The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14

heat into gas. Water heated to a tenn
perature of 212 degrees produces steam,
which escapes in the bubbles of the pro-
cess of boiling. Steam is not visible. The
cloud that can be seen escaping from an
engine or locomotive or from the spout of
a kettle consist of small particles of water
or vapor and is the result of condensation
of the steam in contact with colder atmos-
phere.
NATIONAL ARR. A. NJ. United
States ship Philadelphia, Port Angeles,
Wash. 1t has never been decided which is
the national air of the United States, that
is there are three which are designated
national airs and some claim that there
are more, but these three are America
1.-THE Star Spangled Banner and yankee
Doodle" The United States is large
enough and great enough to be able to
have three.
FOREIGN ARTISTS Subscriber Peta-
luna, Cal. In almost every art gallery in
the principal cities of the United States
there are pictures by foreign artists. To
ascertain what these pictures are and the
names of the painters one would have
to consult the catalogue of every gallery.
There is not a collection of such cata-
lOgues in San Francisco. The Hopkins
Institute of Art might be able to furnish
you the names of some of the pictures
and names of artists.
FREE HOSPITAL-L. A. L., Spreckels,
Cal. There is no free hospital in San
Francisco open to patients from all parts
of the State, There is the City and
County Hospital. where patients are
treated free, but the applicant, to be ad-
mitted. must have been a resident of the
city and county for at least thirty days.
Were it not for that rule many of the in
terror counties might ship all their county
patients to San Francisco, and in that
way save the cost of medical treatment
and maintenance.
THE STAR ALGOL-C. G., City. The
variable star Algol beta Persia) is one
of the most conspicuous and noteworthy
lights in the heavens Its changes of
luster are so considerable and performed
in so brief a period that a special degree
of interest is attributed to it. It's re-
markable fluctuations of light were dis
covered as long ago as 1853 by Montanari.
The apparent magnitude of the star Oscil-
lates between % and 81 and it passes
through it's various gradations of bril-
liancy inf2 days 20 hours As minutes 10
seconds. The star is usually a little
fainter than second magnitude and re-
mains so for two days thirteen and half
hours, when it rapidly declines in luster
and within three and half hours be-
comes one of three and three-quarters
magnitude. 1t continues at this minimum
for about fifteen minutes, when it sud
denly acquires greater bril1iancy, and in
three and a half hours acquires its or
binary magnitude.
STANDARD TIME-A. P. G., City. Pri-
marily, for the convenience of the rail-
roads. a standard of time was established
by mutual agreement in 1885, by which
trains are run and local time regulated.
According to this system the United
States, extending from 65 degrees to 125
degrees, west longitude, is divided into
four time sections. each of Is degrees Of
longitude, exactly equivalent to one hour
The first (eastern) section includes all ter
ritory between the Atlantic coast and an
irregular line drawn from Detroit to
Charleston, S. c., the latter being its
most southern point The second (centraD
section includes all the territory between
the last-named line and an irregular line
from Bismarck, N. D., to the mouth of
the Rio Grande. The third (mountain,
section includes all territory between tba
last-named line and nearly the western
borders of Idaho, Utah and Arizona. The
fourth Pacific) section covers the rest or
the country to the Pacific Coast. Standard
time is uniform inside each of these seq
Ioil'' %iiu INC uine VI edcn section differs
from that next to it by exactly one hour
Thus at II noon in New York C,itx Ceas+-
ern time), the time at Chicago Icentra,
time) is IL o'clock a. m; at Denver (moun-
tain time), 10 o'clock a. M and at San
Francisco (Paeifc time), O'Clock a m
Standard time is sixteen minutes slower
at Boston than true local time, 4 minutes
slower at New York, minutes faster a.
washington 10 minutes faster at Charles
slower ar
utes faster at Kansas City. 10 minnres
slower at Chicago, 1 minute faster AZ y,
Louis, % minutes faster at Salt Lake Cit,,
and 10 minutes faster at San Francisco.
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