The San Francisco call., 1906-07-02
In Answer to Queries.

RIVERS LENGIH-O. S-r Ntly- nv
length of the river known as the Rio
/ CSrande I'm North America Is 1900 miles.
CONSUL FOR MExICO-A. 8. City.
The United States Consul for Mexico Is
A L. NJ Gottschalk, with Office in tina
City of Mexico
BASEBALI-A. r. t c.. Marin
County. Cal This correspondent
writes: There is a man on third base;
the batter hits groUnder to uTsS
base: first baseman leaves the bag in
field the ball throws 1t to catcher to
put out the man running from third
base to home; the batter holds first
base. Is the runner safe or is he notS
The first baseman. must touch sfth6r
the bag or the runner when he helds
the ball. There Is no exception TO this
rule; therefore in the case cited the
runner was safe.
/ MARRIAGE LICENSE|P A. city.
/ Any County Clerk in the State win fsrN
sue license to nOn-resideRts who de-
sire to marry If they are qualified to
marry. but such license is valid only in
the county in which it is Issued
/ INSURANCE - Policy-hoIder. City.
/ This department suggests that you ap-
ply at the Office of the Insurance Com
missioner for information as tN the
standing of the insurance company
asked about. He will be able to give
you an official answer TO your question
! Observation-Disclosures NendocinO
/ County. Cal. Berenice was the sister
/ wife Of Ptolemy II. who vowed 20
sacrifice her hair TO the gods II her hus-
/ band returned home the vanquisher OF
/ Asia. She suspended her hair IN the tenn
pie of the war god. but it was stolen the.
first night, and CoROn of SamOs told the
I King that the winds had waited IL TO
heaven where IL still forms the seven
stars near the tail of Leo. called Coma
Berenices.
ST. HELENstvaiombrosa. Menao-
cino County. Cal. Mount St Helens is
a volcanic peak of the Cascade Range
Skamani& County, Washington. 40 de-
grees 20 minutes north latitude, 100 de-
grees so minutes west longitude, more
or less active. 1t is said 1t was in erup-
tion in 1S43- The latest gazetteers and
aliases do not make mention of a
Mount st. Helens IN the State Of Ore
gon.
sEISMoGRAPH-T c. A., Laurel
lGrove. Cal. The seismograph or, seis-
mometer is an instrument by the aid
of which the data may be obtained f0rN
the scientific study of earthquakes. Thep
form of instruments is varied and
more or less complicated. in accordance
with the wishes and means OF the OBJ
server. common bowl partly. filled
with a viscid fluid. like mOlasses,
which, on being thrown by the earth
quake wave against the side of the
bowl. leaves a visible record OF the
event. is one of the simplest forms OF
'seismOmeter which has been proposed
as giving a rude approximation to the
direction of the horizontal element Of
the wave. Another simple form con-
ststs of two sets of cylinders. each set
numbering from six TO twelve, and. the
individual cylinders in each uniformly
decreasing In. size These are placed
on end. one set at right angles to the
other, on plates resting on a hard hor-
izOntal floor, surrounded by a bed or
dry sand in which the cylinders. when
overthrown. will rest exactly In the
position originally given by the shock
The. instrument now most generally
used in large Observatories. or those
where accurate work is expected m
wolves Zollmer's horizontal pendulum.
the use of which was proposed many
years ago, but which was put into the
present practical form by Messrs Ew-
ing and Gray The group of instru-
ments constituting the Siesmou eter OF
Professor A. j. Ewing. which is ar
ranged to give a complete record OF
every particular of the earthquake
movement. by resolving into three.
components-one vertical and two hor- 4
izontal, and registering these by three
different pointers on a, sheet of smoked I
glass which is made to revolve rni-
formly by clOckwork- To this. is added
another clock which gives the date OF
the shock and the interval which has
elapsed since it took place.
This department has not been able
10 discover an account of any such in
strument for recording the movements
of earthquakes a s described in letter OF
inquiry. Suggest that you communf-
cate with the observatory at Mount
Hamilton on the subject.
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