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Science Notes: Lamps, Extinguishers, and Rails
Science notes describe Detroit factory use of 1500 60 watt lamps and 18 daily renewals over 76 days, a tap to fuse broken filaments, and a carbon tetrachloride extinguisher for electrical fires. It also reports Chicago locomotive smoke sources, mammoth ship whistles for the Olympic, and a Montauk terminal plan for a trans Atlantic steamship link.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Montauk
Long Island Railroad
Montauk Point
Long Island
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Manhattan Island