Night in the Indian palace ends in confrontations
Norwood climbs the wall to confront Rundhia and meets Lynn Harding on the palace veranda. Arguments flare over a letter and a diamond packet as Norwood races to warn and protect Lynn while Rundhia plots revenge with O’Leary and a Bengali doctor. The poisoned plot deepens as Norwood prepares to crash the Maharajah’s schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwood
O’leary
Rundhia
Lynn
Maharanee
Palace
Mrs. Harding
Aunty Harding
Captain Norwood
Government Scientists Record Speed of Bird Flight
Government scientists compile a speed record of birds noting the California duck hawk at 175 to 180 miles per hour as the swiftest. Ordinary flight ranges 20 to 40 mph. eagles show far slower speeds with a few trustworthy eagle records at 30 and 60 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
California
Department of Agriculture
Smithsonian facts and Bowie knife origin tale in one piece
The article recounts James Smithson funding the Smithsonian in Washington and his English origins with a note on his will. It shifts to Colonel James Bowie and the Bowie knife, detailing its rise in popularity and death at the Alamo, then to Alessandro Volta and the birth of the electrical cell through stacked discs and moist cloth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwood
Lynn
Rundhia
Captain Norwood
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
James Smithson
Elizabeth Keate Macie
Hugh Smithson
James Lewis Macie
Royal Society
Duke of Northumberland
Lord Percy
England
Genoa
Italy
United States of America
O'Ctonaries
Jim Bowie
James Bowie
Tennessee
Bowie
Men of the Times
Col
Alesandro Volta
Union
Shadowed chase at the palace Residency scene
O'Leary recalls a loud hit and Stoddart's order as a sweeper pursues an urgent message from Mrs Harding at the guesthouse. Norwood instructs to contact the Resident directly and to relay the telephone standby instruction, while noting no new developments at the palace and the quiet around the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’leary
Delhi
Stoddart
Colors in Artificial Light
The article notes that ordinary artificial light contains more red orange and yellow rays than sunlight, altering color perception and potentially affecting visual tasks. It highlights the spectral differences between artificial sources and natural daylight and implies practical implications for lighting design and viewing of colored objects.
Uncle Phil Says and the Cost of Credit
The piece muses on credit names and happiness, noting Ph D readers versus Ph before creditors. It asserts time heals slowly and that policy mask hides a harsher truth. It recalls postwar toil, rail splitting, plowmen, canal labor, economy as a friend, and questions a home with no private room.
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Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York
Tern No
H. W. Beecher
Rik
Bulwer-Lytton
Washington Irving
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
WNU
Dean’s
Doans
Talbot Mundy
Lynn Harding
Harding
Lahore
Bundhia
Alesandro Volia
BABY
Chick CO
St. Louie
Ostetter
Phil
Earth
Sunny Jim
Rae Potas
Gaivklyn
Propertius
Ex-Lax
Moody
Easant
National Remedy Co
West 42Nd Street
N.Y. C
Dept
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