Inventions and Experiments Highlight 19th Century Life
Popular Science notes from England and America describe a carpet sweeper driven by electricity, a versatile pocket measuring rule for braces and rafters, a new percolating coffee pot, high pressure tests on small tubes, a glowing bacterial lamp, an improved stock waterer, and fuel oil locomotives aimed at reducing fire risk. The items showcase innovation across cleaning, measuring tools, beverage prep, engineering, lighting, animal care, and energy use in transport and street maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Jones
Meridian Journal
Epworth Herald
Weather Stations Planned in India for Monsoon Kite Observations
Weather signals in India will establish monsoon observation stations using kites and kite balloons. The first site will be in the Himalayas at Sim at sea level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Himalayas
Sim
Mepie Cream Candy Recipe Fragment
A fragmentary recipe describes mixing brown sugar and milk with butter and vanilla. Instructions are jumbled, mentioning amply small spoonfuls and brief steps to heat and beat, leaving unclear quantities and sequence.
Flood control by reservoirs and dams urged for United States
Experts study U S water supply note floods in the West and urge use of dams reservoirs and cutoffs to hold back surpluses along the Missouri Ohio Red and Arkansas rivers. Plans include diverting Tennessee waters to the Mississippi and building storage near Cincinnati to reduce floods and reclaim arid lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
J. P. Thomacm
Royal Geographical Society of Australasia
Thomson
Generation Age
Mississippi
Red
Arkansas
Sahara
Missouri
Ohio
Tennessee
Mississipp
Cincinnati
Red River
Shreveport
India
Australia
Great Desert
West
Ohio River
Miesourt
Dr. J .Thomson
Queensland
Hood
New York Herald
Roree Lack
Idiosyncrasies of the Tiger in Training T
A historical piece explores why taming a tiger is extraordinarily difficult. It describes the dangers, the stealthy trainer animal dynamic, and the staged training methods using a wand, rawhide, and a chair as the tiger learns to yield to human control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iax
Catulp
Beant
Training the tiger at Central Park menagerie
A detailed account of methods used to tame a Siberian tiger and other big cats. The trainer battles the animal with a blacksnake whip and ammonia devices, gradually teaching restraint over weeks. The piece highlights risk, technique, and the lone trained Indian tiger at the city zoo run by Keeper Billy Snyder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceylon
India
Central Park Menaghes
Billy” Snyder
New York Commercial
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Popular Science
Feari Ago
England
Frank J. Farrell
London
Massachusetts
Academy of Befenves
Vienna
Molisch
Prague
John McGaw Woodbury
New York City
Hebes
Woodbury
Water Supply Department
Borough of
Manhattan
Atlan
Hind
Ste Andrew’s Golf
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