Hearing the heat the new electric thermometer device
Dr George C Whipple demonstrates an electrical instrument that lets a listener hear heat and cold through a telephone. A dial shows temperatures above and below zero while a coil in water, air, or a flame produces buzzing that fades as the correct temperature is reached. The device is used in cold storage warehouses and could alarm on heat in warships.
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Crossing Dashers Worst in Street Car Tales
A New Orleans Times-Democrat report quotes a tro ley car motorman lamenting crossing dashers. He describes undecided pedestrians who linger at corners until the car moves and then dash across just as it is starting, risking safety. The anecdote centers on a woman the driver calls the worst kind.
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Tax dodging in Italy shocks Rome readers
A Rome correspondent to the London Post notes Italy’s tax system burdens the unable to avoid payment as wealthier classes dodge taxes. He cites the new workmen accident law requiring employer disclosures, but Palermo firms fear audits will expose profits and raise income tax. Only a fraction of engines and workers are declared awaiting inspection.
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Airolo Landslide Crashes Toward Village
In Airolo Switzerland near St Goth ard tunnel a rockfall from Sasso Rosso crushed a hotel and houses but only three people died. Debris covered about a square mile and damage was estimated at 200000 dollars. Engineers moved in to undercut remaining overhanging rock to prevent further disaster.
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The Plague of the Business and a Courage Test
A narrative describes an experiment with a telephone coil and thermometer, noting buzzing changing with temperature and a diver’s dive that startled the observer. The speaker reflects on difficult habits and calls some men in the business a plague, mentioning a respectable middle-aged man who took chances.
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Employers Facing Prosecution for Nonconformity to Law
The report notes that employers who have not conformed to the law are being prosecuted. A fly is described as unusually tall, standing over six feet without shoes or stockings. The Paris Ice Company has proposed using some glaciers to provide ice for consumption due to a mild last winter that exhausted their other resources.
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