Showing posts with label experiments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label experiments. Show all posts
Sunday, May 4, 2008

Hairpins In the Trolley

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1895 On a Walnut Hills electric car recently there was a rather entertaining sight. The passengers paid nothing extra to see it, and some of...
Saturday, March 22, 2008

Snake Demands Its Eggs Fresh

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1914 Species of South African Snake With a Dainty Appetite and Keen Sense of Smell The South African snake called the eggeater has inherited...
Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Puzzle Jugs

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1896 Water or puzzle jugs were made in England as early as the seventeenth century, and at the beginning of the present century were still b...
Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Of Interest To Drunkards

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1900 Vaccination May Enable Us to Drink Rum It seems that the advance of medical science may yet allow a man to be vaccinated for the "...
Saturday, June 9, 2007

Training for Left-Handedness

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1915 Positive Results Not Seen as Anticipated Some time ago the development of left-handedness in children was warmly advocated by various p...
Thursday, May 24, 2007

The Fear of Snakes

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1893 Why Many Children and Some Grown Persons Dislike Them There are many authenticated instances of children becoming attached to snakes an...
Saturday, May 19, 2007

The Opera Through the Telephone

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1879 Very many persons among the opera audiences at the Academy of Music recently noticed a curious little box on the stage, immediately bes...
Thursday, May 17, 2007

Picked Personals — "Oscar Wilde Has Grown Thin"

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1888 PICKED PERSONALS The Pope is a careful reader of the daily papers. Bronson Alcott left a diary that fills fifty-seven large bound volum...
Tuesday, May 8, 2007

The Influence of Man Upon Climate

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1877 The influence of man upon climate has been a favorite subject of late years, and it is now well known that, by cutting down forests and...