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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1913
Page
1
The article explains that mother-of-pearl colors arise from surface ridges acting as a diffraction grating. It compares light waves canceling in opposite phases to waves on the seashore, noting that color results from光 interference rather than pigment. It cites Rowland’s precision engraving of 20,000 lines per inch and mentions shot silk sharing the same phenomenon.
A University of Illinois electrical exhibition showed eggs fried in a pan set on cracked ice with no wires involved. The test fried eggs evenly, though it took longer than traditional stoves, illustrating a peculiar simple principle of electricity at work.
A description explains an egg frying illusion using an electromagnet hidden under a table. A horseshoe magnet with coils creates attraction and heat via eddy currents when alternating current passes, while ice and a board mask the effect. The setup relies on electricity to pull iron objects and heat the pan while hiding the mechanism.
A humorous domestic note urges husbands to keep their wives comfortable by gently buttoning waists rather than using force. It extols gratitude for wives with waists and buttons, jokes about lack of waists and buttoned outfits, and pokes fun at men without suitable attire to button.
The British Weekly records John Bright’s sharp wit in private life. A gentleman asks to return in fifty years to see England’s changes, and Bright replies that if the man doesn’t mend his ways he may welcome any excuse to come back.
Garrett P. Serviss explains the wireless as a true speaking voice, its etheric waves carried through space and decoded by resonators. He compares electric waves to vocal sounds, outlines the oscillator as mouth and the resonator as ear, and notes the vast reach and universality of wireless communication beyond wired telegraphy.
A reflective note traces how even minor actions ripple outward, shaping choices and outcomes in unseen ways. The author suggests small deeds bear long echoes, affecting people and events beyond immediate perception.
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