Sound lecture by Tyndall at Royal Institution teased waves
Professor Tyndall opened a series of sound lectures at the Royal Institution. He explained sound as mechanical wave motion and described experiments with air pumps, vacuum receivers, and gas density showing how elasticity and temperature affect sound speed. A striking demonstration projected light waves to mirror moving with a tuning fork, visually linking sound and light.
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Professor Tyndall
Royal Institution
Dr. Tyndall
Shoeburyness
Tyndall
Stokes
Scientific American
State Fair visitors welcomed with open house plan
Gen Shaffer letters detail Cedar Rapids accommodations during the fair. Hotels keep usual rates while private families offer boarding. Local committee to list available rooms and prices, with offices for strangers to be assigned quarters. Also notes the Bashaw colt Major Downing and other items from the fair’s preparation.
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Gen. Wilson
Iowa Z
Shaffer
Cedar Rapids
Homestead
John H. Bacon
Greene
Vinton
Mt. Vernon
Liberty
Avamosa
Marion
Dewitt
Linn
Benton
Cedar
Jones, Johnson
Leech
Hickory Grove Farm
Bacon
Major Downing
J. M. Shaffer
Fairfild
Iowa
Nellie Maylord's Midnight Train Escape
In a stormy November night Jack Everett drives the Ariel a fast escape train to protect Nellie Maylord from an arranged marriage. A daring rendezvous aboard the engine ends with Nellie choosing love over obligation while Maylord plots and Adams assists. Paris green sales rise as Potego bugs deter.
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Jim
Stoker
Jack
Jack Everett
Teantry
John Mayford
Adams
Maylord
Nellie Maylord
Miss Maylord
Nellie
Ariel
Charley Adams
Conpuctok Adams
Everett
Farna
Joun MayLorp
Charley
Joux Mayvorp
Nellie Mayford
California Women Described In Tribune Sketch
G A Townsend recounts California women as not handsome with anecdotes from San Francisco. A tale of a wealthy belle forced to elope and a Salt Lake telegram disbelief illustrate social eccentricities and a pigeon rescue on a telegraph line ends with a remark about humor.
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G. A. Townsend
California
Chicago Tribune
Adolphus
San Francisco
Europe
Salt Lake
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