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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1912
Page
4
A French scientist named M. C. Janet explains in Cosmos why icebergs become more dangerous as they drift south from polar seas and melt. He notes that the massive ice mountains gradually shrink yet remain perilous in later stages, a topic of public interest after the Titanic disaster.
The article explains how icebergs melt to reveal knife like submerged ridges that can rip hulls. It notes the visible portion is about one eighth of the total volume and details how melting creates circular undersea gorges, shifting the center of gravity and making submerged parts extend beneath the surface.
Professor Rotch advocates grading by bone development rather than age to avoid injustice. X ray analysis of wrist bones shows growth stages up to age fifteen, revealing disparities among ten year olds.
The article explains that microbes can reach fresh eggs when shells are cracked or dirty. It warns housewives to avoid broken eggs as germs multiply in the egg white and that only whole shells kept intact are safe, since boiling kills microbes.
Two scientists Perrin of Paris and Millikan of Chicago have weighed atoms using Brownian motion and electron weighing. Their results yield atom and molecule weights matching prior determinations, reinforcing the ancient atomic theory with modern measurements.
A Chicago expert describes medicines redesigned as candy to disguise dosages. Gold fillings may spark electric currents from metallic drugs in chocolate or fondant, while quinine and phenacetine can be flavored to taste pleasant. The approach aims to ease administration for children and invalids, sparking debate over trust and taste.
W R Frost of Spokane outlines an electrical device to murder moths in Western orchards. A storage battery powers 6 candie lamps netted with steel as moths fly to light, complete circuit, and drop dead into a receptacle. One unit per acre could reduce spraying and equipment costs if central station service extends to orchard tracts.
The article explains that 400 million miles measures our end-of-year distance from the start, not mere orbital travel. It describes the sun’s velocity, earth’s spiral orbit, star motions, and the Sun’s apex moving about twelve miles per second, with Vega and 61 Cygni as reference points in a vast cosmic drift scenario.
A Kansas City festival parade inspired a night time moving picture effort. A platform twenty feet high with sixty arc lamps illuminated a street for a 100 foot span, enabling snapshots from private cameras during the procession.
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