OCR Text |
Show ODDB AND UNDB. H Shells as Ihey are known In the HJ present day were not used In iho navy - HH until the latter psrt ot the eighteenth HH century. H Z9 Ink plant of New Dranada It a WW curiosity. Tbo Juice of It can bo used WW aa Ink without any preparation. At WM first lha writing It red, but after a WM few hour It changes (o black. HH Tho cries of tea birds, rspeelslly sea Hi gulls, aro very valuablo to sailor In Hi misty wealhor. Tbo birds cluster on Hb the cliffs nnd coast and their cries warn H boatmen lhat Ihey aro near lha land. Hi Ktrly man used to be ablo to wag Hi hla ear as an Indication of pleasure HH or to brush away files from under hi Hb back balr, but as the muscles were not HH brought Into continual use they be. Mb! came rudimentary. tuil Tho Ilelglsn government offers . ffissi prlie ot (10,000 for tbo Invention of EM match paste containing no phosphorus ICu and not otherwise dangerous to hoaltlT -- Hal In It manufacturt. Of roursv, other ssaHH points aro requlrsd, hut tho object of Hl tbe offer Is to And a way to do away 1 with a dangerous employment. Among proposed applications ot power at long distances from Its source i Is tbe lighting ot the Interior passage A and chambers of the groat pyramids AM by electric currents generated at tho. MM cataract of Assouan, aeveral hundred: Mmt miles away. Tho same power Is tn- ' HJ tended lo operate pumping stations and HH cotton mills along the Nile. HI |