instead of weights, by employing a pendulum having an iron bob,
which was attracted to one side and the other by an electromagnet,
but as its rate depends on the constancy of the current, which is
not easy to maintain, the invention has not come into general use
Alexander Bain was the first to drive a clock with electricity
instead […]

are little more elaborate than in the earliest days of telegraph
working
Means of protecting lines and apparatus against damage by lightning
are little more elaborate than in the earliest days of telegraph
working. They are adequate for the almost entire protection of life
and of apparatus.

Brad Templeton”s (brad@looking.on.ca) satirical and hilarious piece on
how NOT to behave on the net. Emily Postnews, foremost authority on
proper net behaviour, gives her advice. There are many places to ftp this
file, and it is appearing on many gophers. One place to get the file is by
ftp to ra.msstate.edu (130.18.80.10)
Location: /pub/docs/words- l/Funnies

_A._–The floats are supported by spurs projecting from the rim of the
wheel, and they may be moved upon the points of the spurs, to which they
are attached by pins, by means of short levers proceeding from the backs of
the floats, and connected to rods which proceed towards the centre of the
wheel. The centre, however, to […]

which he should be correctly informed, both during his term of service
as a fireman and for future promotion to engineer
The list of questions is also intended as a guide to the matters on
which he should be correctly informed, both during his term of service
as a fireman and for future promotion to engineer.

of meteoric bodies, or perhaps absorbed a whole comet, that laid
its million leagues of tail as fuel on the central fire
It is far more likely that this star encountered an enormous stream
of meteoric bodies, or perhaps absorbed a whole comet, that laid
its million leagues of tail as fuel on the central fire. Only let
it be […]

gopher server (consultant
‘To try Veronica, select it from the `Other Gophers” menu on Minnesota”s
gopher server (consultant.micro.umn.edu), or point your gopher at:
Name=Veronica (search menu items in most of GopherSpace)
Type=1
Port=70
Path=1/Veronica Host=futique.scs.unr.edu’

_A._–Yes, numerous experiments; of which the best known are probably those
made on the screw steamer Rattler and the paddle steamer Alecto, each
vessel of the same model, size, and power,–each vessel being of about 800
tons burden and 200 horses power. Subsequently another set of experiments
with the same object was made with the Niger screw steamer and […]

nozzle used
The oxygen will have a pressure of from 2 to 20 pounds, according to the
nozzle used. The acetylene will have much less. Even with the compressed
gas, the pressure should never exceed 10 pounds for the largest work, and
it will usually be from 4 to 6. In low pressure systems, the acetylene will
be received at […]

will be national, so that any two people in the
same country will be able to talk to one another
Plainly, the telephone system of the future
will be national, so that any two people in the
same country will be able to talk to one another.
It will not be competitive, for the reason that no
farmer would think for […]