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Some Curious Items from old Scientific American newspapers
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From Science Notes - Scientific American - April 11, 1896
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In notes presented before the Paris Academy of Sciences, L. B. Gustave le
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Bon claims that he has proved by photographic effects that ordinary lamp
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light and gas light are transmitted through opaque bodies, and states that
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the body might be a sheet of copper one-thirtieth of an inch in thickness.
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His experiments have been questioned, says Science, by M. Niewenglowski,
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who states that he has obtained the same effects in complete darkness, and
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attributes them to luminous energy stored up in the plates.
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Vangard Note
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The late Jerry Gallimore did extensive experiments to determine if
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quartz crystals really did emit or re-emit energy that could be visually
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detected.
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The first photos were stills until Jerry figured out a way to take the
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pictures using 16mm film. Visual phenomena was recorded with a light-
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tight pinhole box camera. Jerry figured that the energy must have a
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high component of UV and since he could not afford quartz lenses (which
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transmit UV), he simply used a pinhole camera.
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The pinhole camera focus was done with the crystal being placed in a
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fixed position and the focal plane adjusted for the sharpest image using
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regular light. Once that was done, he would seal the unit and proceed
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with the tests in total darkness.
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The initial tests using stills would take about 24 hours of continuous
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exposure to a single 135 film frame. This is simple to do by setting
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your exposure to Base. The pictures clearly showed a light radiating
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from all areas of the crystal being photographed.
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As the experiments progressed, Jerry tried various film types and ASA
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ratings to see which had the best sensitivity and thus required the
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shortest exposure times with the highest resolution image.
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Jerry found that he could place a coil of wire around a crystal and
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excite it with 60 cycle line current and the wire would glow like a
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fluorescent tube when photographed in the light-tight box.
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He later got the idea to excite the silver nitrate of the film based on
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the audio recording principle of biasing an audio recording with a 20KHZ
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signal to "loosen" the ferrous oxide particles immediately before the
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tape reaches the recording head.
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Jerry figured that a magnetic field, either in flux or in a static
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condition, would produce just such excitation. I don't know what
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frequency he used but the films showed plain old magnets with no
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excitation. The point was, the magnetic field did in fact sensitize the
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film and make the exposure times much shorter.
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In fact, he found that by using magnets, he could then use an 8mm or
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16mm movie film and get very fast recording of the images at the normal
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recording speed for such films.
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This was many years ago when I saw these films, but the opportunity to
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speak with Jerry so extensively regarding these tests and other
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phenomena, I considered to be a distinct honor and the information
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worthy of passing on to others.
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One other point, I was allowed to see the same reel of film several
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times. Jerry did not say anything to clue me in, just said to watch.
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A very odd thing happened, it seemed that the images CHANGED with each
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viewing.
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Jerry said that he and his research associates had stumbled on something
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very bizarre that occurs with natural type energies. He termed this
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SERIES 7 or SERIES 9....I am sorry, but I forgot the exact number. It
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was about 8 years ago and I can't find my notes on this. However, I do
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remember he said it related to the number of dimensions that natural
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energies seem to intersect with.
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The explanation for this apparent changing of the image with each
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viewing was that as the natural energy emanations are recorded, they do
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so in a holographic fashion. This produces multiple perspectives ON THE
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SAME FILM STRIP.
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Each time the film is run, a different perspective is presented to the
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viewer. He did not say WHAT caused this perspective to change though he
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hinted it had something to do with a time/space flux, possibly gravity,
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though I'd not swear to that being his exact explanation.
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Years later, I found a similar type of phenomena in a book on psychic
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phenomena. It had to do with paintings that seem to change over time.
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There were some photographs of paintings over several years where the
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images seemed to turn or other aspects of the painting changed. These
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paintings were on exhibition and not touched or altered artificially.
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When photos from different time periods were compared, the changes were
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noticed. This also applied to statues.
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At the time, I wondered if the paint, being oil-based, might have "slid"
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off the painting due to gravity and time, but why does the image not
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degrade were this the cause??
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I will see if that book can again be located and scan in those photos
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for an auxiliary file that relates to this in a bit more detail.
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For those of us who used to read or still do read science fiction, one
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writer did a story on something called "slow glass" where light was
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captured in this special glass and only emerged about 100 years later.
