Pear shaped earth and new theories shake old beliefs
The article surveys proposals that the earth may be pear shaped rather than spheroidal, with poles and earthquake rings tied to this form. It notes how wobbling axes and ring regions could explain seismic activity and discusses Major C. E. Dutton's radium driven volcano theory as a fresh but debated explanation of eruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Times
Earth
Jeans
England
Pacific Ocean
Sahara
Sollas
Africa
Pacific
Equator
Lord Rayleigh
San Francisco
H. H.turner
Alaska
South America
East Indies
Japan
Western
Asia
Atlantic Islands
Eastern
America
Milne Cary
C. E. Dutton
Major Dutton
Popular Science Monthly
United States
New York
Coney
Brooklyn
When Henry James Comes to Coney Island
Henry James narrates his Coney Island visit with analytic rigor and comic self awareness. He observes the crowd, Mamie and her escort, and the blunt New York energy while wrestling to name the island’s spirit. The piece blends satire and literary persona as he moves from astonishment to measured interpretation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Coney
Mamie
Proverb Snippet Reflections on Wealth and Pride
A compilation of sayings on dignity and wealth. It notes that wealth often reappears with renewed force, distance colors perception, a bad penny costs much, and hero worship pleases the hero, sometimes forcing participation.
Curious Norwegian Horses Dazzle in Greek Play at Harvard
In the Agamemnon production at Harvard Stadium four Norwegian Westland horses lent by Warren Delano Jr. shaped chariot scenes with stocky bodies and thick manes resembling ancient Parthenon friezes. The breed, possibly the oldest in civilized nations, features a dun buckskin hue unseen in photos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agamemnon
Aeschylus
Warvard Stadium
University
Warren Delano, Jr
Trarvard
Country Place
Barrytown-on the-Hudson
Athens
Norway
Bronx Zoo
Siberia
Westland ponies from Vestiland gain fame in America
Mr. Delano imports Westland stallions and mares in 1900 and now keeps twenty three offspring at Barrytown. The compact, zebra striped ponies stand thirteen to fifteen hands and are praised for gentleness and endurance. Some mares were sent to Cambridge for theater roles while chariots from clubs race later at the Stadium.
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Mr. Delano
Norway
Sweden
Barrytown
Henry O. Havemeyer
Cambridge
Porcellian
Alpha Delta Phi
Athens
B. C
Hudson
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Nomenon
souTt
Americk
Pole
Henry James
Coney Island
Henry
James
T. R. Ybarra
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