Diverse global notes on science, culture and empire relations
A long digest covers telegraph use in Persia, Greek language continuity, water supply in Palestine churches, Greek insurance profits, university science assets, Egyptian church giving, Russian river water decline, Vienna expansion, cut flower longevity, American and European wealth per capita, and a range of European and Asian political and industrial curiosities.
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Persia
Scorcu
Chaucer
Palestine
Jordan
The
National
Egypt
Tobolsk
Tyumen
Spider Farm Reported at Chattanooga Bottling Works
Ernest Reyber of Enterprise bottling on Cowart street keeps 5,000 to 6,000 spiders in a large room to combat flies and cockroaches. The spiders nest in web-filled corners, hibernate in winter, and resume work in May to help protect syrups and sugars in the bottling operation. The spiders are described as tame and useful, with Reynber noting they do not bite him. Chattanooga Times reports the two-year trial as a practical utility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Caucasus
Poland
Europe
Americas
State Department
Washington
France
Martin Waldseemuller
America
Columbus
Alexander von Humboldt
Amerigo Vespucci
Sweden
Stockholm
Christiania
Oscar
Copenhagen
Sgo
George Cullom
United States
West Point
New York
Court of Appeals
Secretary of the Navy
United States Navy
Congress
Senate
McPherson
India
Chattanooga
Ernest Reyber
Cowart Street
Reyber
Chattanooga Times
His First Experience With the Telephone
John Smith, a clerk, fumbles with a new telephone at work. He shouts into the transmitter and hears his employer reply he is not deaf, prompting his complaint that telephones are frauds.
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John Smith
John
Smith
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Ink composition and permanence in archival writings
Most inks used today rely on organic matter with iron gall salts that degrade over time. Moisture and light decompose the iron salts, leaving faint iron oxide traces. Only carbon based inks like lampblack or Chinese ink offer lasting permanence on paper.
Gold Refining Process and Coin Making at the U S Mint
The article describes how gold bullion is refined at the United States Assay Office on Wall Street and turned into coins. It explains melting, silver removal with nitric acid, formation of ingots, alloying with copper for coinage, and the production of merchants bars valued at 999 fine gold. It notes profits from silver coinage and mint waste, citing annual sweepings value.
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Treasury
Washington
United States Assay Office
Wall Street
Philadelphia
New York Commercial Advertiser
Nocturnal Creatures and the Bat’s Human Kinship
A Cornhill Magazine excerpt explains bats as nocturnal insect hunters closely related to humans, sharing bone structure and classification within higher mammals. It notes diverse bat diets from bloodsucking vampire bats to fruit eaters and describes their nocturnal flight and roosting habits.
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South America
Pampas
Malay Archipelago
Milton
Belial
Cornhill Magazine
Scientific and Industrial Notes on Nature and Invention
A survey of natural wonders and early tech advances. The largest basking shark, flying insects with vast wingspans, and hair variations are noted alongside European tools. The piece mentions electric companies in Japan, automatic gas lighters, safety matches, and an invention for canal navigation using divergent electric lights to guide ships safely. It also covers beetle and insect uses, sugar conversion experiments, and observations from a state fair on fruit processing.
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Boos Carduf
Wales
Americas
Atlantic
New York
Artiel
Ing
Japan
Blie Electric
New England
Oopany
Hygiene of the Barber's Shop Draws Out Risks
Dr Blaschko outlines diseases potentially contracted in barber chairs from barber and instruments. Conditions include herpes tonsurans impetiginous eczema acne varioliformis syphilis tuberculosis and possibly cholera via contaminated napkins. He warns risks from napkins towels razors brushes sponges puffs combs and brushes plus typhoid from poor drainage during shampooing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Blaschko
Blaschko
Berlin
Saalfeld
Medi’cal Journal
Remarkable Autograph and Suit Amid Historic Georgetown Tales
A damaged record from Washington DC recounts a suit for damages and an autographed name trail. The text weaves 19th century figures through Georgetown memories including a Christmas hire, naval service, and encounters with notable personalities.
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Vigmna
Professor Umlauft
Deutsche Rundschau
Findbon
Olympic Range
Kentucky
Daniel Boone
Cnemnitz
Germany
Josefh Chamberlain
Gladstone
Duc-Tu
Cochin China
Great Britain
Calcutta
Ington
Washington Street
Johnsen
Johnson
Georgetown
Walter Smith
Pai
Capitol
Lafayette
Tneral Smith
Nicholson
Georget
George Law
Iain Herndon
Guy Eh
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