Peace Time Firepower Test Aimed at Destroying Armor
The article discusses a proposed book on peace time service in the army and navy and describes an experiment on the monitor Puritan. Ordinance engineer Willard S. Isham inverted a high explosive to prove a charge could breach side armor from outside. A 200 pound explosive was used against the Puritan’s stern area. Captain A. M. Knight led the test activity.
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War and Navy
Army
Navy
Willard S. Isham
Isham
Puritan
A. M. Knight
Special Ordnance Board
Captain Knight
Ordnance Board
Knight
Admiral Down
Cook
Panama
Taft
Washington
Havana
Cuba
New York City
Naval Academy
United States Army
Constitution
Jamestown
Commodore Perry
Japan
United States
Hampton Roads
Heroic Duty Amid Yellow Fever at Fort Jefferson
The 1875 Fort Jefferson garrison endured yellow fever with Lt Bell staying to aid the sick while Captain Langdon urged Vermont detachment. Bell died days later after drafting a letter praising the nurses and surgeons.
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Langdon
Fort Jefferson
Bell
University of Vermont
Vermont
Edmund B. Underwood
United States Navy
Underwood
Naval Academy
Cuba
Spain
America
Virginia Capes
Virginias
United States
Samoan Islands
Navy
Army
James E. Bell
United States Army
Tortugas
Department of the Gulf
Holly Springs
Miss
Ding
Miraculous signs at Kiltimagh convent stir Mayo locals
A Dublin dispatch reports extraordinary happenings at a Kiltimagh convent where a thirteen year old pupil shows stigmata like crosses and a crown of thorns along with a host emblem. Doctors and clergy examine the marks as a committee plans a formal inquiry while parishioners note the girl’s devout demeanor. A separate case in Granard involves an Australian fraudster posing as a healer extracting money and teeth from locals.
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Kiltimagh
County Mayo
Dublin
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Christ
I. H. Ss
Father O'Hara
Madden
Ireland
Granard
Thomas Kiernan
Historic court warning given in domestic dispute
A judge warned a man after he assaulted his wife, telling him to remove his coat and restate the accusation. The judge stated that if the man struck his wife again, the punishment would be doubled. The decision underscored the seriousness of domestic violence and the court's intent to deter further harm.
Portable reading box aids lecturers with light and power
Portable reading box with storage battery and electric light assists speakers in dim halls. Manuscript is a single pasted strip passed over rollers by a side handle. Box folds for transport and opens full front during use, top raised slightly for illumination.
Electric motorized pendant drill system transforms stone work
A novel electric powered drilling and carving setup by Foster & Hysler of Chicago uses a ceiling mounted motor with a pulley suspended counterweight and a flexible shaft. The tool reaches easily, height adjustable, and reduces air compressor needs and vibration compared with pneumatic drills.
Substitute for platinum in electric lamps developed
Dr. H J So University researchers claim a substitute platinum wire has been created for use in electric lamps. The new material aims to replace platinum wire, commonly used in lamp construction, in the large scale production noted at about 250 million lamps yearly with a value exceeding $500000.
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Dr. H. J ‘So University
Miners Adapt to Underground Telephone System Reach
The extension of long distance service reaches Denver and Chicago, allowing miners in Idaho Springs to converse with the surface and with Chicago from 2500 feet underground. Mines employ damp proof phones connected to surface lines, enabling calls amid drilling noise and subterranean rails serving over a hundred mines.
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Denver
Chicago
Rockies
Idaho Springs
Newhouse
Colorado
Rocky Mountains
Portable lamps resemble tape measures for handy light
A device named Wlexilyte, shown by Popular Electricity, looks like a tape measure in a leather case. It includes a 15 foot cord with an attachment plug and a winding crank, a central standard socket, and provides a self supported light with an enclosure for unused cord.
Striking Denver Sky Rocket Electrical Sign
A striking electrical sign in Denver imitates a sky rocket blasting to 150 feet then exploding into sparks. Over 1,000 lamps illuminate a string up a building to a roof framework to create the effect.
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Denver
Scientific American
Use of Precious Metals in Telephones Drives Platinum Use
The article notes the large scale use of precious metals in telephone equipment, highlighting that in one year a company consumes over a ton of platinum for such apparatus. It argues platinum's 30 percent higher cost than gold implies limited use unless justified by results.
Texas Farmer Tests Night Light Growth for Crops
A Texas farmer plans to light his fields with a network of tungsten lamps spaced 150 feet apart to stimulate vegetable growth. The lamps will be powered by a nearby plant and kept on all night, aiming to boost crop yields according to Scientific American.
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Texas
Scientific American
Electrification and Tech Advances Highlight Early 20th Century
The Hoosac tunnel is slated for electrification while a new meter records telephone usage. Liverpool proclaims itself the best lighted city in the United Kingdom. Germany tests glass telephone poles reinforced with wire. U.S. telegraph companies employ about 80,000 workers. The British Admiralty develops a wireless telegraphy system.
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Liverpool
Kingdom
Germany
Unioe
oThe
British Admiralty
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Titlinde Rohs
Carlyle
Foster & Hysler
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