Word: magnetism
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...tenths of a second. Last week, at Cornell University, Professor A, "V. Hill. British physiologist, demonstrated electrical devices that will record a runner's time to 1/200 second. The method involves burying electric coils in the ground at intervals across the finish line; tying a light, magnetized sheet of metal to the runner's waist. The magnet induces brief electric currents in the buried coils as the runner flashes in. Electricity, literally lightning swift, may quicken many a "dead" (tied) heat, shave many a record...
...problem is no longer that of finding the Human Magnet but rather of cultivating a wilful pliability to Suggestion in the population. This may turn out to be an insurmountable difficulty for New Englanders who are proverbially negativistic and resistant to any outer voice, whether it be the Good, the True, or the Beautiful...
Died. William Merrick Sweet, 66, eye surgeon; in Philadelphia, of pneumonia. He experimented successfully with plastic surgery on the eyeball, devised a method of using x-rays to locate foreign bodies in eyes, but gained best repute for the electro-magnet he invented in 1905 to pull iron and steel splinters from eyes...
...some moments Her Majesty vainly and publicly manipulated the wobbling magnet of the "spilliwobble" in an effort to make its little balls run into their cups and stay there. Suddenly the Queen-Empress noted that a small crowd, respectful but amused, had collected to watch her unsuccessful efforts. Lest the dignity of the Throne be impaired Her Majesty popped the "spilliwobble" into her purse, paid a penny for it, departed to experiment further in private...
...principle on which the invention rests is simple. A permanent magnet is buried in the track at a point opposite each semaphore. A pick-up coil is placed under part of the locomotive. When passing over the magnet in the roadbed, this pick-up coil receives the impulse, which in turn is communicated to the apparatus on the engine controlling the air brakes. If the signal is set at "caution" or "danger," the magnet reflects that indication and the speed of the train is automatically reduced. If the engineer does not heed this warning but allows his train to pass...