The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-10-01
THE BULLET OR THE HOLE?
which Gets Through the Bonrd Firstt
Answers 10 odd Questions.


When bullet is shot entirely
through "A board which gets through
first the bullet or the hole the bullet
makcs1 The hole and the extreme
point Of the bullet get through the
board at the same time, but the bullet
does not get entirely through the bourd
until after the hole Is entirely through.
/ II is evident that the rear Of the bullet
must he out of the hole 1t mnkcs br.
fore It is entirely through the board
while the hole is entirely through Just
Hs soon az the widest part Of the bullet
has passed through
! How cold * ii when IL is twice as
cold as degrees above zprOg There
are two zcrus, one marked q on the
thcrmomctcr, aud one known as abso-
Lutte zero, which is understood To mark
the absence Of an heat The zero Of
Fahrcuhcit's thermometer Is obtained
| 10y immcrsing q tube Of mercury In u
miNture Of snow and common salt
and marking the place where the mer.
curry stands In the tube. Absolute zero
Is lj9 degrees below this zero. Now.
to half as hot; therefore, when it is half
as hot as degrees above zero. or lG1
f., II Is 23O5 degrees below the zero on
The thermometer.
Is any mun strong enough 10 break
an egg held end 10 end between the
palms Of his hands; The force required
to break an egg in this manner has
been found 10 he between scycmty-fvc
aud eighty pounds. \ great mnny men
can exert this pressure. The probabl,
reason for the failure Of many to ne
complish IL is that they are n littl,
afraid Of the result and Gb not press -
hard as they can.
II there was q tunnel through the
center Of the earth aud un iron bal! |
was dropped into H. where would the |
ball come tn rest? Unless II was re-
tardod 10y the resistance IF the air the |
bull would go through tp the other side |
and then f" back % its starting point. |
repeating G. s. operation forever II re-. |
t,rdcd 10y ;hc resistance Of the air, it |
would ultimately come 10 rest at the |
center of the earth
When AN automobile turns sharp |
corner nj rapid rate Of speed. which |
pair Ot wheels, inside or outside. |
leaves the grumdt The centrifugal |
force developed Iy the automobile ia |
directed outward: therefore IL is inn
possible for 10 g. tip inward. The ont |
side rail of "a railroad track on curve |
is made higher than the inside rail he. |
cause of the tendency of the train tp !
tip outward. \ practical dcmoustru. |
tlon may be had 10y standing on the !
rear platform Of street car and |
noting which way the body Is thrown |
when the car turns "a curve
\ chicken does not eat anything dur |
Ing the first twenty -four hours of It's |
existence, yet II doubles In size Wh1t |
does 1t liv" on; The amount Of the egg |
LETT Ia the chickens stomach after ii is |
Matched will supply nutrmcnt for scv- |
ernl days. As tp the apparent increase |
In size. when the organs are relieved |
from the compression of the cggShcll |
they expand; therefore the chick mp. |
pears larger The down becomes nuny |
when dry, and this also increases the |
size of the chicken but it is not fact |
that there is any great change i'm the |
weight during the FIRST day
Why does an egg weigh more after il |
has been boiled than before? The in
crease in weight is due to the moisture |
which has been absorbed by the |
porous she'll Of the egg sunday Mag |
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