping.
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WGMU
Thornton Irisher
Nikemaster
WGY
U. S. Marine Band
Tasmania
Australia
KPKX
Hastings
Neb
Foster's Weather Prognostication
Washington dispatch predicts a critical weather period June 15 to 25 with a heat wave followed by a moist pattern. Expect drought in central southern and western regions amid a large transcontinental storm around June 17 and a strong storm near June 22. Jupiter’s influence described as causing low pressure and heavy local rains on outer edges of systems.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Great Central
Southwest
Drouth
Jupiter
Lulus Epsom Salts Tablets Promoted as Healthful Laxative
An advertisement touts Lulus Epsom Salts Tablets as a natural laxative with fewer after effects. It urges readers to keep a box on hand and to ask the druggist or send 10 cents to Continental Drug Corporation in St Louis for a sample.
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Luly
Lulu’s
Continental Drug Corporation
St.Louis
Radio features today and city events listed
Eastern Sumford time on WIZ New York lists a glass track meet. Yale meets Harvard on WRO Washington. Navy Band performance in Newark. Senator Arthur Whitney addresses voters urging governor bid. Philadelphia 6 pm. Gyrpay ensemble performs. Miscellaneous notes include quips about Darwin and modern women with brief jokes and a note to loafers.
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Sumford
New York
Yale Vs
Harvar
Washington
United States Navy Band
Newark
Arthur Whitney
WOO New Yorks
Philadelthia
Parisian Sage Hair Tonic Promises Dandruff Cure
A touted remedy claims to stop dandruff prevent scalp irritation halt hair loss and promote new growth and beauty. Sold as Parisian Sage at McKee's Kut Rate Store and other druggists with a guarantee, customers are advised to ask for it by name.
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McKee
Forecasting Storms and Quakes in St Lawrence Valley
The government weather bureau limits the practicality of forecast based storm force movement for local crop forecasts. Earthquakes are linked to faults volcanic activity and electromagnetic currents. tremors near St Lawrence valley may recur near June 23 and July 21 but will be of diminishing strength compared to 1663.
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Government Weather Bureau
Ita
St. Lawrence Valley
Cent
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Josephine Lovett
Rupert OF
HEE Haw
Rupert of Henzau
Penn
Arctic
Foster
Darwin
Tenderfoot
Dolores Rousay
Albert J. Smith
Mary Melvor
Jack Daugherty
James Corey
the Pace Makers
Hal Roach
Late News Reel
Good Music
Richard Talmadge
Meighan
Tomsay
Geo. Ade
Tom
Thomas Yeighan
Lila Lee
Pathe News
ST. John
Aminz
Dynamite Doggie
Pathe Review
Laawrence County
Xowll
Eva Novak
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Lure
Josie Sedgwick
PATHE
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Virginia Vance
Walte Disney
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