The San Francisco call., 1910-11-27
Answers to Queries

MATCHEs-W F. G.. City Who was the in
ventor of matches?
Invention" says: 'Romer, Preschel
and Irinyi are variously named as in
ventors of PHOSPHORUS matches. From
| testimony of still living college friend
IL appears that the real inventor was
the hungarian, Janos Irinyi. 1t was
in 1885, when the latter, then 19 years
old, and student at the polytechnic
school in Vienna, became greatly inn
pressed by demonstration of the re-
action of rubbing together peroxide OF
lead and sulphur. 1t struck him al once
that the reaction might be greatly in
tenslhed when substituting phosphor-
us for sulphur. For several DAYS after
the demonstration which he had wit
messed. Irinyi was not seen at the col
lege and when his friends went TO
seek him they found him locked up in
his rooms; but. on gaining admission
to him, found him with his pockets
filled with small wooden splnts, one
end of which had been dipped. He
struck some of these on the walls and
each took fire. He had prepared them
by melting phosphorus in a concen-
trated solution of glue and shaking the
solution until it became cold and the
phosphorus assumed a finely divided
state. This emulsion he mixed with
brown peroxide of lead. He sold his
invention. or discovery, for sS,5oo.
BLAINE-A. S. N. city. Who was the au.
thor OF the following lines used in a euiogy of
James g. Blaine?
THAT learned Rupert of debate"
That white plumed Henry of Navarro"
The gallant. gifted, glorious Blaine.
This does not appear in any of the
printed eulogies of Blaine. Possibly
some reader of this department may
recollect who spoke these lines. 1t
sounds" like Bob Ingersoll
MANUSCRIPT-E. W, Aberdeen, Wash, Have
prepared several special articles suitable for
magazine or womans section of a newspaper;
Want to know TO whom should such be sent and
should the articles be copyrighted?
If you have them copyrighted no one
can use them without your permission.
Send the copyrighted manuscript to the
Sunday editor of the paper you may
select with request to accept at such
rate as you may value your work
THE MooN-subscriber Alviso. How long
does It take the moon to complete her circuit
around the earth?
She makes the circuit in 27 days Z
hours and 1872 minutes, but in conse-
quence of her motion. in common with
the earth, around the sun the mean
time from new moon to new moon is %
days II hours and 1905 minutes, which
is called the moons synodical period.
governor q state the right to declare Marital
law without the sanction OF the federal gov
ernnient?
If the governor as commander in
chief of the national guard of his state
had called out the national guard for
specific purpose he then, as COM
manding officer of the military forces,
would have the right to do so.
who has an invention which he desires to have
patented secure the before he obtain
patent? What is the procedure7
He can file a caveat on his inven-
ton which will insure him for year.
To procure it. consult an attorney who
devotes himself to patents.
TRAVEL AND MARRIAGE Subscriber city
What Is the superstition in Spain in regard to
travel and marriage Tuesdays:
1t is in the form of a proverb that
"on Tuesday one should not travel nor
marry" The belief is that the day is
unlucky.
said that paint that has hardened on
glass may be removed by the applica-
ton of red not fat piece of iron. rub
bed over 1t. Turpentine is sometimes
used to rub paint spots from brass door
knobs.
LAW Subscriber Berkeley. Can
the directors of Incorporated oil company sell
the company's deed land without the consent
OF the stock holders?
You are asking for legal opinion,
which this department does not give.
PIANO-R. +. d., Berkeley. The plano
publication asked about does not ap-
pear In Ayers directory of newspapers,
periodicals or magazines published In
the United States.
SAILING DIsrANCE-w. F., city. What is
the present sailing distance from Yokohama via
San Francisco to New York, and what will 1t
be when the Panama canal is openedf
At present 1880 miles in the future
1885.
LETTER.. T. L., Vallejo. A letter
addressed to the writer you named, If
directed to the care of The Call, will
be forwarded to her,
INDEPENDENCE--ou what day OF the week
was the declaration of independence proclaimed
Thursday.