Breeding Up Corn For Higher Yields Through Seed Choice
A long essay argues that government corn yield figures averaging thirty bushels per acre reflect reality despite many higher yields. It advocates seed selection and deliberate breeding, detailing a two ear stalk experiment and the need for careful tagging, testing, and keeping up with tools and education to push yields beyond the current average. It stresses the farmer’s role, discipline, and precise records in achieving better crops.
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Department of Agriculture
Federal Department of Agriculture
Agriculturale Colleges
Ionic therapy for skin diseases gains use at St Bartholomew’s
London Daily Mail reports a new ionic treatment for skin conditions. Since 1903 Professor Le Duc introduced the method in Paris and it is now used at St Bartholomew’s hospital. The process passes current through the diseased tissue with a zinc ion solution. rodent ulcer responding best. A lint pad with zinc sulphate sits over the ulcer and a zinc electrode completes the circuit. Treatments last ten to fifteen minutes and may be cocainised for pain relief if needed.
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St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
London Daily Mail
Leduc
Paris
Lewis Jones
Improvement on Telephone Attachment for Party Line Interference
A. Schlosser of Dodge Nebraska invents a detector for telephone attachments to detect unauthorized party line listening. The Scientific American notes the device aims to be simpler and more effective than prior detectors.
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A. Schlosser
Dodge, Neb
The
Scientific American
Electrification Plans Expand in Sweden Rail Network
Sweden prepares to electrify main trunk lines from Stockholm to Malmo and to Gothenburg after completing Kiruna to Riksgransen. Project costs total about 30 million dollars for lines plus 20 million for transmission and locomotives and 10 million for a new generating station.
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Kiruna
Riksgransen
Stockholm
Malmo
Gothenburg
Electric transport and tech headlines from the era
The era reports Smyrna to build an electric street railway Berlin tests small electric cars for mail delivery and a German scientist patents a permanent hair curling device Paris underground railways carry over 400 million yearly passengers England designs electric shipboard heaters US exports electrical machinery worth over 23 million dollars in a year Cedar trees take over a century to yield an 80 foot telephone pole Juan Fernandez Island to host a wireless station Copenhagen forms a company to clean and disinfect telephones
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Smyrna
Berlin
Paris
England
United States
Juan Fernandez
Robinson Crusoe
Copenhagen
Tires Vulcanized On. Portable electric vulcanizer unit
A portable electrical vulcanizing outfit for inner tubes and outer casings is offered, enabling repairs using electric heat. The system includes a vulcanizer, 15 feet of wiring, a rheostat on a clamping board, two canvas straps, and a thermometer, with plates for flat and concave use.
Emergency Electric Lighting System On Lake Steamer
The lake steamer now uses an emergency lighting setup powered by a storage battery on an upper deck. Batteries charge during the day when main lights are off, improving exit visibility after collisions. Similar battery systems are reported in European theaters and a Chicago theater. The change follows lessons from the Iroquois disaster years ago.
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Europe
Chicago
New India electric light fitting promises eye friendly brightness
A new India electric light fitting uses a designed upper reflector and a lower stepped distributor to distribute light without glare. The upper reflector can be opal glass or aluminium to focus light below. The lower plate combines clear and frosted glass so most light reflects through clear rings while the light source remains unseen.
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India
London electrician vents safe unlocked by tuning fork
A London electrician has devised a safe operated by a tuning fork. The instrument’s vibrations cause a wire inside the safe to vibrate in harmony, triggering the mechanism electrically to open the lock.
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London
Prize for Gasoline Substitute Awarded by Auto Clubs
An international association of automobile clubs has raised a prize to 100000 dollars for the best gasoline substitute. The substitute must be widely available in large quantities and not subject to monopolization.
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International Association of Automobile Clubs
Telephones for Mines Invented With Mouth-Outside Transmit
A new telephone design transmits conversation from outside the throat suitable for miners wearing oxygen helmets in rescue work. The device allows speech without covering the mouth, enabling clearer communication in hazardous environments.
English electric heater with parabolic mirror directs heat to floor
An English designed electric room heater uses a movable parabolic mirror above the lamp to throw warmed air directly toward the floor. This arrangement concentrates heat downward for efficient room warming.
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England
Largest Chandellera Chandelier Display Shines in Atlanta
The largest four gas chandeliers ever built have been installed in an Atlanta auditorium, each producing 10,680 candle power from fifteen lamps, delivering immense illumination for the space.
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Atlanta
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Zach
Bashel
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