Entangled Love and Power in a Gilded Age Prospecting Tale
A foolish tenderfoot is drawn to the bold wife of a sunken prospector. Decades later multimillionaire George Gormly clashes with Gotham Traction and a political ascent. A dangerous web of desire, crime, and ambition unfolds amid a looming mayoral bid.
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Feonen
Rallrmud
Enty-Avva
George Gormiy
New York
Eleanor Haldane
Cos
Gormly
Pier Eck
Gotham Traction
Taren Te Ta Ba
Bend Mekbonu
Traction
Young Hullane
Connneron
Gotham Lon Company
Ixincengad
Lotarview
Ormly
Hal
Gormly Confronts Revelations in Gotham Election Plot
Miss Haldane learns her father heads the Gotham Freight company and Sachem Society while Gormly reveals a political scandal. Livingstone and Haldane face threats and alliances as the campaign nears, and Miss Stewart's evolving feelings add pressure to a tangled web of loyalties.
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Gercely
Old Haldane
Miastewart
Livingstone
Gotham Freight Traction Company
Sachem Society
Miss Stewart
Hero Gormly
Hanldane
Haldane
Gormly
Walt
Misa Haldane
Gotham Freight Company
Bachem Society
Miss Haldane
Gorm
Gormin
Hook
Craok
Wotan
Tru
White
Mr. Gormly
Gormiy
Gorsity
Misarah Dane
Du Quesne’s First Fight at Rouchet Monument Unveiled
A monument honors gallant Adrisray Du Quesne buried in Rouchet in 18$s and recounts his first night there. Son of a shipbuilder, age 17, he commanded a vessel, captured a Dutch ship, and forced surrender before a triumphal return through town. France and Volland were at peace.
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Adrisray du Quesne
Rouchet
Tore
Trumph
France
Volland
Peice
Electric blowers enhance church and concert organs
A Kinetic blower designed for organ blowing provides steady pressure for organ, church, and home use. Multiple fans on a single shaft add pressure, enclosed in a case, mounted on an I-beam base and belt or direct connected to an electric motor. It runs on DC or AC and requires minimal care beyond occasional refilling of cups.
Street lamp post carrier with central harp design
The arclamp carrier features a central harp allowing vertical hangs over the standard and a swing to the side for ground lowering during trimming and cleaning. A weather hood offers partial protection from rain and snow, as noted by Popular Mechanics.
Producing Silica Glass in Electric Turmace Method
London Glove reports a method to render quartz glass transparent by heating quartz to just below 600 degrees, shielding with fused silica at 2000 degrees to prevent air bubbles. The aim is to replace oxy hydrogen blowpipes in producing chemical apparatus grade silica glass.
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Point Hitlei
Electric lighting spreads through Poochow China
Electric lighting has begun amid opposition and now lights the yamen and principal streets of Poochow China with plans to extend to other streets and private homes as the city adopts electric illumination.
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China
Poochow
Yamen
Fans In Manholes In Oklahoma Heat
In Munkagee Oklahoma during a hot summer stretch workers at the telephone and telegraph company used electric fans inside manholes to stay cool while performing repairs and cable work.
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Munkagee
Okla
Telephone and Telegraph Company
Electric sewing machine seals coffee bags
An electric machine has been made to sew up the mouths of coffee bags. As the bags are filled, the stitches close the end and a knot fastens the thread.
Use of revolving fans raises bacterial content in air
A London hospital report notes revolving fans in public buildings greatly increase air bacteria. Drs. G and A Fildissier presented findings showing air samples from restaurants and rooms with fans after use contained up to 39 000 bacteria per cubic meter, sometimes doubling or quadrupling counts. The results warn ventilators may be dangerous to public health.
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France
Accoray
Hospital
London
Drs. 4. G
A. Fildissier
Gray
See interior of his shoe illuminate shoemaking device
The illustration depicts an electric light and mirror setup used by a shoemaker to inspect interiors. The device halves glare and aids precision in stitching and fitting.
Improved shoe inspection device with light mirror
A shoemaker's tool features a cab rag holding an electric light bulb inserted in the heat of a boot and a mirror on the casing before the light. The arrangement directs light below the mirror into the toe, allowing inspection of the shoe by looking into the mirror.
Vienna's Electric Fountain Lights Up Schwartzenbergplaza
The city of Vienna houses a remarkable electrically melted fountain in Schwartzenbergplaza. Beneath it lies a cemented chamber with twenty seven reflecting lamps capable of seventy luminous effects. The plant is estimated to produce the light power of 900 million candles.
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Vienna
Schwartzenbergplaza
Wireless telegraphy systems and early electrical notes
A compilation of historical tech notes discusses 18 wireless telegraphy systems, early telephone use in Denmark, a device to stamp and record letters, fiber additions to telegraph wires, and early power and electrical experiments. It covers power for US mills, Alps power potential, and early electric motor concepts for heating and renovation alongside methods to test battery polarity.
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Denmark
United States
Madrid
Switversant
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Ae Nueva
Synopsia
Mr. Haldane
Gorman
Eleanor
Hal Dene
Newapn
Hce
Exec
Shoemaker’s Electric
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