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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1914
Page
6
A collection of short items covers topics from fire departments and saloon counts to rail tech in Egypt and Dutch cooperatives. Reports mention crime rates in New York, fashion and furniture trends, and the growth of American industry share, plus scientific and colonial notes on birds, lamps, and palm oil production with early X-ray style engineering remarks.
Edison, famed for knowledge of instruments, explains he once believed great violinists could place notes precisely. He now says they guess finger positions with confidence, then adjust as the bow begins, causing some notes to start falsely according to a Popular Magazine excerpt. A second piece tells of a widowed clergyman who marries a widow with six children.
The article explains that smoke from a steam plant carries away energy, reducing efficiency. It estimates that out of ten dollars spent on coal six fifty is lost in the chimney, with electricity showing only small usable energy. It cites a five percent lamp efficiency and large losses in transmission, using a New York World quote.
The London Chronicle reports that the Corinth canal project dates back to 00 B C with Perlander hiring Egyptian surveyors. Nero started work at the site but abandoned it, and the idea remained under consideration for eighteen more centuries.
A garbled collage of humorous quotes from various papers. Mentions Liberty statue in New York and a retarding steamer. Contains stray lines about happiness abroad dress and streetcar manners with scattered attributions to Baltimore American and New York Times.
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