The San Francisco call., 1909-10-25

TELEGRAPH POLE Subscriber. San Jose.
Cal. What is the rule for finding the contents
Of timber (feetl in telegraph polef
telegraph pole is usually Sx9 inches
at the base by 4x5 at the top and "a
feet long. To obtain the contents draw
a diagram of the exact shape or the
base or largest end on scale repre-
sentfng inches. Then within the exact
center of the diagram one representing
the top or smallest end on the same
relative scale of inches. Then make an
imaginary line (by dots) from eacn
corner of the inner diagram 10 the
outer edge of the larger one and on a
line corresponding to the sides and ends
of the inner diagram, which will then
represent nine oblong or square BLOCKS
the center one of which represents
niece of timber of the same size from
end TO end of the stick. which IS easily
calculated. BY reversing the ends OF
the side pieces, also the two end pieces
Won have two more oblOng or square
blocks representing timber of the same
size from end to end. Now, by placing
the four corner pieces together one
piece of timber pyramidal IS formed.
the rule for calculating whlch is 10
multiply the area of the base oy the
perpendicular height and take one
third of the product.
prTCHBI IENDE-A subscriber. Lakeport. Cal;
What is pitchbende? Where Is II found anu
how Is radium extracted from IL
Uranite or pitchblende Is a mineral i
dark green to black in color, when
occurs in massive condition. 1t con-
tains lead and small amount OF other
minerals. among them radiun. and the
rare gaseous element henum' 1t Is
found in Joachimstadt, Bonemla' IN
considerable quantity; in Cornwall,
Saxony, Hungary, Turkey, Connecticut,
North Carolina and some other states
There is not the space in this depart
ment to detail the process by whlch ra-
dium is extracted from pltchDlende.
Five thousand tons of the mineral VIII
WELD about % pounds Of radtum IN
from one to three months at cost of
81, 600 per ton.
INDLATER-Scotty. City. I would like TO
know where it was that the Gord9n Highlsnd- l,,a-
which the piper was shot through both legs and
who in spite Of his fs%d WOUNDS payf" e va tne sS13
the Boer war
The incident occurred during the at
tack of the Gordon Highlanders during
the storming OF the heights of Dargia
heights in the Bengal district in India,
October 20, 1897 1t was there that
Piper Findlater played the march you
name The Boer war did not occur un-
til two years after the charge at Dar-
gai heights. That war commenced
october TO- 1899.
customary in the plumbing OF private house
that air chambers shall be attached to the FIX
lures?
A city and county ordinance says "all
fixtures must be effectively trapped
and vented, and the traps and vents
must be placed as near to the outlet Of
the fixtures served as practicable"
HYDROGEN GAS-Subscriber. City. What il
the ascension power OF hydrogen gas?
The quantity of hydrogen gas to I'LL
balloon of 1000 cubic feet would
weigh 1857 pounds. while the same vol
ume of air would weigh 1883 pounds.
giving an ascensional power of 1889
sAUsALITo- Subscriber. City. What is the
meaning of sausaIito. and was it ever spelled
Sauceito?
sausalito. as it is now spelled. is de-
rived from the Spanish word sauce
(willow). and it means little willow"
1t was written "Saucelito' in the early
days of the state.
TUTUILA-I 5. B.. buttons Landing. Cal.
How did the United States become possessed Of
Tutuila =
Tutuiia, the Samoan island. which.
with attendant islets of Tau. Olesigna
and Ofu. became a part of the United
Safes by virtue of the tripartite
treaty with Great Britain and Germany
in 1899:
OLD TIME RACE-A. 5. J., Decoto. Cal This
correspondent wants to know II any of the read
ers of this department give him the date Of
a four mile and repeat race in Sau Francisco
during the latter part OF 1875 or early part Of
1874 where IL took place. names Of horses and
results. The record of that event was destroyed
in the connagration Of 1906.
ASYLUAI-J B. D.. City. What are the
duties of the board of managers Of the state
asylum at Agnew, Tenure Of office and salary,
also emoluments2
The duties of the mana gers are to
see that the institution is properly
conducted and have general super
vision, over the same: managers are
appointed for four years, they do not
receive salary; they are paid $40 per