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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1916
Page
6
A compact aluminum device with seven sliding strips and a digit window performs addition subtraction and multiplication by aligning holes and digits through small openings. Operators register sums by inserting a stylus into holes, carry between columns, and read results in a bottom total row. The mechanism is robust, aluminum built, and designed for long life.
Dr Heulmann of the University of Berlin told the Astronomical Society of Germany that weather forecasting relies on ancient ideas. He traced forecasts to Claudius Ptolemy in 169 BC and described a three day cycle of cooling and warming based on layered air masses and vacuum dynamics. He urged redirecting money spent on forecasts toward bread for the poor.
In a strained household Captain Peebles faces financial ruin as grocers and furniture dealers threaten legal action over unpaid accounts. Mrs Peebles endures humiliation and uncertainty while Captain Peebles contemplates mortgage rescue via a loan offered by John Simms if his wife signs none.
A long reader piece blends verse about June by poets and notes on June weather. It cites Lowell and a second poet, plus local meteorological data from Armington, detailing average precipitation, record highs and lows, and number of clear versus cloudy days since 1871. It recounts battles and heroism aboard the Trumbull and casualties, including Chapman's ultimate sacrifice.
In a tense frontier tale Peebles bets on selling the schooner Mary Jane to cover a wheat trade. A volatile market and a dangerous debt spiral push him to the brink, as Comstock demands repayment and Peebles contemplates drastic actions before a broker offers a last chance at redemption.
Popular Mechanics reports a circular metal transmitter attachment with a spring diaphagm that magnifies the voice for the distant listener while keeping it clear and unintelligible to nearby bystanders. It blocks foreign sounds and reduces breath rebound by an air passage.
A历史-leaning report traces a rare single ship duel during the 1780s. The Trumbull, a 28 gun frigate from New London, engages a British ships with Captain James Nicholson in command. Gideon Chapman is highlighted for saving the flag in a tense exchange near New London.
A letter to the New York Times recalls how the phrase weasel words appeared in Stewart Chaplin's Century Magazine story The Stained Glass Folstical Platform. The line notes how the term was used to describe words that drain life from statements and mentions Roosevelt's reference in St Louis.
A description explains that the sonic shock from a bullet is followed by a rifle report. The text notes the crash results from air rushing to fill the vacuum behind the bullet, illustrating the sequence of ballistic sounds.
A detailed description explains the crack of a rifle as a vacuum forming behind the fast moving bullet, producing a high pitched crash while the rifle report trails behind. It notes speeds from 2000 to 3000 feet per second, ranges to 1000 yards, and the audible separation between bullet crash and rifle sound for trained marksmen.
Missouri representative Meeker, born in Indiana, once preached in a Vincennes church. A hot summer night, oil lamps lit the room as a full house gathered, but the audience soon drifted into soft snoring. He raised his voice, continued, yet the snoring persisted and disrupted the sermon.
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