Skyscraper Edge Risks and Fateful Crane Work
A first person account details the peril of steelworkers building a giant structure. A faulty signal and near misses expose the constant danger from derricks and falling girders as crews labor high above the city. The piece laments lack of public recognition for workers and notes the fatal potential of each ascent.
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Turning bones into bronze and other oddities
An 1890s study claims copper can be injected into humans via electrified electrodes to gradually turn bones bronze and skin bronze colored. Brittany marriage customs use red and yellow bordered garments to signal dowries. Maine’s largest tree was felled, a giant trunk with 24 feet circumference and 7 feet 3 inches diameter.
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Artificial Diamonds Grow Bigger Through Furnace Experiments
A historical report explains progress in creating diamonds from carbon without mining. Early efforts by Marsden and Moissan yielded tiny crystals, while de Boisme shows larger, cleavable diamonds using extended electric furnace treatment, marking a step toward bigger synthetic gems.
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Marsden
Moissan
de Boismes
de Bebme
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