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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1916
Page
26
A former scientist notes a future era where chemistry could synthesize most substances from basic elements. He cites predictions by E S Crow on chemists creating dyes, fuels, and drugs, including anesthetics and analgesics, raising questions about safety and societal impact.
The article explains how apples ripen and how storage methods slow aging. It discusses chemical changes in different varieties, how temperature affects ripening, and the role of enzymes in turning starches into sugars. It notes infection absence causes water uptake and shriveling, and highlights research linking biochemistry to fruit preservation.
Sunflowers grown in central Russia yield a valuable pith from the stalks. The refined pith boasts buoyancy suitable for cork, life-saving devices, and buoyant wares. It serves as a substitute for other materials in making fabrics and covers diverse industrial uses.
War drives drug farmers to expand cultivation of belladonna, foxglove, benbane, and other herbs. Researchers push standardization of digitalis and alkaloids while noting synthetic drugs’ advantage in exact composition.
A newly developed process uses handmade Japanese tissue with a rapid silver emulsion for contact printing. The technique produces high fidelity images with rich surface tone, suitable for transparencies and decorative mounts, and papers recoverable after wet or crumpled handling.
The article surveys the camel’s reputation, noting universal disdain yet practical use as a beast of burden. It discusses temperament across species, brain size relation to educability, and traces camel origins from India through Arabia, distinguishing dromedary and Bactrian types and their wild and domestic lineages.
Observatory work at Mt Wilson with a 60 inch telescope documents infrared and ultraviolet images of Saturn. Prof Wood reports UV absorption features may indicate a belt and polar cap, while brighter violet bands expose Saturn’s equator and a possible atmospheric haze.
A damaged OCR passage discusses an inch of rain and its enormous weight if spread over large areas. It mentions one acre receiving over 600 barrels of water and estimates about 419 tons per inch per acre, then scales to 1000 acres and hundreds of billions of tons for widespread storms.
Investigators debunk theories that animal magnetism or bodily temperature cause watches to fail. Instead, studies show that different rhythms of movement affect accuracy. A wall clock adjusted by its owner reportedly varies no more than a fraction of a second daily, gaining about a quarter of a minute in 24 hours when hung on a bedpost.
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