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These glasses were placed on mountaintops or in other places with
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spectacular views for 100 years to capture the visual ambience. They
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were then sold for very high prices. In the story I read, a murder had
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been committed and the event was captured in the glass but could only be
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seen 100 years after the event. It was an intriguing idea and it
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correlates very loosely to the SERIES 7 phenomena. Dimensional images
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that could be selected.
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Could we use this holographic recording technique for the "new" CD-ROM?
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Jerry
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From Scientific American - April 18, 1896
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It is almost an axiom of the legal profession that the law is clear and
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certain, and the judges know the law.
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It is one of the first principles of Blackstone that "the law cannot make
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mistakes." And yet one of the most eminent of English judges, Lord
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Mansfield, once said, in deciding a case,
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"as to the certainty of the law, it would be very hard upon the
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profession IF THE LAW WAS SO CERTAIN THAT EVERYBODY KNEW IT. The
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misfortune is that it is so UNCERTAIN that it costs much money to
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know what it is, even in the court of last resort."
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A gentleman once asked a lawyer what he would do provided he had loaned a
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man $500, and the man had left the country without sending any
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acknowledgement.
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"Why, that's simple; just write him to send an acknowledgement for the
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$5,000 you lent him, and he will doubtless reply stating it was ONLY $500.
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That will suffice for a receipt and you can proceed against him if
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necessary."
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During the late war Japanese surgeons are said to have employed, as a
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dressing for wounds, the ash of rice straw. This was freely applied after
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the wound had been cleansed, and sublimate gauze or linen was then
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superposed and held in position.
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The ash is said to act as a perfect antiseptic, its properties in that
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respect being attributed to the presence of potassium carbonate, and it is
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certainly the cheapest dressing on record-Pharm. Jour.
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From Science Notes - Scientific American - April 25, 1896
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The Aeolian harp has been put to a scientific use. Prof. Carl Barus has
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shown that the sound made by the wind whistling across a fine wire varied
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with the velocity of the wind.
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He showed that the velocity of the wind could be computed from the pitch of
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the note observed in the case of a given diameter of wire and for a given
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temperature of the air.
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With the aid of special microscopic attachments, the sounds could be
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conveyed through a distance so as to be isolated from the other noises at
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the place of exposure. By the use of a number of wires the direction of
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the wind could be determined.
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Tenacity of Life in Insects
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Mr. J. C. Warburg writes to the Entomologist:
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"When I was still new to collecting in South France, I discovered one
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day, to my great joy, a large female of Saturnia Pyri hidden away in
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some bushes. The specimen was the first I had ever caught, and I
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decided, on account of its large body, to stuff it (a quite unnecessary
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operation; I have kept dozens since unstuffed).
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The moth was first apparently killed by being forced into a cyanide
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bottle, where it was left about an hour. The abdomen was then emptied
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and the cavity filled with cotton-wool soaked in a saturated solution
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of mercuric chloride. The insect, pinned and set, was discovered next
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day attempting to fly away from the setting board."
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From Science Notes - Scientific American - May 2, 1896
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(this pertains to the plethora of odd flying machines
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seen in the US and particularly in Texas in 1897 though
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this article does not SAY the thing is supposed to fly...)
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The work on Herr Andree's balloon is proceeding rapidly. A balloon HOUSE
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is to be erected in Spitzbergen. It will be octagonal in shape, 25 meters
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high and 37 meters broad. The walls and floors will be lined with felt at
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such points where the balloon will be liable to touch them.
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The roof will be covered with cotton cloth and the windows will be of
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gelatine in place of glass. The steamer on which the expedition will set
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out for Spitzbergen will carry about 33 tons of sulphuric acid to generate
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the hydrogen.
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From Science Notes - Scientific American - May 2, 1896
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In a recent communication to the French Academy of Sciences, says the
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American Shipbuilder, an explanation is given of some of the curious
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phenomena pertaining to fog horns. It has been found that, with acoustic
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signals or sirens, they are surrounded by a neutral zone, in which the
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sound is not heard at the sea level.
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This zone is more or less distant, according to the height of about 8,400
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feet. On the nearer side of this zone the sound is heard perfectly. But
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when it is traversed, the sound weakens gradually until it becomes almost
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imperceptible, when it increases again, and, on the zone being finally left
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behind, the sound resumes its full intensity.
