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...everyone, as Frederic Harrison pointed out, is likely to be the better for knowing something of that science which "teaches us of the advance of human progress, tells us of some of those mighty spirits who have left their mark on all time, shows us the nations of the earth woven together in one great purpose, and is lit up with those great ideas and those great purposes which have kindled the conscience of mankind...
They are returning to where Leonardo started, armed with the knowledge of the atmosphere, of air currents, air pockets, waves and equilibrium which he lacked from never having gotten more than ten feet across the earth in his disappointing struggles. The principle of the glider, Leonardo's principle, has been developed to such an extent that a man is able to stay in the air for three hours at a time. To do so he has nothing to depend on except his understanding of currents and his "feel" of the air. Without the knowledge gained by machine-propelled planes...
...Poland and suppression of overzealous reactionary organizations in the country. Between the two factions the whole of Germany is plunged into wildest pandemonium, which is in turn aggravated by the radicals fighting against all comers-for peace! In a country gone sick with misery a solitary phantom strides the earth with noiseless, slippery, dreadful steps -Ludendorff. This crafty man is the leader of the monarchists. He moves but is not seen. From Munich he directs the operations of his reactionary adherents in much the same way that he directed the army supplies when he was Quartermaster General in the Imperial...
...statement apparently called forth by the plan of Dr. Wilder D. Bancroft, professor of physical chemistry in Cornell University, and L. Francis Warren, who have been conducting experiments at Dayton, Ohio, in connection with the army air service. Enormous natural forces are required to elevate moisture above the earth before it can be precipitated, according to the government meteorologists. For instance, 73,320 tons of moisture would have to be drawn into the air to cause a rainfall of only one inch over an area of even one square mile, an amount which would be negligible in an arid region...
...German, arriving at Kantara, Egypt, after a trip to Japan with his wife, announced that he had made a new discovery which may create a greater sensation than his theory of relativity. He is not telling what it is yet, except that it concerns the relation of the earth's power of attraction to terrestrial magnetism...