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Matchmaking. Chemist John Walker of Stockton-on-Tees, England, invented the first match, exactly 101 years ago. It was called a "friction light." It consisted of a wooden splint, one quarter inch in width, dipped in a mixture of sulphide of antimony, chlorate of potash, gum and starch.* The next epoch in matchmaking was brought about by the use of phosphorus. Over-inflammable, phosphorus matches caused many a fire. Factory hands, employed in their production succumbed to an incurable disease called phossy-jaw. The dangers of these matches at length were recognized in the laws of most nations, including matchmaking...
...Peking press a grim description of his initiation: 1) The hour chosen was midnight, at which time the whole assembly of the monastery knelt in its Temple; 2) The crux of the ceremony was to burn deep into the shaved head of Wu Pei-fu nine brands, each the width of a man's thumb, and serving to remind him of his nine vows as a Buddhist priest; 3) The branding was made endurable by covering his scalp (except on the spots to be branded) with pieces of raw turnip, damp and coolingly efficacious...
...device which places the voice on the wire much in the same manner as employed in the telephone. Automatically, machinery raises and lowers the wire as in the case of a sewing machine that loads its own spools; the wire is thus sprayed in perfect alignment over the full width of the wheels upon which it winds and unwinds. When operating, the telegraphone makes practically no sound and only an ordinary speaking voice is required to create a record. The machine will receive dictations for a period ranging from 28 to 35 minutes, depending upon the speed with which...
...Roadway width ..........................................20ft
...farthest flight northwest of Barrow, made last year by Captain Wilkins (TIME, April 19), was 100 miles. The area seen by Explorers Amundsen, Ellsworth and Nobile from the Norge was a zone varying between 10 and 100 miles in width, due north of Barrow...