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Experiments have been made with a vessel by causing it to approach and
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recede from a lightship to various directions in a straight line. In each
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course the sound was deadened almost completely in a zone whose central
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line was about 15,000 feet from the siren.
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Scientific American - May 16, 1896
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The Ethereal Electric Light
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At the National Electric Exhibition in this city, on the evening of May 6,
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Mr. D. McFarlan Moore gave an interesting and successful demonstration
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before the members of the National Electrical Association of what he termed
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etherial electric light, which was fully explained in our issue of a few
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weeks ago, vol. 1xxiv, No. 9.
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As has been stated, the gist of the invention or improvement lies in
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inclosing the circuit breaker of the primary circuit of an induction coil
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in a vacuum tube, whereby a perfect make and break contact is made without
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any loss to the contact surfaces.
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A continuous uniform vibration thus ensues which, in turn, produces
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continuous and uniform pulsations in the fine wire of the induction coil,
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producing uniform discharges from the terminals.
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He illustrated on the screen many forms of tubes and explained their
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characteristics. He could obtain better results with a glass tube in which
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there was a partial vacuum without any interior wire terminals than with,
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and simply wrap a piece of wire around the exterior ends of the tube, which
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is enough to produce a glow in the interior.
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A very singular experiment was the holding in one hand a connected tube
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which glowed brilliantly, and the taking hold of the hand of another person
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who held at arm's length a second tube. As soon as the hands were grasped
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the second tube began to glow with half the intensity of the other. The
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use of a suspended wire screen from the ceiling was shown.
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Being connected with the regular terminals of the induced coil, it produced
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a magnetic field of some kind, causing tubes of glass held in the hand near
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it to glow very brightly, and suspended tubes in the form of letters of
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light to appear.
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It furnished a capital explanation or suggestion for the production of
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mysterious light at seance circles of spiritualists. Mr. Moore remarked
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that the quality of this light was more like daylight than any other, and
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demonstrated what a square inch of daylight would look like; he also showed
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various forms of incandescent lights operated on this plan, including an
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example of a real electrical fountain which was very pretty.
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The novel applications of the tubes to the lighting of rooms was shown; the
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light has a peculiar softness that is quite remarkable, and is to be
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produced so easily that every home can have it. The method is still in an
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experimental state, but has a good future. Much applause was given the
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lecturer on the success of the various steps of his demonstration.
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From Scientific American - May 2, 1896
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Intoxicated Wasps
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Concerning his observations of wasps which are addicted to the use of
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intoxicating liquors. Lawson Tait relates the following:
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"I have been watching the wasps with great interest and have noticed the
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avidity with which they attack certain fruit when fully ripe, rotting
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in fact, and I have also noticed some of the peculiar results of their
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doing so.
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The sugar in some fruits which are most attacked by wasps has a
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tendency to pass into a kind or kinds of alcohol in the ordinary
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process of rotting, a fact which is easily ascertained by the use of a
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STILL not large enough to attract the attention of the excise
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authorities.
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On such fruits, particularly grapes and certain plums, you will see
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wasps pushing and fighting in numbers much larger than can be
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accommodated, and you will see them get very drunk, crawl away in a
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semi-somnolent condition, and repose in the grass for some time, till
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they get over the 'bout,' and then they will go at it again.
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It is while they are thus affected that they do their worst stinging,
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both in the virulent nature of the stroke and the utterly unprovoked
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assaults of which they are guilty. I was stung last year by a drunken
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wasp, and suffered severely from symptoms of nerve poison for several
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days. In such drunken peculiarities they resemble their human
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contemporaries." -Registered Pharmacist.
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From Science Notes - Scientific American - May 16, 1896
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Since it has become known that milk in a bucket standing in a sick room
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will absorb germs, a recent writer (Medical Press and Circular) has applied
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the idea in the treatment of smallpox, fevers, diphtheria, etc. with MARKED
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SUCCESS.
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The patient is laid on a mattress covered with blankets. He is then packed
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in a sheet saturated with milk, covering the entire body, in which
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condition he remains an hour. A warm water bath is then given, after which
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the surface is dried and the patient is put to bed.
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