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Show INTERESTING FACTS. A new English direction and rotation rota-tion indicator for steam vessels enables en-ables a captain to watch the direction of his ship and speed of his engines from bis cabin or bridga. Patents have been issued on a num ber of cooking utensils in which a downward draft carries all odors away by diverting thoni Into the stove on which the utensils are used. An enterprising laundry-man in Paris Par-is uses a captive balloon to lift the clothing which he washes high into the air to dry and bleach, uncontaml-nated uncontaml-nated by the dust of the city To avoid fire danger In places where gasoline must be used an Inventor In-ventor has patented a swinging bracket brack-et to hold a tank outside a window, vet bring it within reach when needed. need-ed. An Island in the Pacific of which a French company has obtained control, is believed to contain 10,000,000 tons of high-grade phosphates and many more millions of tons of inferior quality. qual-ity. To prevent a ladder slipping, a Cleveland man has Invented pivoted hooks to be fastened to the bottom of the uprights which w 111 engage in the I surfacp upon which the ladder Is I standing. A Norwegian scientist has advanced the theory that Saturn's rings are electrical phenomena, produced by the radiation of luminous partfcles from tho planet, which constantly renews them. To give a boy the fun of riding on a goafs back without Injury to the animal, an-imal, there has been invented a saddle partly supported by three wheels, one at each side and the third In the rear. Because frost6 do the most damage when the air Is calm, a Paris scientist scien-tist hns advanced the theory that orchards or-chards and vineyards can be protected by electric fans to keep the atmosphere atmos-phere moving. A device has been Invented to register reg-ister tho distances automobiles run with the power shut off as well as the total distances covered. |