Thunderstorm recording apparatus described by Turpain
The Scientific American reports a device for observing and automatically recording atmospheric discharges during storms. It uses seven coherers of graduated sensitivity linked to an antenna, a Claude relay, and a rotating weight driven commutator. As discharges occur, sequential coherers are tested and deflections photographed on a moving plate, with decoherence and negative current checks to verify records. A Richard recorder timestamps each discharge event.
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A.,turpain
French Physical Society
Claude
Scientific American
Ice Cream Cutter Uses Cylindrical Multi Blade Design
A New Yorker devised an ice cream cutter to slice a brick into many small cakes in one operation. The device is a two wall cylindrical body with a central handle and a vertical opening opposite it. Blades with beveled edges extend through the opening and are held by thumb screws. All parts except the handle can be disassembled for easy cleaning.
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Philadelphia Record
New Sun Dial Promises Standard Time From Crehore Device
Albert Crehore of Yonkers patents a sun dial that indicates local mean time by a bronze cylinder and a shadow bead. The device adjusts for the sun’s apparent path, longitude, and the year, producing a constant time readout despite orbital changes. Other examples exist at Sir William Preece’s Carna von estate and universities in Ohio and at Northwestern.
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Albert Crehore
Yonkers
N. Y
Crehore
Sir William Preece
Carnavon
North Wales
University of Ohio
New Tree-Based Anesthetic Promises Local Numbing Power
Italian Dr Magnani reports a yohimbe derived alkaloid from West Africa trees as a superior anesthetic to cocaine and tropocaine for operations. The substance crystallizes in silky white needles and dissolves in alcohol, ether, and chloroform. Local anesthesia lasts about two hours when injected.
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West Africa
Magnani
Totem Poles and Haida Social Divisions
The Haida people are split into two groups, the Raven and the Eagle, with marriage restrictions across groups. Each group contains several families, many bearing names tied to localities and originally forming village communities, though now treated as broader lineages.
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Museum of Natural History
New York City
Simple Strength Tests For Wrists Hands And Figs
Simple strength tests compare forearm and wrist power among boys. Two competitors sit facing each other with forearms on a table and fingers joined. Each tries to turn the other’s hand while keeping the hand edge on the table, revealing grip and arm strength differences.
Fore Arm Muscle Test Described for Wrist Strength
The article outlines three wrist tests in a historic tone. Test 1 uses a full forearm position to gauge strength. Test 2 has backs of hands together and opponents try to bend the others wrist inward. Test 3, from the Chicago Inter Ocean, fixes fingers with only the index finger free and aims to force an opponent’s finger to shut into the palm.
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Chicago
Dick and Dorothy Mix Up Iodine and Dynamite
Dorothy goes to the drug store to buy iodine for a bruise. Dick follows and repeats a mistaken word arica. Dorothy misremembers and asks for an anchor instead of dynamite, leading to a quiet conclusion at home.
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Dorothy
Arica
New Balance Trick Balances Two Ways
A described amusement shows a balancing trick using a string two jack knives two long pencils and two pens with knife blades in pencil tips and a looped string attached to a doorframe nail. The balance is tuned by moving knife handles and pencil positions and can spin for a long time once set.
Winchell Jr Begins Railroad Career at Bottom
Benjamin L. Winchell Jr the son of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific president has joined a surveying gang as a rodman in the southwest to learn the railroad business from the ground up. He graduated from Yale that June and says merit, not pull, will determine his success.
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Benjamin L. Winchell, Jr
Chicago, Rock Inland & Pacific Railroad
Winchell
SkeMeld Scientific School
Yale University
Roosevelt
Art and Geography at the Exhibition
Two country ladies visit an art exhibit and study a terra cotta bas relief of a young Greek shepherd. They joke about Terra Cotta, mistaking it for a place. one quips that it would be dreadful if they execute harmless boys there.
Meridians Converge at Poles Puzzle
A humorous dialogue about meridians and navigation. A teacher notes all meridians meet at the poles while a student asks why singers cannot reach the North Pole.
The Squirrel Hunters Story Remembered From 1862
The Old Timer in the Chicago Inter Ocean recalls the 1862 Ohio movement of rifle-toting "Squirrel Hunters" who rushed to Cincinnati to defend against Kirby Smith's advance. Thousands of farmers and laborers aged 40 to 60 formed ad hoc units, earned governor certificates, and earned a place in local memory as wartime volunteers without formal military training.
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Chicago
Tod
Ohio
Cincinnati
Barbanks
Hine
Wounded Soldier's Nerve and the Surgeon’s Bold Act
A neck wound near the carotid artery bleeds as an army surgeon stops flow by pressing the hole. The soldier, calm and lucid, asks how long he can live. The doctor says his life ends when the finger is removed. The man writes his will and letter to his wife, then says let it go before the finger is lifted.
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Cleveland Plain Pealer
Huge Cannonball Sets Record at Krupp and Cronstadt
The largest cannon ball weighs 2,600 pounds, manufactured at Krupp works in Essen for the czar's government. The firing gun is the world’s biggest, located in Cronstadt fortifications, with a 12 mile range. Each shot is estimated to cost £300.
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Krupp Works
Essen
Cronstadt
Pension Tale of Generals and Bravery in Washington
A Brooklyn Eagle report recalls Corporal Tanner recounting how he processed a late pension claim for Mrs. Cooper, widow of Gen. Cooper. He narrates a meeting with Gen. Lee and Sen. Barbour, the claim’s filing dates, and a insistence that justice be done despite political sensitivities, culminating in a successful settlement in Richmond.
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Tanner
Lee
Virginia
Senator Barbour
Washington
Cooper
Gen. Cooper
Fitz
Topher
Gen. Lee
Bull
Gen. Black
Richmond
Brooklyn Eagle
Gift To Mrs Blackmar After National Encampment
A silver loving cup was presented to Mrs. Wilmon W. Blackmar widow of the late commander in chief immediately after the Denver national encampment. Since the founding of the G A R national staff has given the retiring commander in chief a jeweled badge of the organization as a token of esteem.
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Wilmon W. Blackmar
Denver
Staf
Presentation of a Silver Cup to Mrs Blackmar
Col John J McCardy led the charge as officers funded a substantial sum and bought a large silver cup with an inscription. The cup traveled to Denver for display at the G A R encampment then returned to Boston for presentation to Mrs Blackmar by the Massachusetts G A R department in a formal ceremony.
A Civil War Anecdote Of Courage And Quitting
In a Civil War encounter two soldiers faced at close range and fired in vain. Each thought himself at a disadvantage with no ammunition. One demanded surrender after a reload bluff. The captor replied with calm irony that another cartridge would have changed nothing.
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Mr. Ripley
Company F
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Totem
Plack
Squirrel Hunters
Corporal Tanner
Mrs. Blackmar
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