Alchemy Reconsidered as Science Advances In 1920s
The article traces alchemy from ancient dreams to modern science, noting that transmutation remains impractical but scientists now show elements can change. It cites Rutherford and coworkers at McGill Montreal and Glasgow collaborations, with radium revealing interconnected chemical processes and energy-driven shifts, challenging old notions of matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University
Ernest Rutherford
Manchester University
England
Barnard
Mr. Rutherford
Rutherford
Frederica Seddy
Glasgow University
Sir William Ramsey
Seddy
McGill University
Montreal
Ramsey
Transmutation and Radium: A New Science Awakens
The article explains how elements once thought fixed show transmutation, radium’s radioactivity, and how these discoveries imply vast energy and future power to transform matter. It cites Becquerel, Curie, Soddy, and Ramsey, detailing experiments with thorium, uranium, and radium emanation, and envisions a future where science could reshape civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soddy
Welsbach
M. Henri Becquerel
Roentgen
Mme. Curie
American climber tours Salisbury spire in daring ascent
An American visitor to Salisbury, England, scaled the 404 foot spire of the cathedral during repair work and reached the cross, narrating a tense escape from empty air and an expert escape plan to descend safely. The feat echoes tales of Poe and reshapes local skepticism about deterred bravery.
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Ppa
Salisbury
Ingland
Papal Coat of Arms and Heraldic Traditions
This description covers the Papal escutcheon as oval with a tiara and St. Peter's keys in saltire, notes on papal use of family arms, Benedictine and Franciscan impalings, and the Pope’s adoption of Treviso bishops and Venice Patriarchate arms. It details the tiara's three crowns, the triple crown symbolism, the keys' colors and orientation, and the Venice based Lion of Saint Mark in Pius X arms, ending with the blazon and heraldic history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treviso
Venice
Benedictine XII
St. Peter
Heaven
Army
Pius X
New Russian Cavalry Mount in Sketch Feature
A proposed new cavalry animal described as a cross between the Mongolian pony and the zebra, approved by the Russian War Office for the Russian stud farm in the Crimea. The Sketch notes the breeding program and aims to supply mounts for Asiatic cavalry regiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russian War Office
Crimea Ments
Great feats and a Coney Island scandal in baseball lore
A montage recalls Jack Dunn the Brooklyn pitcher who became Baltimore owner after breaking up a Coney Island entertainment fad in 1898. The tale includes Jack Ryan and Frank Houseman recalling McGraw’s eloquent language, Dunn’s unique influence, and a vivid Bowery scene around a booth labeled DOWN ON DOGS revealing crowds and slang of the era.
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Ugs Raymond
New York Giants
Frank Houseman
St. Louis
John McGraw
John
Jack Dunn
Brooklyn
Dunn
Baltimore
Coney Island
Bowery
Jack Ryan
Boston
Pittsburg
Washington Park
Ryan
Massachusetts
Nassau
The Value of Hobbies
Dr James M Keniston a Middletown Conn physician urges hobbies even small ones like collecting cigarette pictures to keep the mind in good condition for work or recreation He warns mountain fatigue and says part of each day should be free from intellectual toil A professor who raise chickens for an hour or two daily may do better in class than one without a hobby
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Dunn
Boston
Mistah Schley
Ryan
Tony
Schley
Jack
Biff
Bowery
Transler
Annother
Nassau Terminal
Thompson's Walk
General Weyler
Weyler
Iron Pier
Thompson
Atendant
Amos Proosie
Toronto
Dodgers
New York American
James M. Keniston
State Hospital For the Insane
Middletown
Conn
Beliefs of Old Geographers and the Northwest Passage
A historical reflection traces early geographers Belief in westward routes from the Missouri to the Pacific, the Northwest Passage dream, and the misread rivers and lands. It highlights Marquette La Salle Coronado and Jefferson Benton, and the shift from mapmakers to statesmen in shaping western exploration.
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Sansas City
J Sissippi
Louisiana
Provence
Father Henmben
Louis
Mississippi River
Kansas River
Chicago
Kansas City
Mulkey
Great American Desert
New England
Daniel Webster
Benton
trans-Mississippi
Webster
Independence
Columbia River
Pacific Coast
Boston
Pacific Ocean
Senate
St. Louis
San Francisco
Great West
Mississippi
Missouri
Bay of
Jefferson
Napoleon
Allegheny Mountains
Lenin and Clark
Fremont and
Gilpinard Bridger
Jefferson and
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Paris
New York Times
Aerive
Prof
Earth
Miam Ramsey
Space
Ecclesiastical Herald
Baltimore American
Montgomery Advertiser
Squire Jabez Mellon
Henry County
Dewey
Manilly
Mickel
Manchuria
Martin Frobisher
Queen Elizabeth
North End
America
Northwest Passage
Northwest
Louis de Baude
Comte de Frontenac
Canada
Louis XIV
Joliet
Father Marquette
Gulf of Mexico
Frontenac
Gulf of California
Missouri River
Marquette
California
la Salle
France
Missour River
South Sea
Gabriel Mausest
Kaskaskia
Pek--tan-oni River
Mexico
Coronado
de Soto
Elian- Sas City
Matthew Seutter
John Baptist Hamann
Nuremburg
Germany
North America
Jefferson Brumbach
Frank Brumbach
Rrohlyt
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