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First editions of Tennyson's "Poem of Two Brothers" and his Holy Grail", and the corrected proof of the "Ode on the Duke of Wellington" are to be shown. A first edition of the famous "Charge of the Light Brigade" is included in the exhibition...
...another generates at least 1,600° Fahr. Such a hole would produce 4,000 horsepower if only 20% efficient, making steam of any quantity of water piped down it. If such a bore were impracticable, two larger shafts, five miles deep, could be dug by laborers in heat proof, air-cooled suits, and connected by long horizontal passages. At five miles, a heat between 400° and 450° would be obtained. Capable of producing 4,500 horsepower, this type of heat mine would function for 1,-000 years, would cost about 30 millions but never need an ounce...
Canadians Best. In Toronto, Commander Byrd addressed the Canadian Aeronautical Association ingratiatingly: "Canadians generally make the best aviators in the world." As proof, he cited War figures...
...treasures of the Metropolitan Museum in Manhattan bristle with electric burglar alarms, glass cages, crime-proof locks, watchmen. So elaborate are the precautions taken that vandalism has been deemed impossible...
...SOLDIERS, we are confident that all, from the chiefs of the army to the humblest soldiers, will give proof of that spirit of discipline which is the pride of the army, and that you will remain worthy of the confidence which your country has placed in you, devoting all your strength and souls to the fatherland and throne...