Early Steam and Gasoline Carriages Traced From The Seventeenth Century
The piece notes Ferdinand Verbiest's 17th century steam car and Siegfried Marcus's mid-19th century gasoline prototype as early ancestors of modern autos. Marcus reportedly sent a car to the United States around 1875, with another preserved in Vienna's Technisches Museum. Verbiest, a Jesuit missionary, documented his device in a 1668 book later published as Astronomia Europaea in 1687.
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L. L. Thwing
Technology Review
Ferdinand Verbiest
Siegfried Marcus
United States
Technisches Museum
Vienna
Verbiest
China
Astronomia Europaea
Diary Keeping Reveals Personality Types Warns Psychologists
Psychologists say diary habits reflect inner traits from mood and trust to loneliness and vanity. They note variations from the moody, to the suspicious diarist, to lovers and neurotics, comparing some to Darwin who used diaries to refresh memory and record labor.
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Charles Darwin
Merchants urged city wide planning to restore public support
Retailers from 27 states at a Chicago forum urged moving beyond store shelves to revitalize city cores. They advocate zoning reforms and blight redevelopment to attract families with good incomes. Also noted are Hollywood style depictions and a Natural History article on a Chinese warlord. A Cosmic Ray meter reconditioned by Dr. Arthur Compton returned to the University of Washington after 18 months at sea.
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American Retail Federation Forum
Chicago
Miles L. Co Jean
Twentieth Century Fund
Colean
University of Washington
Arthur H. Compton
Northland
Pacific Ocean
Compton
War Dept Orders Boston to Keep Drawbridges Open at Night
The War Department requires Boston to maintain nighttime drawbridge service on three Fort Point channel bridges at a cost of 2200 dollars per boat. In eight months of 1939 only five vessels passed during those hours, with payrolls totaling 11368 dollars, despite the city’s petition to close bridges from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
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War Department
Boston
Fort Point Channel
Local Social News From Hammond District
Mrs. Mary Zahn called on Mrs. Pearl Gilbert Monday Andrew Girbach visited the E M Gilbert home Sunday Mr and Mrs Clarke Gordon and son spent Saturday in Detroit Mrs Mabel Needham stayed Thursday night with Mrs Anna Clark Mrs Glen Gordon visiting her mother in Detroit Mrs Robert Hammond attended a Lima Ohio reunion Sunday Miss Shirley O Brien of Detroit spent the past week with the Gordons Mr and Mrs Walter Gordon spent weekend in Detroit with the Sanders family Mr and Mrs Morre Baker and children of Muskegon visited with the Walders over Sunday Mrs Ernest Girbach entertained several couples Saturday evening for her husband s birthday anniversary Mr and Mrs Ernest Needham of Milan and Mr and Mrs Harold Spavin of Detroit were Sunday guests in the Miller Needham home Sunday callers for Mr and Mrs Ralph Hammond were Mr and Mrs Lawrence Blum and Mrs Brayton and Mrs Minnie Hammond and family Mr and Mrs Sneary and Mrs James Shore and baby of Tipton and Mr and Mrs Edd Sneary and son spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Walter Sneary Mrs Fern Schopp and daughter Ruth of Cleveland Ohio visited Friday to Monday with her sister and family Mr and Mrs ExM Gilbert Mr and Mrs A C Miller and sons and Mrs Mabel Needham spent Thursday with the Harolds Spavin Gerald Miller remained until Sunday
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Mary Zahn
Pearl Gilbert
Andrew Girbach
E. M. Gilbert
Clarke Gordon and
Detroit
Mabel Needham
Anna Clark
Glen Gordon
Robert Hammond
Lima
Ohio
Shirley O’brien
Walter Gordon
W.E. Sanders
Morre Baker
Muskegon
Wailer’ Gordon
Ernest Girbach
Ernest Needham
Milan
Harold Spavin
Miller-Needham Ome
Ralph, Hammond
Lawrence Blum
Brayton
Minnie Hammond
Sneary
James Shore
Tipton
Edd Sneary
Walter Sneary
Fern Schopp
Ruth
Cleveland
E.xm. Gilbert
A. C. Miller and Sons
Gerald Miller
C. O. Baily
Romeo
Jerome Travis
New Sidney
S. B. Erb
Brooklyn
Clara Hendershot
Inez Halpin
Flint
E. W. Payne
Florence Carven
Ann Arbor
Carroll ‘Kutler
Allen Wise
Elmer Case
Fayette, C
Herbert Ayers
Clare Rhoades
Salbnder Rodriguez
Otto Graf
Ralph Camburn
Ypsilanti
Clare Camburn
Roy Heilman
West Unity
Minnie Keener
Earl Tank
Dearborn
Lilbern Burleson
Clare Gillespie
Frank Gillespie
Max McPhail
Monroe
Sumner McColum
Gertrude McCollum
Labor Day
Caro
Fairgrove
Everett Stevens
Charles Bigelow
Charles William
Tiffin, O
Delmer Bruder
Cherry Hill
Bert Bruder
Toledo
Adrian Band
Guy Collins
Will Collins
John Crittenden
Paul Sorensen
Sorensen
Jean Crittenden
Richart Sisters
Ethel Coller
San Francisco
Calif
Ruth Ross
Decker
Gladys Hicks
DeFord
William Coller
Snover
Olga Mohrhardt
Benton Church
Hanebere
Macon
Local social notes from Macon and nearby towns
Macon and area residents host and visit relatives over a weekend Labor Day period. Mrs. C. O. Baily and other guests travel between Romeo New Sidney and Ann Arbor. Weddings and family events include Olga Mohrhardt and Otto Graf marrying in Macon with a future home with Graf’s mother.
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Central Dead Stock CO
Lodi Hatchery
Bernard Kayda
Saline
Ann Arbor Rd
Pleasant Lake Rd
Oscar Myers
A. E. Hagen & Son
Michigan
T. B
Pullorum
A. B. Hagen
Saline Hatchery
Hollywood
Natural History
The
American Museum
Quentin Roosevelt
Hammond District
Hapless
Gruane
Sue
Earl C. Michener
Congress
John L. Osborn
Washtenaw County
Jacob B. Andres
American Legion
John EL. Osborn
Arh
Uae
Chevrolet
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