Preservation of hailstones by chemical immersion method
Boris Weinberg of the Technological Institute of Tomsk outlines a technique to preserve hailstones for extended study. He immerses stones in a benzol and toluol mixture matching hail density, enabling months of intact preservation and subsequent microscopic analysis with projections. He notes alternative substances like vaseline or castor oil as possible density-matched preserves.
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Boris Weinberg
Technological Institute of Tomsk
Sca
Herr Weinberg
Gem Handling Nippers Aid Tiny Watch Jewels
A German craftsman invents precision nippers for jewel handling in watchmaking. A tapered tube contains a plunger with three spring operated paws. Pushing the top knob extends a plunger causing jaws to engage a jewel, then releasing the spring grips it for inspection.
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Germany
Discovering New Germs With Glycerinated Potatoes
A Johns Hopkins lecture explains how doctors reveal new germs by planting diluted patient samples on gelatin or glycerinated potatoes. Dr M R Smirnow promotes glycerinated potatoes as superior germ traps, showing different bacilli like diphtheria and typhoid distinguishable on this medium.
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Byay Keene Hirschberg
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M. D
Johns Hopkins
Pacific Ocean
M. R. Smirnow
New Haven
Conn
Floating water walk device with collapsible hoops
A German inventor shows a patent water walking float worn on each foot. The device uses a hoop frame connected by hinged rods, collapsible for storage, with a ballast tank to stay upright and stability. Propellers power the action, enabling walking on water.
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Land
Discovery of Vulcan and the fate of Vulcani planet
The article recounts the 1859 discovery of Vulcani later denied as an impossibility. Leverrier as godfather allegedly calculated a 20 day solar orbit, but many observers never saw it. Professor Campbell cites recent eclipse observations as strong proof that such a planet cannot exist.
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Vulcan
Vulcani
Leverrier
Campbell
Inventions and Patents Span Household to Aviation
A survey of recent patents shows a wire loop to secure overshoes, folding screen panels to enclose beds against insects, a screw with a lengthwise slot to resist loosening, a combined parcel carrier and bicycle stand, jacks for lifting tires from pressure, ground-to-air rockets for aircraft destruction, a motor driven plow with removable engine, and French officers testing an armored geroplane with a mounted machine gun.
Lower Houses Ease Home Life and Costs
William A. Radford explains why six room square houses are popular and economical. The article argues low, two story designs save fuel, space, and furniture, with a 26 by 27 foot design shown. It notes cheaper materials yet higher labor costs and favors a low roof and screened porch for comfort.
Raise Apples for Home and Market
United States Department of Agriculture urges farmers to plant apple orchards in suitable districts. It details uses from table to cider and jellies, suggests site, soil, fertilization, planting, pruning, harvesting, and storage practices for home and commercial production.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Ancient South Carolina flora linked to now-extinct trees
Geologists describe Upper Cretaceous and Eocene plants once in South Carolina and Georgia. They include the equola or big tree now confined to the Pacific coast, three araucarias once widespread, and several cypress-like trees that are extinct today.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Pacific Coast
South America
Australia
World
Skeptical Judge Declines Self-Destruct Standards
In Shoreditch County Court Judge Cluer rejects a Jew's claim that fear of truth-telling would make his hands drop off. He notes such wishes have no effect and cautions against basing cases on superstition. The judge insists truth must be proven by evidence, not by threats.
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Shoreditch
Hug
Cluer
Theory and Practise: The Humane Congress Leaves Cat Starving
The Washington Post notes a paradox where theory and practise diverge as a family departs for a so called humane congress leaving a cat to starve in the cellar. The remark speaks to rhetoric versus action in domestic and public debates.
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Washington ‘Post
Time to Cut Sweet Clover For Hay
The article explains how the timing of sweet clover harvest depends on whether it is in the first or second year. First year yields one crop, cut just as crown sprouts appear, to withstand winter. In the second year two or three crops are possible with careful timing, cutting before blooming and again in the same pattern, with a final close to the ground to avoid woody stems.
Hog Cholera Spread Tied to Winter Frost
The piece notes hog cholera slows in cold frost but can’t halt an affected animal. Frost reduces rapid spread, yet spring brings a rebound in cases, rising through summer to fall.
Unprofitable Cows and the Question of Profitability
A reflective piece argues against selling cows to a butcher without fully examining herd profitability. It urges blunt honesty with the animal and questions the assumption that cows themselves are at fault for losses, emphasizing accountability and analysis of farm economics.
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