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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1914
Page
32
A hunting-case style watch designed for the sightless features raised dots and dashes on the dial. The finger-friendly hands move without damage to the works, and the crystal is absent, with the cover opening by pressure to expose the face for tactile time reading.
The naval tug Potomac, damaged and abandoned with 36 aboard after being surrounded by heavy ice off Newfoundland, has reached Brooklyn Navy Yard for drydock repairs. Nova Scotian salvors helped recover her. 25 crew carried on to railroads and back to the U S. The captain, Michael J Wilkinson, remains in hospital awaiting a Board of Inquiry.
A New York Telegraph excerpt discusses a Mannheim terrier named Rolf, aged five, showing advanced learning and spelling by tapping the left paw to spell letters. Dr Gruber and Munich experts supervised tests in 1923, noting memory, description of images, and consistent correct answers under careful observation by a reputable owner.
A German scientific report details 7 to 8 year old Rolf learning with animals under Herr Krall. It describes Rolf’s responses to books and images, his feelings on animal education, and subsequent experiments with Daisy the cat and Jela the terrier. A German Animal Psychology society forms amid growing interest in cross species communication.
In a quirky Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tale inspired by a Greenville County teen, Terry Dill raises a 308 pound pig at low cost and keeps meticulous notes on its care. The boy’s routine and daily manicuring showcase a cost efficient, disciplined approach and a humorous nod to respected ideas on animal gentility.
Aboard the Nisero, 24 British crew endured five months of captivity after Achinese pirates seized the ship near Sumatra. They were kept in jungle camps, tortured by burning, and deprived of food before Dutch soldiers and 12,000 guilders secured their release and return to England.
A fragmentary technical note outlines parts of a gyropter machine with labeled components such as wing hub fans and a fixed aviator seat. It mentions a pulley system initiating motion from the aviator seat and a lens-shaped cushion float, with air exits driving the whirling mechanism. The text is terse and focuses on the machine’s structural elements and basic operation.
The gyroopter, a novel flying machine by A Papin and D Rouilly, is tested in France. A long boomerang shaped craft uses a nine cylinder rotary motor and a unique gyroscopic system to lift and stabilize, with pilot seated centrally and balance maintained by counterweights.
The article traces fingerprint history from ancient identification practices to modern law enforcement, noting the unique ridges that distinguish individuals. It mentions pioneers like J. E. Parkinje and Sir Francis Galton, basic types arch, whorl, loop and composite, and the shift to centralized records in civil service exams. It cites Penelope, Ulysses, and Enoch Arden in illustrating historical uses of footprints and personal recognition. It also discusses heredity of print patterns and a future where every child’s prints are recorded at birth.
The piece explains knot as nautical mile per hour based on 6,080 feet, compares statute mile 5,280 feet, and notes latitude dependent length. It defines the nautical mile as a minute of latitude, United States sea mile as 6,092.66 feet, and ten cables equal one knot. It also traces the origin of the term knot to log line measurements.
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