Attachment for tombstones displays photographs and memorial cards
A novel English device attaches photographs to tombstones and vaults and includes a glass-front card box, double vases for flowers, and a top hook for hanging. The piece aims to soften stark stones with living details while providing weather-protected card storage. Also described are weighing scales built for large bullion by the Bombay mint, featuring a six-foot beam and heavy copper pans, showing high sensitivity.
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England
Bombay
Lightning rods as safeguards and limits discussed
The London Institution debated lightning protection, concluding a well designed earth-connected rod greatly reduces risk under steady or approaching lightning. A rash act or extreme strike may still defeat the rod, and higher rods can attract discharges that would not occur otherwise. It notes rods are not foolproof and old electricians overstated their certainty.
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London Institution
United States Railways and Industrial Advances in 1890
The Inter-State Commission notes 704 745 direct railway workers in the US, averaging 459 per 100 miles, versus 1 748 per 100 miles in English railways. It highlights 5 823 deaths and 26 309 injuries from railway accidents, urging immediate safety legislation. Other items cover iron extraction from sea sand, improved linen cuff production, a barothermotelemeter for remote weather readings, and steam powered dredging crabs in California.
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United States
Inter-State Commission
Ingenious field telegraph on bicycles aids troop movement
An English judge unveils a field telegraph using double insulated wire on bicycle backbones and six poles over handlebars to lay lines. The system coils and uncoils rapidly, allows removal of bobbins, and enables soldiers to carry wires and devices to avoid capture.
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