Telltale Lights Aid Navigation of Ships
A National Geographic Society summary describes new distancefinding signals used by the U S lighthouse service to aid ships in fog. The system combines radio beacon signals with sonar-like sound to let mariners calculate their distance from light stations and reefs, improving safety along Atlantic Gulf coasts and the Great Lakes.
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National Geographic Society
Atlantic
Gulf Coasis
West Quoddy Head
Eastport
Maine
Mississippi River
United States Lighthouse Service
Cape Henry
Virginia
Poe Reef
Lake Huron
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Blunts Reef
California
Grays Harbor
Washington
Cape Mendocino
Greys Arbor
Pacific
Profanity Origins and Sacred Temples
A study traces profanity to Latin roots meaning before the temple. It describes profanity as unconsecrated behavior outside sacred enclosures and in speech or action. The piece links reverence, or lack thereof, to profane acts within sacred spaces and outlines the core motive behind profane conduct.
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Tempie
Hich
The Frougehold by Lydia Le Baron
Reader notes on plain sewing essentials from home tasks. It covers thread numbers for white cotton, stitching methods, mending stockings, and making book slip covers with leather or textiles. Guidance emphasizes economical, tidy covers and practical materials for everyday home sewing.
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House Hole
Relics Unearthed From Ancient Alaska Thule Culture
A joint National Geographic Society Smithsonian expedition near Cape Prince of Wales uncovered Eskimo armor weapons tools and ceremonial items dating back about a thousand years. The finds include harpoons arrows flexible shaft weapons and toys revealing Thule culture spread across Arctic North America and Greenland with connections to Birutik culture near Point Barrow.
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Washington, D. C
Alaska
North
National Geographic Society
Smithsonian Institution
Natonal Geographic Society
Thule Celtare
Post Suromer
Henry B. Collins
Smithsonian
James A. Ford
Louisiana State University
Harrison Prindle
Cape Prince Serneast
Arctic
North America
Greenland
Tom Aleska
Jenness
Neuséum
Canada
Hon
Point Barrow
Por Barrow
Proverb About Beauty Studied by Leipzig Science
A Leipzig science report examines an electrical beauty treatment that aims to improve appearance by penetrating below the skin through a mesh and skin electrodes. The procedure uses regulated current and claims rapid effects on facial skin, with tests conducted at a Leipzig facility.
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Science Leipzig
Germany
Scientife
Leipzig
Court rules 5 percent honesty reward in Glasgow
A Scottish police court valued honesty at five percent. Airs. I. Lynn found two twenty pound notes on a sidewalk and reported them. Miss Alexandra Cameron offered to pay 1 shilling per pound. Mrs. Lynn sought two shillings per pound. Miss Cameron's lawyer argued honesty should be its own reward. court ruled 5 percent adequate reward.
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Glasgow
Airs
I. Lynn
Alexandra Cameron
Lynn
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Miami Military Academy
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He Frougehold By
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Ulysses S. Grant
United States
Mt. Pleasant
Ohio
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Jessé Grant
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Georgetown
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